The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-07-13

was ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY at the con-
and National Officers at
he Executive Committee of the Anti
lie following day:
ritory. The laws of the United States
prohibit both foreign and American
ships from carrying or possessing bev-
erage intoxicants within the three mile
limit. The Supreme Court has construed
and upheld this law. We appeal to the
friends of orderly government to sun
port the Federal officers in the enforce
ment of this law without fear or favor.
We commend our Government for en-.
forcing our laws against alien ships and
citizens, as we'll as against our own. We
also approve the declaration of Hon.
David Lloyd George that America is
wholly within her rights in this matters
and the declaration of Prime Minister
Baldwin that British official seals CON
fer no immunity upon any article
brought by British ship within Amer-
can territorial waters and that
the British Government itself does not
tolerate even The temporary presence of
liquor of an unlawful status within Brit.
ish waters"
The time has conc when the people of
the United States should assert their
rights to require the citizens of foreign
nations residing within the United
States to observe domestic policy
adopted after a struggle of more than
half century by the United States of
America. In this effort we confidently
believe our country will have the SYM
pathy and support of the friends of law
and order in every nation in the world
We express our heartfelt sympathy
for the families of the more than thirty
Federal Prohibition Agents and the
many bereaved families of state and To-
cal officers who have been assassinated
by the criminal liquor law violators.
The murder of these faithful public Off
Gals challenges every red-blooded Ameri-
can to help destroy the traffic which
caused this disgrace in the nation. We
call upon all friends of law enforcement
to give their support to the President of
the United States in carrying out his
declaration for the enforcement of uni
versal prohibition within our country.
We heartily endorse the painstaking and
honest efforts of National Prohibition
Commissioner Major Roy Haynes, in the
success that has attended his difficult
task to enforce the national prohibition
law. We commend also the Justice De-
partment of the United States for its
aggressive policy in the enforcement of
National Prohibition. We urge all citi-
zens in the Republic to support Federal,
State and local officers who are doing
their duty.
The results of prohibition thus far OBJ.
tanned by partial enforcement are an
earnest of what will follow under com.
plete enforcement. These results are re-
Elected in reduced arrests for drunken
ness and crime related thereto; de-
creased restitution caused by liquor; I'M
precedented increase in savings accounts
of more than two billion dollars under
national prohibition; increased attend
ance at schools and colleges; unprecc-
dented home building of six thousand
new homes per month; nearly one mil
lion new life insurance policies and a
billion dollars of life insurance within
a single month; three thousand new
church members being added daily and
all that pertains to the public and moral
welfare strengthened.
The cost to the Federal Government to
secure these splendid results has been
offset by the fines and other penalties