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Reliable newsgatherers agree that Senator Borah's speech was as reported by TIME. When asked if he edited his speech for printing in The Congressional Record—an immemorial Senate custom—Senator Borah last week replied vaguely: "I can't recall saying that (about 'Shearer's payment'). It is very unlikely that I said it." TIME regrets any harm that may have come to Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. through erroneous juxtaposition of its name with Lobbyist Shearer's.—Ed.
Once
Sirs:
Readers are un-TiMEworthy when they let pass without comment Nebraska's Howell's remark)—Sept. 30—"I've been here more than six years and I've never been offered a drink more than once."
May I also be known as one to whom an invitation need not be repeated.
S. HILL SCOTT
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Whooped
Sirs:
In a more or less recent article credit was given to Walter Winchell, the enterprising young "muckraker," for the coining of the word: "Whoopee." If the admirers of W. W. will pardon me mentioning the name of Rudyard Kipling with that of their favourite, I would point out that this word, used in the same sense, will be found in Kipling's poem Loot.—"Whoopee! Tear 'im, puppy ! Loo ! loo ! Lulu ! Loot! loot! loot!" Barrack Room Ballads, I, are dated 1889-1891. . . .
HAL L. CAMPBELL
Silverton, Ore.
But to Kipling no credit for giving "Whoopee" its current connotation, namely, hilarious sport of indefinite intimacy between two individuals of opposite sex.—ED.
Rite Cathedral
Sirs:
It is with some regret that I have not found mention in your publication of the dedication of our magnificent Scottish Rite Cathedral, nor of the fact that contained therein is a set of carillon bells equally noteworthy as those of the famous Bok tower in Florida.
W. A. JOHNSON Indianapolis, Ind.