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versation afterwards, Mr.. Allen was
prOfuse in his praise Of Governor
Pinchot as a man and as a pro-
hibitionist. He expressed the
highest regard for Governor Pin
chot professionally and the warmest
taffection for him personally. He
felt obliged to assail him, however,
he said, for trying to unload too
much of local responsibility onto
the Federal authorities.
Mr.. Allen incidentally has made
the rounds of all the Federal offices
and bureaus having anything to
do with Federal prohibition enforce
ment and has subsequently visited
the White House with ideas re-
garding a better organization of
these Federal agencies for prohibit
tion' purposes.
Points In His Policy.
These numerous developments,
all taken together, are held to
warrant the conclusion that Pres-
ident Coolidge's prohibition policy,
as it will be expressed to the Gov
errors conference next Saturday,
and as it will be EXPRESSED = n ;
ministrative action afterwards, is
as follows:
One-An effort will be made to DO
some Tightening Of the lines in the
Federal prohibition enforcement
net.
Two-A strong effort will be made
% arouse all local coInmun ties,
whether States or cities or villages.
10 their local responsibility for full
local law and order"
Meanwhile the Citizenship Con-
ference" just before it's final adj
journment, adopted policies which
tend toward turning the whole
country into a sort of universal
citizens vigilance committee" for
prohibition enforcement.
A special organization was created
for arousing every local church,
"very local women's aid society,
every local philanthropic agency,
md every local business mems COM
munity welfare club or group, to
watching and aiding the efforts of
the local prohibition enforcers.t
The Illinois delegation to the "con-
ference" sent a telegram Of thanks
to an Illinois editor-Mr.' A. H. Bow
man, Of the Evanston News-Index-
who had promised to print in his
paper the names of all men and
women whom he and the members
of his staff might find drinking
liquor in the fashionable golf clubs
in the Evanston neighborhood.-
Pitiless Publicity Favored.
It was felt that If local papers
would print the names of all local
drinkers, and If all neighbors would
provide the local papers with full
information regarding the times and
places where the drinking was done.
so that the editors could in each
Issue print a list of prominent citi-
Zens with a parallel column show
ing what they drank and when and
where they drank 1t, much good
would be done.
The upshot of the conference"
accordingly is as follows:
One-Governor Pinchot has scath-
ingly attacked the National Admin
istration for not doing enough for
prohibition federally; and his at
tack, while regarded by the Admin
istration as extreme will be an in
fluence in the prospective strength
ening of the Federal prohibition
enforcement organization.
Two-In response to Governor
Pinchot the friends of President
Coolidge, through Ex-Governor AL
tial insistence upon what the Pres
| ident calls a Cooperation" in all
law enforcement by the States. The
President will advance that idea
| of State cooperation" and of
local self -government" not only
for prohibition but as a broad gen.
eral principle,
Three-The citizenship Confer.
ence" has developed a program
through which it is hoped that
much will be done for prohibition
by millions of Jealous vigilant priv.
ate citizens who without holding
any office will, nevertheless. hold
firm watch over their neighbOrs.
Thus, with everybody working
at il. from Mr.. Coolidge down
| through the State governments TO
the humblest private citizen. IL is
hoped and assorted that this law
will he enforced.
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