Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON EW YORK gen saturnio cedillo N NEW the feudal chieftain of the province of san luis potosi is moving out of the ruck as the no I 1 menace to the gen cedillo cedilla cardenas adminis no I 1 menace tra tion according to cardenas to t all one can glean at this crossroads A friend of this writer an oil operator who has reasons for remaining anonymous brings news from mexico that the big swarthy mestizo the most conspicuous holdout hold out on the state agrarian program is is gaming gaining a following in a long sweep of mexican provinces and in this view dissident factions will swarm in behind him if there is a further drift toward civil war lie he has the friendship and backing of various foreign interests according to my informant and around his bis huge stolid grim person there is gathering powerful opposition to the government ern ment he is a self made fighting man who served his apprenticeship in various minor workouts work outs cuts before the big upheaval al of 1910 when old porfirio parfirio diaz was overthrown he joined this revolt but called himself a conservative revolutionist he never liquidated his personal army now numbering bout about I 1 and his autocratic he keeps up state is firmly en own army of in the con men commonwealth mon wealth when he resigned as secretary of agriculture on august 16 of last year it was reported that he had made a truce with president cardenas but that talk seems to have been premature ile he was a member of the national revolutionary party committee of 1934 which drafted medicos cos six year agrarian and economic plan but has been a determined and effective opponent of such fixings particularly the cardenas agrarian plan my friend picks senors cardenas and cedillo cedilla as the two strong men of mexico one being driven left and the other right by the present social tension Z THE PHE swiss bell ell ringers the onel armed trap drummer the circus ringmaster ring master and all such supposedly supposed lyl busy and preoccupied people are just sn oozing alongi along tap drummer compared to dr has nothing morris fishbein on fishbein goalkeeper goal ke keeper aper against medical quacks heresies her esies panaceas innovations utopias and unsanctioned experiments peri ments when dr james H means retiring president of the american college of physicians drops a few provocative words about self imposed medical reform they scarcely lilt hit a press wire before dr fishbein swings a devastating counter asser tion dr fishbein is elaborately equipped and organized for timely blasts against any encroachment croach ment of subsidized or socialized ciali zed medicine As editor of the journal of the american medical association with headquarters in chicago he commands a large staff of secretaries and assistant secretaries trained like a fast ball club to field any challenge or dissent he is undoubtedly the most highly publicized medical man in america through the journal he reaches the nations doctors through hygeia the more popularized medical publication he carries his message to many more thousands and is a prolific writer for national magazines he wolfs hundreds of exchanges and eight or ten medical books ev ery cry week lec finds amas time lime tures speaks on for fights the radio reviews on quacks books writes books and always enjoying a fight keeps up a fast running fight against the quacks when he finished rush medical school at the age of twenty three he had the choice of becoming a pathologist for the state of indiana or an assistant editor of the journal of medicine he chose the latter mrs fishbein who was anna mantel serves through the war with him traveling with him and assisting him in the biggest and busiest job of medical journalism ever attempted they have three children dr fishbein plump affable bald and forty eight years old also is deep in art music literature the drama bridge golf and public affairs exercising a sharp critical judgment in all these fields he is a magnificent demonstration of how a knowing doctor can build up his basal metabolisms 0 consolidated news features service |