UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Mark Sullivan's estimate of President Hoover's conception of the underlying influences affecting the major problems of the day is based entirely on the former engineer's experiences in the realm of science. Mr. Sullivan feels that his approach is almost wholly, from the laboratory and from an understanding of the realities of these problems because of his exposure to most of them.

President Hoover's judgments are colored, as are those of all statesmen, by the bias of his personal experiences. The part played by successful business men in the affairs of the government, which were at one time entirely controlled by the political whims of the right party boss, is increasing. Lamont and Mellon hold Cabinet posts, Dawes goes to London: Young and Morgan put Germany on a paying basis. On the committee, composed to stabilize business after the Wall Street debacle, are men all with a practical insight into the social and economic aspects affecting every section of the country. Experts as well in deed as theory control the destinies of agriculture and industry.

The rise of modern Science during this century has brought into the world at large the utensils of the laboratory and the application of research to the international questions of the time. Diplomatic chaff is superseded by "the scientific approach". The sleeveless engineer replaces the dilettante of the tea-table.