SIDE GLANCES I think Ill ask Aunt Ruth to arrange the seating at the table; she knows just which of the in laws arent on speaking terms. John Brown (1739-1788) By George Clark Scotch physician. At Edinburgh he developed the Brunonian theory attributing disease processes to either too great or too little excitability of the tissues. His therapeutic measures were thus directed either to soothing or stimulating excitability. Died from an application of his theories to his own person. Lindberghs Leaving for England ONE OF THE most eloquent and scathing arraignments of our lax system in dealing with crime and criminals ever published may be read in the decision of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh to take their baby and leave for England to make their home henceforth. In a period of 15 years devoted to the cultivation of hypocrisy and double dealing, to cultivation of disregard of law and disrespect for courts, to the development of a new power in wealth and influence, to the creation of a new social order and the aggrandizement of public enemies, the underworld expanded and fortified itself until many years may pass before law enforcement will again be able to cope satisfactorily with the menace. During that period gangsters dealt with each other by the most primitive methods, adopted a code of their own, enforced it themselves, defied and reviled police authorities of the nation, walked unafraid and wary only of each other, built forts and maintained arsenals, erected and occupied palatial homes in the most fashionable resorts and directed their emissaries and agents in the profitable activities of preying upon the public. They hired lawyers by the year, kept alibi witnesses on special payrolls, intimidated judges, suborned witnesses, bribed jurors and pulled political wires connected with pardon boards in various states. They were defiant, derisive and dictatorial. They educated, encouraged and applauded the Dillingers, the Baby Face Nelsons and the Floyds. They inspired, supervised or covered bank robberies, highway banditry, kidnapings, extortion plots and blackmailing enterprises. Congress finally took a hand. Government agents were given greater powers and wider, latitude. Handicaps which had hindered pursuit of fugitives were removed. State line fences were thrown down. An efficient force of secret service operatives was organized, trained and set to work. But the task is heavy. Crime has been given too much of a start to be easily or quickly curbed. Meantime the Lindberghs are leaving the country. They have lost one baby to a murderous brute or clique, and they are going where criminals lack political, financial or professional pulls, where malefactors in stead of their victims tremble in fear, where pardon boards are not turning desperadoes loose to continue their depredation. Some day the G men will have crime under reasonable control. They are accomplishing marvelous results. Some day pardon commissions will cease to undo the good these brave men accomplish at the peril of death. Then the Lindberghs and others who have been tortured and bereaved and threatened may feel like returning to the land they love, to people who honor and sympathize with them and who note their departure with keen regret and good wishes for the safety and future of their children.