The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-15
UnderWood Manager Issues
 First Formal Statement To Alabama Voters Saturday
Prohibition Has Ceased Be An Issue in Politics and E perienced Men Are Needed in Legislative Halls
 Now, Declares Hooper
By FRED H. GoRMLEY.

sphere IS pregnant Wlln lSIlS. lHe
 League of Nations remains suspended in the air. While we should not fear the future, we should face 1t seriously. Having due regard. for these and other conditions, have enlisted in the campaign to reelect Senator Under wood. for there is no factor that will function to any greater degree in solv-
 ing the worlds present perpiexing problems than the United States Senate. I favor his reelection for the reason that he will in a large degree aid in preparing and supporting leg islation that will tend to bring order out of chaos. No man iA the Senate,
 democrat or republican possesses a greater degree ofparliamentary skill
 or training and development in states manship. He was the choice of his
 assocaites in the lower House as chalr-
 man of the ways and means committee and floor leader. and his splendid sue
 cess in those positions is part of the history of the democratic party and the country. Well qualified as such his colleagues in the Senate would now acclaim him as their leader. Senator Underwood has poise and patience,
 courage and conservatism By study
 and research he has acquired great
 learning. No member of the Senate en-
 joys greater respect and confidence During his twenty years of service he
 has splendidly grown in the regard of
 the people and his achievements in constructive legislation are unexcelled
 By many citizens of the nation he is referred to as the outstandine fisure in the United States Senate.
 PEOPLE NEED UNDERWOOD
 l. therefore regard it as being in the
 interest of the public welfare that Oscar w. Underwood succeed him. self
 No people need such high traits of character as those who employ self gov. ernment and yet in it's evolution men ds not always agree, but once the law IS placed upon the statute books and doublv eEtrenched by being made componens part or the Constitution itself all Ia {, al ding citizens will endeavor to uphold the law. The federal prohibition amend- ment having been ratified by the reouisite number of states. and ample effective and drastic enforcement laws having been passed by both houses Of Congress and approved by the President. prohibition is not an issue in this cam Daign. This enforcement law provides that the maximum percentage of alcohol In any beverage is to be one-half of one per cent. Senator Underwood voted in favor of the enforcement bill and has publicly declared that >>the law, having been written on the statute books. should be rigidly enforced That it be rigidly enforced in Alabama there has been ap- pointed one of Alabama's most dis tinguished former prohibitionists J. k. Dixon, as the enforcing officer
 Is it not true that there are manacing problems pressing for consideration? Surely all thoughtful citizens will agree that questions of supreme importance in d volvins the safety and integrity of our institutions are still unsettled. Alabama has the right to play 8 part in the adju dication of national and foreign differ ences, and certainly there rests upon our people an imperative duty to take an active interest in all foreign as well IS domestic matters that affect their well fare. Shall we not entrust their solution to seasoned and veteran statesman who has matched with with the greatest merchant princes of the world in writing the famous Underwood tariff act and who occupies such commanding posi- ton in the present discussion of foreign affairs?
 PUBLIC RIGHTS
 The greatest triumph of our time is the eEthronement of the principle of public rights It should prove the governing srrit of the earth. All men are equal in the eyes of the law and, for this reason, there should be no special in- terests, no class distinctions, no mass formation of separate groups of citizens. IhoSe laws should be passed that VIII bring the greatest good to the greatest number, for the two great environments of the soul are work for humanity and the development of faith. It is my firm resolve to pursue a coure of moderation. to seek to assuage bitterness which ton often marks political differences, and n this spirit I have entered the campaisn to re-elect to the United States Senate Oscar w. Underwood. believing as I do in his eminent worthiness to sit in the greatest law making body of the world
 It is very gratifying to me to knew that as chairman of the Underwood committee I shall have the ac- tive and enthusiastic cooperation of the following gentlemen as vice chairmen: Richard M Hobbie Montgomery; Ray Rushton. Montgomery; Forney Johnston. Birmingham; Thomas E. Esry. Dothan. Geon. George P. Harrison. Opelika J. Lee Andrews Sheffield; J. Manly Foster. Tuscaloosa: Horace Turner. Mobile; l.. l.. Herzberg, Gadsden
 Assurances have been received by me from all parts of the state that Senator Tlderwood's $ renomination is considered vital to the best interests of Alabaml and the nation, and we shall enter upon our campaign with a confidence which is inspired by such a universal apprecia- tion of the merits of great leader and such widespread determination u see that his majority shall be convincing
 LLOYD NJ. HOOPER, Chairman. in its magnitude.