The Arvada enterprise., 1923-10-25
news REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
President and Governors Discuss
Ways Of Enforcing the
Prohibition Law.
LLOYD GEORGE on GERMANY
BY EDWARD W. PIckARo

LOW our laws can he enforced. es-
L pecially the prohibition law. Is
exercising the minds Of great many
Americans these days. A citizenship
conference on the subject has Just
been held In Washington under the
auspices OF the Federal Council Of
Churches OF Christ in America. and.
NJ far as the Volstead act Is concerned
the addresses OF some Of the eminent
conferecs developed n decided differ
ence OF opinion. Governor Pinchot OF
Pennsylvania. calling the present state
Of things whisky rebellion" bluntly
laid the blame for the lack OF Its sup
preston nt the doors of the White
House. lie charged the federal en-
forcement service with inchiciency and
held II responsible for the food OF Il.
legal liquor that Is pouring into local
communities. He said the government
agents, In his belief. not only winked
At violations Of the law but In many
eases acted as graft collectors. He
held politics chiefly responsible for
the BLACK disgrace" asserting that In
state after state the bills OF the domi-
nant par,y-Democratic or Republican
were paid for years by the liquor In
teresis: and he did not spare the sup
posedly respectable citizens who pat
ronize the b"otleggers and thus main
tain the Industry.
THE President" declared Mr.. Pin
chot. 'is the only man who can meet
the present emergency. II Is Idle to
suggest that the laws cannot he en-
forced. That the government Of the
United States. the most powerful m
,ion on earth. with the people over.
whelmingly behind II. Is powerlcss be-
fore n few thousand. or few hundred
thousand, Of asserted iawbrenkcrs Is
simply unthinknble. The fact Is. we
have never really tried"
Some people. notably former Gov
ernor Allen of Kansas. disagreed with
this pronouncement Of Pinchot's. and
y good many Of the Presidents warm.
eat supporters thought the Pennsyl.
vaninn had unfairly broken the gen.
tiemsn's agreement" TO permit the
President 10 demonstrate his ability to
run the government satisfactorily be
fore any other Republican hats should
10 cast into the nomination ring. They
said Pinchot. recognized M N prcsi.
Dental possibility. wns trying TO put
Mr.. Coolidge on the defensive.
Mr.. Coolidge himself. however. did
not appear In the least worried over
the situation. Imperturhable as usual.
he waited for the opening Of the con.
ference Of the governors Of the states
10 Washington Saturday. and then set
before that gathering what h. thinks
10 the common sense view of the prob
lem Of prohibition enforcement. With.
out replying directly to Governor Pin.
chots charges. he pointed out that nm
extraordinary change IN the habits OF
tho American people cannot he
wrought In II few yenrs tina, complete
prohibition will require time and II
long process OF education: that to i'm
prove conditions there mus, bc gen.
crnl tightening up ~ all government
agencies. federal. stat" and municipal.
Before going to Washington tho gov.
rrnors met In West Baden. Ind. There.
too. they discussed prohibition. and
many of them. especially those from
the South. expressed the opinion that
tho dry law should bc enforced by the
s,ntcs rather than by the federal gov.
ernmcnt.