New Britain herald., 1926-04-21
hibltion law were foreign born

perhaps because Of failure on the par, o' the state authorities 10 en. force the law. Politics may have something to do with l."
 DO politics interfere with your eourts?"
 Not any more"
 When did 1t stop"
 Shortly after took office. After had a chance 10 talk 10 them few times"
 Bernstein declined 10 discuss tho regime Of his predecessor other than to say he had never heard of any complaints as to law enforcement.
 The witness declared there was Terfest cooperation between the pro hihition agents and his office.
 The agents are efflcient?"
 T did not say that"
 Urging Bernsteen to speak freely, Senator Golf told him tho commit tee wanted 10 get at tho facts.
 You have seen in the newspaper that thIs committeeman Is dry and again that this committeeman IS wet" Golf said, "1 am neither wet nor dry. want 70 get at the facts"
 Bernsteen then said that he thought the Nolstcad act should have more teeth" in it, especially with respect 10 search warrants.
 We can't proceed against private homes unless there Is sale" he added.
 Comm!.taamer didn't agree that the law placed that restriction on enforcement.
 Should Be Sale First
 "T think there should be a sale in q private home before an order is issued against that home" the dis trict attorney declared.
 Do you consider that bootlegging will ever cease?"
 Tt will cease when it becomes un- profitable"
 Then when the law puts the fear ot God in the bootleggers, bootleg ging will cease" Golf said.
 "Yes, when the law can stop him."
 Bernsteen thought the legalized sale Of beer and wine would make enforcement difficult.
 'It would increase the opportun- lily 10 sell hard liquor" he added. This is not beer drinking nation, { in my judgment" ] You have assumed that wine and beer would he sold in saloons" Cod man broke in. How would 1t be if sold only by the bottle, and not to be drunk on the premises"
 That would not make it quite SO difficult. but still it would increase Ithe places where the sale of hard liquor would he possible"
 You can buy hard liquor most anywhere now can't you?" Codman asked.
 Not in Cleveland"
 Don't you, as district attorney buy "quor to get eTidence''
 Yes"
 : What Is the price'"
 q don't know except what the prohibition agents say they pay for 1t. It sometimes is ;5 pint"
 DO you know of the seizure of stills in Cleyeland?" Yes we have q few Of them. Everyone caught with g. still is sent to the ~orkhouse. Have you any way of estimating the number of stills in the homes In 1 Cleveland?'
 "oh, guess there are q good many"
 i pernsteen was followed on the stand by Canon William 2. Chase superintendent of the international ! Reform federation, who declared prohibition had not caused any "crime wave"
 "Thr lavlessness and revolt Of youth is as strong in countries which { do not have prohibition,' he said Young people in Germany and Italy are carrying hip fasks, and revolting against inherited convictions Of morality and respect for law as well as in Am erica"
 i Movies Cause Crime
 The witness gave it as his opinion that the greatest one universal cause of crime" is the unregulated motion picture. He protested against the modification of bills before the committee. saying that what really was sought was "intoxtCating iiquor'
 The Rev. J. J. rnrran, Catholic rriest ct Nilhcs-Barre, Pa" took sharp Issue with statements last week by Father Kasacyzun, Of Sugar Notch, Pa. as to conditions among the -AG'nraci'e miners of Penn:yl- ,onia.
 Ecpudist"s Charge
 An sccutaticn was made here last week." h. said, that in almost every homo iu sugar Notch. q suburban town of Wilkes Barre, there Is q etl1 Irinc operated and that men, i women and children Eet drunk as q , corstqu"nro thereof. Not knowing 1 tho number ot stills in this little , coal mining town, do know 1 rha, n" riij2ans ot Sugar Notch are { NQl FI fIrnaT'lt, NlI'h lhSS tlItlE lt- tIo children and am not afraid 10 r"ruiio'r this statement whether h.ada under oath or otherwise, be tho Wltr"ss 'ayman or cleric,
 "I ~ieL 70 state that the coz mlntr, and 'reIr families in the nn- J0ran.ta regions of Pennsylvania aro aoh'r. ard law abiding citizens IT cY douh, that statement, chal- ..rcn you 10 send df'oEaiion 10 'gy coal HslIs o' our state, including :uA town of Sugar Notch. and in . 'tetjFa'r for yourselves as 10 whether rh" witness last week was ..'5ng tha truth or wh'tkcr am 'c'iing Nol e lie. 1 wish 70 state ! 14r'nrr 'Eat hy reason Of tlr sober 'i."s Of our miners th"y are Ion per cont rTiei"n'. 100 p"r cent Ameri- -aN and 1or p"r rout Christian
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