Inaccessible General

"Dear General: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your telegram of Feb. 15 in which you express your opposition to the President's proposal concerning the Supreme Court. . . ." Thus wrote Indiana's pro-Roosevelt Senator Sherman ("Shay") Minton in a letter addressed to General Arthur St. Clair, Indianapolis.

Last week it was revealed that Mrs. Theresa Krull of Indianapolis had sent Senator Minton this embarrassing reply: "... I am a member of the General Arthur St. Clair Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, composed of representative Indianapolis women who have protested against the President's Supreme Court ideas. I have seen your reply, regrettably fallacious and addressed to 'Dear General.' I would beg to inform you that the General, worthy patriot that he was, has been inaccessible to letter-writing since his death in 1818--one would suggest that both you and your secretary inform themselves both about history and the D. A. R. . . ."

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