The Washington times., 1923-10-20
GOVERNORS
AGREE ON
PLANS
SiIzer and Parker Promise Co
operation for Federal Law
enforcement.
BY KENNETH w. CLARK,
Insernafional News Service.


Tnternaticnnl News Service.
ABOARD GOVERNORS, SPE-
CIAL TRAIN ENRoUTE TO
WASHINGTON, Oct. 90. State
governors fresh from their If
teenth auual conference II get
BADEN, nd, today were speeding
rapidly TO- Washington on : spe-
cial train To pledge to President
Coolidge the fullest cooperation
in the Administrators drive to
enforce the prohibition law.
Governors Unanimous,
Not dissenting voice win be
raised at the White House Flaw and
ORDER conference this afternoon,
when the written pledge il delivered
to President Coolidge by Governor
Baxter Of Maine. that the States
chief executives are determined to
maintain the sanctity Of the consti-
tuition and enforce all laws of the
country, particularly the dry, mar
cotic and immigration laws, which
the President called the governors
to discuss.
This was made certain when the
two governors, Silzer Of New Jer-
eey, and Parker Of Louisiana, who
voted against the Sweet resolution,
pledging four-Square enforcement,
announced, after extended consulta.
ton with dry leaders on the train,
that they are prepared to assure the
President that they are Determined
to exert all energies to enforce the
law"
VIII Enforce Law.
1--WE are enforcing the dry law in
New Jersey and we will continue to
enforce all laws that are a part of
the Constitution, and will do so as
long as they are on the statute
books" Governor Silzer said.
Pointing out that because Of Ger.
tain conditions, peculiarly local to
Louisiana. enforcement of the liquor
law is perhaps more difficult in my
State than in some Of the others, ~
Parker declared.
The only semblance Of unanimity
on this question was indicated ir
the growing strength of the de
mand, voiced by Governor Pinchot
of Pennsylvania, that President
Coolidge himself take over the re
sponsibility of the Federal enforce
ment system. Pinchot will carry
that challenge directly to the Presi
dent this afternoon, pointing out
that there is little hope of better
enforcement unless responsibility il
centralized; issuance of fraudulent
warehouse Withdrawals permits
halted and a sweeping house clean
ing made in the prohibition service
to GUST all officials not accomplish
ing results.
Says Sentiment Is DRY"
1.-THE sentiment of the country IL
overwhelmingly dry" Governor
Pinchot said, land prohibition il
here to stay. It can be made eff
fective II an honest effort 10 made
by the Federal administration, as
sisted by the States, to uphold 1t
In my opinion certain changes ART
needed in the present system, but
after all, II the right kind Of Off
Gals are at the helm foree-can be
exerted to drive out the bootleg
gers and the saloonkeepers."
"Of course, as governor OF q
State and as an American citizen
I stand for strictest law enforce
ment."
To bear out his sincerity he
cited the fight he Is making in the
State to wipe out the Ku KluS
Khan, which he denounced as ar
reorganization that defied consti
tuted law and sought to take the
law in it's own hands to establish
supergovernment yelled behind
the mask and robe"
While governors agreed that II
was the duty Of all Federal and
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