New-York tribune., 1922-03-27
Harding Plans
Check ON Rum.
Capitals View
Presidents Speech to R;h,
Class on Disregard Of Ia'',
Interpreted to Mean
Crusade Against Trams
Eyes Opened in F1or;a.
Wholesale Liquor Runn;n.
in The Open Is Believas
to Have Alarmed n: su

From The Tribuno's yyo,,,
WASHINGTON, March 2s.s'a g." 'n'''a
tration circles to-day intorr.a.' "an'nis-
speech made Friday evening by p p me
dent Harding before local p;t,. i, 're'''
to mean that the Presiden+ :. ',ass
mined that the national disreg.,I us,ef- t
the prohibition law shall stos ''I :. 'of
believed here by those in well ~. IS
circles that the President wa. .."sp .ia..
rather broadly at the opeu s.nn. a~.'as
and evasion Of the probibi,as '"''"s
and that he has determined tha. 'a"s
violations must end. ''' Sucn
In his speech Friday ni,h.
President said, among otbs, .s; mo
Take, for example, the matter "ss' =.
gard for the law. Without giyjns 70 .e. ~
much weight to alarmist eyn-a.. s 'o0
we must nevertheless recoor;,. ~
there is very apparent tendencn .+S'
lighter and more frivolous vjew ,. 70 %, a
citizens relation to both the st..a ~ 'ae
the church. We can hardly hon. bone ana ..l
a restoration Of the old ideals !, ,of
llglon and IN moral conduct "a I'm. ~
THIS tendency to disregard the sa
shall continue" '"e law
Disregard Of one statute i,e,;..,,-
must breed lack of respect for 90 ".
law IN general declared the Pres;dsrs
Found Florida Pretty Wet
In the opinion of those cIoeo
a q G ~ |hc
IN an unofficial capacity, this senten.s
IS taken to mean only one thing: thst
the president feels such wholesale snJ
continued disregard for the prohjbitinr
laws throughout the country genersiIv
II not checked, will result in dire co3 ~
sequences. VIC ''h-
1t develops that while the President
was IN Florida he found the onnortn'
nity % make number Of ohserrs-
tons regarding the liquor traffic ca,.
RED on between Florida and the nearbv
lSlands. He saw for himself that
FLORIDA. al least in the vicinity ~
Pam Beach and other winter resort,
was just about as wet as il could bs
ne President expressed himself fraely
IN regard to conditions to Attornev
General Daugherty and TO other mem.
bers OF his party. The Executive dia
not realize TO what proportions ths
I!lega! liquor traffic had grown mil
he saw for himself. 1t only served n
strengthen his determination that n.
pfonlbltlon amendment must be ar.
corded as much respect by the Ameri.
can people as any other law.
In several instances in his Friasr
night speech persons here who know
how the President feels about the en-.
forcement Of prohibition detect
warning TO violators to watch out Tts
recent indictments OF former probbi
ton dinrectors in Pennsylvania and
New York are recalled also in connsr.
ton with the Presidents attitude that
the prohibition amendment must be
respected.
Official Action Expected
Whatever breeds disrespect for the
law of the land in any particular de-
partment of our community relations
is force tending to the general break
down of our social organization. said
the President in his speech. every
law involves more or less Of this ee-
ment of restraint Our only safety
will be in intoxicating an attitude Of
respect for the law as the whole"
These excerpts from the Presidents
speech reflect the general tenor Of
his remarks, all of which point to an
increased effort in the belief Of high
officials here 10 check the violations Of
the prohibition regulations. 1t is ex-
pected that an official announcement
IN regard to conditions in Florida will
be made very soon. Drastic steps are
IN contemplation here to destroy the
"rum feet off the Florida coast.