Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-10-18
COOLIDGE IGNORES
VIEWS OF PINCHOT
VIII Give Prohibition Opinions
at Governors Conference.
ALLEN FLAYs kEYsT0NER
Former Governor Of Kansas Says II
city psflsd Him, People Would Riss
and 90 70 Bed ut Sound q sugIs.

City Defed Him, People Would Rise
and 90 70 Bed at Sound Of suols.
Washington. President Coolidge
will present his views on pro-
h:bition to the governors law enforce
mens conference to be- held here Oi
Saturday and In the meantime VIII
have no comment to make on Cover
nor Pinchot's suggestion that the pres
ident take into his own hands the task
Of dry law enforcement.
AT the opening Of the GOVERNOR
conference the president Is expected
to discuss the question Of enforcement
In some detail, but It IL not known to
what extent he will deal specifically
with the Pennsylvania governors sug.
gestion as made In an address at the
citizenship conference here.
Mr.. Coolidge discussed the enforce
ence with Henry ]. Allen, former gov
ernor Of Kansas, who takes issue with
Governor Pinchot On the responsibility
for laxity In enforcement. The for
mer Kansas governor said that while
he had the highest regard for Gov
ernor P.nehot, he thought It ill-advised
for him to east reflections upon the
president In the matter Of prohibition
enforcement.
"If were governor Of state and
city In that state defied my orders
to close up saloons violating the law"
Allen said, "the citizens Of that city
would wake up the next morning at
the sound Of bugIe revielle, and
would go to bed to the tune OF taps.
would keep the state military In that
city until my orders were obeyed."
Mr.. Allen explained that he had ID
mind 1.-THE open defiance Of Philadel-
ph!a saloonkeepers to Governor Pin,
chot's recent order to close saloons Ia
that city"
President Coolidge told delegates to
the citizenship conference on prohf-
btion enforcement who called on him
at the White House that he had been
very much interested in the confer
ence and that what has been SAID and
done would be Of use to the c0nfer4
ence OF governors which he has called
here next Saturday.
The chief executive refrained from
any comment, however, on the detafl1
ed policies which have been under dis1
cussion at the meetings here during
the past three days. 1t was Indicated
he would outline his opinions when
he meets with the governors.
Fred b. Smith, Of New York, chair
man OF the citizenship conference exs
ecutive committee, told the president
1t was hardly necessary for him to
say that the delegates all believed I'M
him. The president shook hands with
each one OF those attending the con-
ference as they filed through the ex-
ecutive Office.
Radical changes In court proceed
ure and method are necessary to en-
forcement OF the law, the committee
on educational policy said in report
submitted to the conference. No su0-
gestions as to the form of such chang
es were made.
"Beyond this" the report added,
"there must be some thoroughgoing
changes IN family life and discipline.
Too often family discipline has sadly
relaxed
Asserting that for many months
moving picture films have contained
many filings at prohibition, the COM
mittee suggested that there be con-
ference with the moving picture pro-
ducers in an effort to obtain the ellmi.
nation Of "all scoffing at prohibition
as bad form and unpatriotic; the crea-
tion Of films Of scenes depicting the
benefits of total abstinence and the
Importance Of respecting all laws"