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Los ^Angeles — %eligions
India was wiped out. Uplifters and Righteous, as well as Commercial, turned their backs on England ; Mahatmas crept out once more into the sunlight of publicity. On such slight bases do friendly relations stand.
Active war, except on such occasions as straw-hat day, was however restricted by the police, who did not allow any other sect to usurp the privilege of physical brutality which they exercised with cheerful goodwill wherever they found the mildest example of trade unionism, communism, I.W.W.ism, or any other suspicion of workers' organization societies. In a supposedly free country honest but idealistic men were arrested without warrants, were shut incommunicado in gaol ; their rooms were ransacked, their papers confiscated or destroyed, and they themselves not seldom tortured with the third degree. Meanwhile well-known bandits, pimps, and bootleggers lived in comparative security.
On the night we saw Aimee healing the sick I was seated by a thickset, roughly dressed man.
" See that ! " he growled, as the corridors and gangways became filled with people unable to find seats. " That's against city regulations, that is. It's a danger in case of accidents. If Bob Schuyler had one man standing in his alley-ways the police would run him in. Yes, sir ; and soak him good and proper. He criticizes the City Hall like the man he is, so they're always trying to catch him on the trip. But Aimee here has a good graft with the mayor and company. The police don't dare touch her, I tell ya."
The City Hall, we were told, symbolized the three outstanding features of Los Angeles : the solid base stood for the firm foundations at the strategic point of the great southwest ; the flanking wings exemplified the city's marvellous growth from the original pueblo ; while the soaring tower symbolized the indomitable spirit of its citizens. Behind this City Hall lay the Plaza. It was the old Mexican centre