Big Dispute

Scene: a Los Angeles courtroom last week.

Characters:

Adolph Roome III, 14, more than 6 ft. tall, weight 235 lb., overgrown apparently from the disfunction of his pituitary body, a ductless gland which controls growth.

Dr. Adolph Edward Roome Jr., his father, corpulent Los Angeles physician, who wanted to administer pituitary extract to make his son stop growing.

Mrs. Helen Roome, the doctor's one-time wife, a large-boned trained nurse who objected to the proposed treatment for her son.

Judge Lester W. Roth.

Son: I wear a 7 1/4 size hat, size 11 shoes, measure 40 in. around the waist and 41 in. around the chest. I am a student at Central Junior High School.

Judge: Are you embarrassed by your size while associating with other students?

Son: No, they never say anything. My father embarrassed me though in front of friends. . . . People looked at me like I was a criminal.

Father: Scientific investigation shows that the boy will be 7 ft. tall and weigh 400 lb. when he is 21. I want him to develop into a normal, healthy, intelligent heman, not a giant.

Mother: My son has every chance to become as much a man as his father, or a better one.

Judge (to boy) : You have seen giants and know what they look like. Are you willing to take a chance on becoming like them?

Son: Yes.

Judge: The boy is not a guinea pig, and he will not be subjected to experiments by any doctor.

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