Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-04-23
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(NOnJInuCu L rom rage OIIbJ
0VXI HAT we want IS the strongest
w thing in enforcement and the
weakest thing in liquor" was the state
ment Of Mrs. Henry Peabody Of Bos-
ton before the senate committee when
the prohibition hearing was resumed
last week, and it summarized the
pleas of the 81 women who were with
her as representatives of numerous or
ganizations. Stepping forward in rapid
succession, they presented their argu
ments succinctly and effectively, and
If they were rather lacking in sta
tistics, they made up for this by their
fervOr and by the realization that they
were speaking for great bodies Of
women firmly united in opposition to
any change in the Volstead act unless
it We're to make 1t more drastic.
Having yielded this day to the dry
women the vets took charge again,
Father Kasaczun, priest OF the
Pennsylvania anthracite region and
Mrs. Viola Andrews, chief Of prOba-
tiOn officers in New York, told Of the
evil effects Of the VOlstead law as OBJ
served by them in their respective ter
ritOries; and the Moderation league Of
New York offered a huge mass Of sta
tistics and graphs. Then Gen. Lincoln
c. Andrews, chief dry enforcer, was re
called to the stand and under ques-
tiOning admitted that in his opinion
the enforcement of the liquor laws
would be easier If beer of low alCO-
hOlic content were distributed under
government supervision for home con-
sumption. He said the sale Of such
beer in saloons should not be permit
ted as 1t might serve as a blind for
bootlegging Of hard liquor. Having
brought out lot Of information as to
the vast number Of stills that are be-
ing operated Senator Reed continued
"Now, l want to ask you, as man
and a citizen, don't you think that the
manufacture of liquor In the homes
has a tendency to put the American
home into direct and intimate contact
with liquorT
"Of course 1t does" replied An
drews
rs not this" questioned Reed
bringing millions of families into con
tact with the manufacture and drink
Ing of liquor; this secrecy, this con
tact with. the police-is not all this ut
terly destructive Of the morals Of the
home In which this goes on?"
"Unquestionably, it is seriously In
FURIOUS" admitted the general.
All of which caused elation among
the vets and led the dry leaders to
say unpleasant things about Andrews
some even demanding his removal by
the President.
With completion Of the vets case,
the board of temperance, prohibition
and public morals Of the Methodist
Episcopal church resumed the pre1en-
tatiOn of testimony in behalf Of ae
drys' contention that the Volstead act
not only should not be weakened but
should be made more rigid than it is.
If changed at all.
In the senate Bruce and Edge, wet
leaders, prodded BOrah until the Ida
hoan INDUCED in a dry outburst that
brought the galleries to their feet with
shouts Of applause despite the efforts
of Vice President Dawes to maintain
order. Borah denounced the proposals
Of the vets to modify the Volstead act
as schemes to evade the Constitution
and therefore reasonable and tending
to legal chaos, constitutional anarchy
and the breakdown of constitutional
government.