The Washington times., 1922-12-18
15 At TEND
LEARN
HARDING
PLAN
Expect to Hear Plain Talk en
Need and Means Of
Enforcement.
By KENNETH ". CLARK,
Irferrafasnal NsHs 49,

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Responding TO an invttatssA
from the President. govssn0rs -
fifteen States came . Washing-
ton today for coufefsncs with
Mr.. Harding at the White Houss
on ways and means Of more dfsc-
lively clamping down the prohi-
bition enforcement lid.
WIN Talk Plain % Thsus.
The governors came hsfs fresh
from their annual threeday confer
ence ct White Sulphur Springs.
w. Va, where, In q rather In
formal manner, additional mothod1
by which state authorities could
work more harmoniously with Ed
erai agents In supprsesing nlagal
liquor traffic were discussed.
The following wore Pred6ont
Harding's guests ct luncheon;
Vice President Coolidge. Secretary
Of the Treasury Mellon, Attorney
General Daugherty. Prchihoticn
Commissioners Haynes, and 0Ovoru-
ors Denney Of Delaware. Cux q
Massachusetts,, Ritchie Of Mary
land. Trinklo Of VIRGINIA, HartneDs
OF Vermont, McCfay Of Indiana,
Rilby Of Alabama, Hyde Of Nis1ouri.
Preus Of Minnesota, Olcott q Ore
gon, Alien Of Kansas. Morgan Of
West virginiG, McKelvie Of Ne
braslra, Davis OF Idaho, CAmpbeI1 ~
Arizona and formsr 0oysrnoe 10wn-
send Of Delaware. .s
Cognixant that the present ayuten
of enforcement has mot beoueht
about the highly desirable regults
anticipated, President Harding VIII
mince few words IN making Il quite
plain to the conferses that hereafter
all dry agents, Federal or 0tnts.
must unite In closest co-operuticn
to combat liquor. Only In this way.
Mr.. Harding win point out. can the
national scandal Of prohibition
laxity Be exterminated.
In the Eighteenth Amendment
there b = provision. recently
strengthened by . ruling Of the eu-
preme Court. specifically concurring
Joint powers 70 the State and Fed
enforcement. Numerous instances
have been reported 70 the Prssidsnt,
Il 10 said, where local and State
agents refused fatty to exercise this
authority. which, In turn, Impaired
the effectivsness Of the FEDERAL oe-
To prevent rscurrences II such
cases, Mr.. Harding u expected to
urge that governors 1t once muster
full forces in the. new and conr
certed drive which the Adminlntrs-
ton proposes against liquor.
Must Enferce Law. ~
The question Of the proprlsty or
the expediency Of the dry law 10
not to be an Issue In this confer
ence. President Harding now n
only concerned with enforcement,
feeling that. ~ II 10 the law o. the
land, all available resources must
|be utilised to uphold its proviaio0b.
At the offset he win make this
clear to the governors.
WhiIe President Harding does not
feel that any specific agsncy Of
Individual can be blamed FOR the
apparent Iet-down In the dfy cAnf-
paign, he n Represented - beine q
the opinion that the iaxity Imported
to him from many sectionD of .ho
nation has been due IN No n1nQ1l
degree 10 the Ack of proper an6
Harmonious cooperation betWeen
the regularly constituted pr0hfbl-
tion units, STATE as wen - national.
Because of the magnitu6s and
scope Of the work, u y be11ovs1 ~
viii bring out IN the conforeoco
that Il u = wel1-nigh heDe1eso tnGk
for the Federal agencies 20 tlghton
m ths lines without earnest -