Life — May 24, 1928 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Political Front" - Life Magazine This page satirizes **Senator James Thomas Heflin of Alabama**, depicted in the left caricature. The article discusses Heflin's crusade against Archbishop Achille Ratti (later Pope Pius XI), whom Heflin accused of inciting anti-Democratic sentiment. The main cartoon shows a domestic scene where a woman asks a man, "And after he kissed you three times, then what?" to which he responds, "Well—then he began to get sentimental." The satire mocks Heflin's volatile personality and his seemingly emotional, unpredictable political behavior. The text suggests his opposition to Smith (likely Al Smith, a Catholic Democrat) is religiously motivated and politically destabilizing for the Democratic party in the South, portraying Heflin as an unreliable, mercurial figure whose dramatic crusades undermine Democratic unity.