Life — June 26, 1931 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Life Looks About" - Political Commentary Page This page contains three opinion pieces on post-WWI policy issues: 1. **"Our Ailing World: Doctors Called In"** discusses German reparations payments and Allied debt collection, suggesting the debtor nations need economic relief to restore prosperity. 2. **"Get a Better Law"** critiques education policy, specifically referencing Mr. Wickersham's Eighteenth Amendment address at Syracuse. The author argues that education—particularly habitual association with temperate people—matters more than prohibition laws in preventing alcoholism. 3. **"Sighting Another World"** celebrates Sir Oliver Lodge's 80th birthday and his scientific theories about invisible worlds and intelligence beyond human understanding. The decorative header illustration shows a cherub or angel figure. The content reflects 1920s concerns: war debt, Prohibition enforcement, and emerging spiritualist/scientific interests.