Louisiana Medical Centre

Built in New Orleans during the red-hot political regime of Huey Pierce Long, opened to medical students last autumn, the Medical Centre of Louisiana State University was dedicated during last week's A. M. A. meet. Said Dean Dr. Arthur Vidrine: "We have no apologies to make for the dedication of this medical school. Neither have we any explanations to make for our motives. Instead, we are glad to have beaten down the petty prejudices of petty politicians who every time the project was mentioned would try to put a stop to the move."

Mr. Long, now Louisiana's loud Senator (TIME, May 16 et ante) contributed: "I believe that this was one of the buildings for whose construction I was charged with the larceny of about a million dollars. As a matter of fact, the architect's estimate kept going up and I had to 'take' about two millions."-- He promised ex officio that "there is not going to be anything but friendly relations between the medical schools of Tulane and L. S. U. . . . The Governor . . . sits on the boards of both institutions."

--Dedicated at Baton Rouge last week with the inaguration of Oscar Kelly Allen as Governor of Louisana (successor to Alvin Oliver King, acting Governor since Mr. Long went to the senate.) was the State's new $5,000,000 Capital with a 33-story tower, locally nicknamed "Huey Long's Silo."

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