The “rowdies,” Malone discovered, were a large minority group that
wanted the good old days of electric canes, paper hats, whistles and
pretty girls. “The Legion has grown up,” a spokesman told them. “This
convention is being held to discuss the possibility of increased
technological aid to India and Africa. There is no place for
tomfoolery or high jinks.”
The expulsion order had been carried by a record majority.
And then there were two items, on different pages, that seemed to
contradict each other. The first was a small headline on page
fourteen: