The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-24
ROCKVILLE'S BANKER-JUDGE HITS BACK AT MINISTER'S WHO SCORED
 HIS ATTACK ON VOLSTEAD ACT

ety. Seldom one enters labor disputes, controversies frictions and turmolls. A local one recently said that brother clergyman in Rhode Island remarked of him he IS certain kind of a fool" for inter fering in labor troubles, and this Is stated III newspaper item relating to labor controversies ln that state. And although requested he has done nothing so far as 1 ar aware or believe, III any liquor prosecution but the court officials and the police have COnSClentiOuSly done their duty. UT friend has read but seems to have forgotten one of the beatitudes which rccites, Blessed are the meek, arrogating to himself the right to estab- fish standards of conduct for all others while recognizing no limitations upon himself. His omission to seek a per sonal interview in order to learn exactly what was said and endeavor by confer ence to ascertain what the practical workings of the Volstead Act had been before indulging in sensational attack by tongue and pen upon public officer causes one to wonder how serious an ef- fort to solve a pressing geological prob lem was intended.
 Mohamned forbade wine, his follow CTS have been hard and morose, and Peace on Earth, Good Will to men" did not eminate from any of their kind.
 Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars, and unto God the things that are Gods"
 There are higher flaws even though they are ir7 conflict with mans laws, but the best way to modify or get rid of bad law is to enforce it. The Volstead Act, upheld by a bare majority of the supreme court, may not be so perfect as to enforce all people to reverence it. The blue laws, the laws of the inquistion heresy, withcraft, pologamy, slavery, and hundreds of others, after having been enforced and upheld by the courts, were finally changed And thank God, there were persons in positions to carefully observe the workings of those laws who, though enforcing them while they were laws, had the right and privilege, and 1t was their duty, everywhere to call at tention to their defects.
 Keep the middle road. oD not go to extremes. Give liberty of conscience, tolerance of beliefs, and holding stead fast to principles of the right and jus nature and of Natures God
 Wine hath slain its thousands but milk its tens of thousands. There are various drunkards, beefsteak, candy, starch and tea water may by tyrant. People are incorporate, in various ways, but there is good in everything and ev- anywhere.
 Agani: So long as the Volstead Act remains law 1t should be enforced but If it 'lessens a regard for all law" it should be changed, Too many laws are made, no person knows them, and most persons are unwittingly transgres- sors. Life is complex and the sooner we become normal and lead the simple life, the better. Let us be honest, frank and sincere, regardless of hypocrites and extremists who will not attend to "rightness,"' realizing that the practicable IS often peter than the visionary.
 If this be treason make the most of it."
 I await the deluge, and in the mean time pray that the saloon as formerly conducted will never return, that intern perance in the use of liquors may not be succeeded by the greater evil of intern perance of speech especially upon the part of those who would assume to be spiritual leaders in the community.
 (Signed)
 John E. Fisk
 Judge Rockville City Court