New Britain herald., 1926-04-19
LAKESIDE HOTEL, LAKE PoCoToPAUG
BISHOP CANNON
 LEADS ATTACKS
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LLlBU IInUnU (Continued From First Page) great mass of our American people. Certainly they do not apply to the more than 21.000,00 Sunday school scholars, 5,00O,000 members of the young people societies and over &C., GOO 0o0 church members of the Pro- Itestant churches.
 There were moonshincrS all through the southern mountains be- fore prohibition and the appetite for alcohol was not destroyed when the prohibitory law was passed, But out tsde of the number of stills actually captured by the prohibition officers, all calculation is purely gucssworll."
 Favors Stronger Laws The bishop heartily endorsed the bill of General Andrews the prohibit ton enforcement chief to strength cn the Eostead act. saying the gov ernment should make q clear cut statement that a "lawless minority'' shall not be permitted to flaunt the constitution. Philip King of the Christian Science committee on publication, presented letter from the commit tee opposing any change in the eighteenth amendment or the Vol stead act. He also filed scores of tnlcgrams from Christian Science churches over the country opposing modification,
 Opposes Modification
 Mrs. Ella A. Boole of New York, president of the National Womens Christian Temperance union, vigor- ously opposed favorable action on any of the pending modification | bills.
 We believe that prohibition is { the best method yet fried in dealing | with the liquor traffic. she said. | We believe the Nolstcad act should l be strengthened. not weakened; that 1 there should be q sufficient number of federal prohibition officers un- der competent administrators, q suf- , flcent number of judges, that trials may be speedy: that punishment should be adequate: that there /. should be careful supervision of the permit system with complete check ing up to s"e that the law is com | piled with; that the state should CO., operate by cnacting state codes and | hy placing specific responsibility on , the police authorities and the courts. !
 "Thn full force of the government, 1 federal, state and local, should be | used to indicate the fact that this ] Is a government of law and that 1 without the sovereignty Of law gov ernment will fail"
 Mrs. Boole said her organization, 1 which has a membership of 500. 900, 1 believed the beer bills were a "part 1 of the strategy for tn" repeal of the :. eighteenth amendment"
 "Tho experience of Canada in gov ernment control and in lcgaizing | the sale of beer and Wino," she said, "has resulted in violations of the law, drunkenness and illicit trade. 1 We have no assurance inc situation would be any different in America. .
 You have listened to testimony Of shocking conditions due to cor. ruption Of officials and lack of en- forcement, some of which suggested no remedy except q surrender 10 those who violate the low, while the ! propaganda of all these orga nlza- lions Is encouraging continued vio- lAtton. Permit me to propose that instead of lowering our standards Wo urge that the law be strength rnod.
 Enforcement has never had fair trial. Political patronage, leakage through the permit system. connivancr at the violation of the law and spread Of the propaganda have materially hindrred the work of the enforcement, all this with the result that America has not derived from prohibition what it would have derived had all tho people observed the law and had thore been hearty cooperation of the press and the people,"
 The committ"" got into an argu- ment over admitting to record a letter from Claude F. Connolly, la bor commissioner of Oklahoma, saving the condition of Iaboring ing men was bitter under prohibit . ton. The letter vas submitted hy 1 Mrs. Boole, and finally went into the record by votr of 2 10 with l Senator Fced, democrat. Missouri. ! tho committees only wet. protest ing
 This letter appears to give the 1 experience of q gambler said Reed ! Do you know Mir ronnnlly?" 1
 NO sir" Mrs. Roole said.
 Then you don't know whether he has quit gambling
 "T can answer that" interiected Senator Harreld, republican. Okla homa He is T good law abiding citizen"
 Senator Reed asked Mrs. Boole ! for her opinion regarding present l law enforceuc?t.
 Enforcement Is Lax
 There is lax enforcement in ! many places" she said.
 Tt is worse than lax enforce ment," said Reed,
 Prtssed hy th" Missouri senator Mrs. Roolo said her organization did not endorse the report of lax law ,nforccment presented 10 President Coolidge last December by Clinton Howau fur thr committee of law enforcement. Tho presidents Of two statc W. C'. r. Is she said, had from thc Howard or- because of that report. '
 "no you agree with these statc- 4 mentso" asked Reed after reading mart nF 4hr rrrnr+