The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-16

President Must Discounts
nance Nickname II He's to
Enforce Dry Law.
By WILLIAM HARD.

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A new chapter in the clash
between Governor Pinchot Of
Pennsylvania and President Cool
idge-and also a new chapter II
the immortal annals of "HenrS
and Me"-was opened here early
this morning when William Aller
White, distinguished editor anG
author and public man of Kansas
arrived here and at once went tt
the defense of Governor Pinchot
and issued a statement taking
strong exception to the speech
made here last night by his dear
old friend, Henry ]. Allen, dis
tinguished editor and author and
public man ard ex-governor IL
Kanas, who accO n ,Ianied him 0u
his famous marta! tour of Eu
rapc n war time; and who sub
ssql entity tried to put him in ia;
IL. Kansas for defyinSj Mr.. Ailer 4
IsGJu. trial Court aw
PinchOt Is Right.
Mr.. White, who is the me" OF
Henry and Me-" was Informed thai
Henry" was seeking to send wore
to him to implore him not to "bust
loose" and start shooting" Mr.
White, on getting this message
grunted grimly and shot as follows
Il do not mean to attack President
Coolidge, but Governor Pinchot is
right and Henry is wrong in this
business of the importance of Fed
eral prohibition enforcement. Henry
says that any State can enforce
prohibition all by itself. Henry is
mistaken.
In Kansas we can do it because
Kansas is in favor of prohibition
No State can do it all by itself, how.
ever, when large and powerful ele.
ments in the State are opposed to
prohibition in the degree to which
they are opposed TO 1t in many
States.
For those states it is necessary
that there shall be- strong Federal
aid in prohibition enforcement In
many Safes that strong aid is not
now forthcoming In order to give
1t in those states President Coolidge
will have to overcome the Senators
from those states who use their
political influence to put improper
persons into the Federal prohibition
enforcement service.
Must Drop Cautious"
when President Coolidge gets
through overcoming those Senators
and when he gives this country a
really efficient Federal prohibition
enforcement service against their
opposition, he will have shown
qualities which will give him a
nickname from his present one OF
Cautious CAL
''Such is the political truth of the
situation. In Henry's and my State
the United States Senators give us
q Federal enforcement service which
Is not ruined by politics. In certain
other States that service is rotten
with politics and the United States
Senators are responsible for the
situation and President Coolidge will
have to abandon caution and give
them a fight before in those States
the friends of prohibition are able
to make the prohibition laws COM
pletely effective.
ITO that extent Governor Pinchot
IN right"
So spoke Bill White, and added:
IF Henry wants me to keep my
shirt on, ALL can say is that I
an going to look around town and
calmly, probably, say some more
later"
The Pinchot forces knew that Mr..
White was coming to town and was
going to take this view, and he is
regarded as one of their prospec.
tive great spokesman in the coming
nationwide struggle between the
Pinchot prohibition enforcement
method and the Coolidge method.
Mr.. Allen, it is learned, has con
ferred with the President not once
but several times in the course OF
the meetings here of the Citizen.
ship conference" of which Governor
Pinchot is chairman. Mr.. Allen has
had repeated opportunities to come
TO be In full possession Of the Pre3i
cents views. II might almost be
said that during his stay here he
has divided his time between the
citizenship conference" and the
White House. He is scheduled to
go to the White House again today
His speech, therefore, of last night
in which as a delegate to the "citi
zenship conference" he delivered an
emphatic answer to Governor Pin.
chot, is regarded here as being al
least sort of semi official White
House utterance.
The gist of it was that in every
State of the Union except New York
the local governor under local laws
could make the State dry without
much help from Calvin Coolidge, al
though II was confidently to be ex
pected that Calvin Coolidge would
give all the help that was feasible.
Inc Presidents heart is abso
htely right on this proposition, >
said Mr.. Allen TO this writer after
wards.
improvement by President.
1.-THE President" said Mr.. Allen
twill undoubtedly improve the oual
fly Of the work done by the Fedora
Government in prohibition enforce
ment. My point is, however. thai
the main burden and main responsi
bility for the enforcement of all law,
like the prohibition laws must al
ways be borne by the governors O
the States. hope, and 1 confidentl,
expect. that my friend GifforC
, Pinchot will now proceed to maxi
Pennsylvania totally dry through hi
own complete use of his own com
plete local powers"
In the course of his speech, a
well as in the course of his con