Primary & Pupils

In Iowa last week Congressman Lester Jesse Dickinson and Governor John Hammill rounded out their primary campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination with all the customary political gusto of the Midwest. Congressman Dickinson ''stood on his record," proclaimed this week's vote "a referendum on President Hoover," extolled the pending tariff bill. Governor Hammill also "stood on his record," insisted President Hoover was no issue in Iowa, denounced the tariff bill.

A final fillip to the campaign was the discovery by Dickinson supporters that the University of Iowa had sent to 20,000 high-school pupils throughout the State an intelligence test which included for grammatical correction the following sentence:

"I believe that Congressman Dickinson's campaign, with its many meetings and speeches, are not pleasing the people he represents."

Immediately Addison M. Parker, Dickinson campaign manager, charged that Governor Hammill had inspired this propaganda against his candidate. Governor Hammill denied the charge as did Walter Albert Jessup, president of the University of Iowa. Responsibility finally filtered down to a Professor Kirby who innocently said:

"It didn't occur to me when I composed the sentence that it might have a political bearing. It was used solely because it aptly illustrated use of the singular subject and plural verb."

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