Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-23
STATE EXECUTIVES
|. URGED To GIVE AID
To j. s. OFFICIALS
Executive Program Is Adopt
ed Unanimously, Though
Al Smith and Richie At
tack VoIStead Law

| WASHINGTON. Oct. 2O.-A pro,
gram for cooperation between
the federal government and the
states in prohibition enforcement,
suggested by President Coolidge, was.
| adopted today at the White House
conference of the president and the
state governors.
Six points for prohibition enforce
ment were proposed by President
Coolidge. These provided for state
! meetings of prosecuting attorneys,
enlistment of the press, coordination
of state and federal enforcement
Personnel and other measures.
The presidents program was adopt,
ed without dissenting vote after
the governors had added another
seventh point providing for educa-
ton OF children to the dangers or al
| cohol1c beverages.
AFTER addresses By President Cool.
ldge and other officials, a round ia.
ole discussion developed with spirit.
ca addresses, including those bv
governors Smith, of New York and
1I-tcnle, Of Maryland, in criticism of
the Volstead act. Governor Pinchot
OF pennsylvania, did not speak hut
gave out a statement commenting
the results of the conference.
Among the points in the presi.
uents program was one calling for
conventions of municipal, county
ana state enforcement officers to
aoopt state programs, with the fed
eral government pledging every pos.
sible support.
Program Adopted
Inc six points proposed by Presi
cent Coolidge and adopted by the
conference were:
1. Coordination of all federal
state. county and municipal forces.
z. Call upon the press to sup
port prohibition law enforcement.
stress law observance, and treat the
enforcement program commensurate
with the gravity of lawlessness.
%. Call convention of rnunicipal.
county and state enforcement Off.
Gals at convenient date to dis
cuss and adopt program for the
state, the federal government pIedg
ing every possible support to these
| conventions.
4. Call upon the prosecuting at
torney in the various districts of the
state to confer on this problem.
pledging support with every facility
to aid in such discussions.
IS. Adopt whatever means are
practicable to cause lawless citizens
and aliens to respect the majesty and
sancitity of the law. and to respect
the various agencies enforcing it.
"6. Cooperation by national an.
thorities in all these activities"
The seventh point was suggested
by Governor Preus of Minnesota. IT
proposed that the governors arrange
with health officials of their states
to present information in further
ance OF the education of children to
the results of the use of alcoholic
beverages.
Provisions Plain
Meeting with more than thirty
state executives, who had responded
to his invitation to attend White
House conference on law enforce
ment, Mr.. Coolidge fatty declared
that mo provision of the eighteenth
amendment or the national prohibi-
ton act contemplates any surrender
of state responsibility"
The provisions of the eighteenth
anu 1LO 0uPplSluSAldEYt
statutes, the president said, are
perfectly plain" in the directions
they give, both to the president and
the governors of states. He added
that the country fought to compre-
bend that when laws have been
made, there is and can be, no ques-
ton about the duty Of executives to
enforce them with such instruments,
and by such means, as the law pro-
vides for securing enforcement"
The president suggested no new
means of cooperation between the
federal government and the states
and made no comment on the
declaration of the governors yester.
day in their conference at West
Baden, Ind, or on the suggestions
as to enforcement methods recently
put forward by individual governors.
He did say, however, that the prob
lens Of law enforcement could not be
answered by political intrigue" or
determined by extremists on either
side"