Gunnison news-champion., 1923-06-15

Turn il over TO the navy and
army Smith Is night To that extent,
that d Is q federal job 10 enforce the
Law The army and navy have not
anything 10 do IN peace times, any
hov bit 90 thru few drills and idle
the!F time away cruising or maintain
ing The social relations At some is0-
late post Why not give them some
thiEg 20 do for the money We spend
OF ,Eau- get them busy. Let them
have q construction job and they'll be
haPPy'
-Io you think they could enforce
tn .aws :"
-aHsoluteIyI They are the only men
who can Take the way the old war
put the booze on the blink That's
VIA our army and navy would do
% these rum runners II We turned
tn ID over 10 them Some Of u
w0gt join the army ourselves 10 help
enf.-re the liquor laws. You'd see
ju-, h0w popular the Volstead act is
II 90 did that"
Since We are talking about booze,
NJ Ford, would you mind telling
me g0ur personal attitude toward it ,"
81 be glad 10 tell you what ! think
OF i. Booze never did any good
any place any time. That's the way ]
feel about it never drank a drop
in ny life and ] never expect to drink
a drop"
What about industry"
"No industrial leader with any sense
ALLEGED liquor in his shops. That
va topped long before the volstead
az
@l. vas stopped because it hurt
bl-.ncsS. | have noticed a great diff
f,Frrcc in our plants since the pro-
h.. ION law went into effect"
il s an interesting observation that
81 Ford neither smokes nor drinks
ar hat there is no smoking, drink
iEr or chewing OF tobacco allowed in
r.. Industry from top to bottom. ]
b.. sitting in with the Ford eNecu-
t.,.- at lunch for some time and
ha.r never seen Ford executive
smoElng.
But talking about the Volstead act
B., will be enforced as soon as the
people want il enforced" says Ford.
"l Ehi here in Detroit we have one
o. the hardest problems Of law en-
cement In America because Can
a#. ts just across from Us. The city
&. ed to enforce the laws and so
. t the government. They asked Us
s.- help because We are near To
Fg0rse, the worst rum running section
America. We sent our detectives
down there and stopped booze run
* in one weeks time. II we can
.n Il the government ought to do It
right, don't you think ?"
Do you think America is likely 10
take 4 backward step in prohibition"
Unless we turn the enforcement
a. the laws over TO the army and
aevy and get il done right, America IS
likely to become disguised with lack
# law enforcement"
DO you think that Gov. Smiths
act will force the question into po-
teal issue in the coming campaign
Cor the election Of the PRESIDENT"
No, rot any more than it has been
aenetofor. Why should il become
POLITICAL issue? 1t is already law
and part of the constitution OF the
United States. II ought TO be en-
forced, just the same as any other
las and that's all there Is TO It"
'Do you think the conditions along
law enforcement are any better now
than they were at the beginning?
'Nes. They are getting better all
the time. We must educate the peo-
pie and after while, just as in any
social problem, when the truth is
known the law will be enforced. You
have to have public opinion back of
law to give il validity, and the way
to get public opinion back of the Vol
stead act is to educate the people"
''lou do not feel discouraged then
over the future of prohibition in
America ?"
Not at all. It's just as l said a
while ago about business, I'm an
optimist. America is not going to re-
trace her steps along any line and
certainly not along such line as 60
ing back to pre-war days in this
liquor business. We are not making
any new drunkards and that's step
forward, at least"