Evening star., 1926-03-14


said Senator McKellar. so say
that the liquor laws have had a diff.
ficult time"
Sees Andrews Overruled.
Senator McKellar said that when
Secretary Mellon selected Gen. An.
drews to have charge of prohibition
enforcement he had thought 1t a
good sign" but that he had noticed
lately Secretary Mellon was turning
down the recommendations Of Gen.
Andrews.
After declaring that "those white
people, who labor on farm or in fac
tory. the clerks in our stores, the
small merchants. all classes OF peo-
pie who work with their hands, men
and women. have been greatly bene'
fited," Senator Mckellar continued:
There Is a class of our citizens
that apparently prohibition is injur-
ing. / say apparently. because this
injury does not come from the pro-
hibition law itself, but 1t comes from
q very determined and willful effort
on the part OF the people OF This class
to violate the law. They just seem
determined to derive no benefit from
prohibition. This class or element
Of our population are generally &C
cepted to be the better class of peo-
Pile. Some call them the 'moneyed
artistocracy' would not call them
that. But 1T is certainly the wealth.
ier class of our people. 1t is COM
posed of those men and women who
have the money to buy liquors at
high prices; men who have inherited
wealth or have made large wealth
and now have much leisure-men
with leisure enough to frequent city
clubs, social clubs, country clubs.
golf clubs; women whose lives are
largely given over to entertaining
and being entertained, many Of whom
have no real business in life except
perhaps to succeed socially. FIRE.
quently we speak of these people as
the better classes of our people, but
they constitute those who are more
than any other class apparently
openly and proudly violating the pro-
hibition law.
Frequently the result Of law can
not be forecast. Before the national
prohibition law came one would have
supposed that this element of our pop
ulation Of which I am now speaking
would have been foremost in uphold
ing the law.
Hits Women's Attitude.
"Not only do we find men of this
class violating the law, but women
also. They give parties. They invite
friends, serve cocktails or high balls,
or put a little flask Of liquor by each
plate, covered under a pretty paper.
They buy the liquor from bootleggers.
They know these men are violating
A. ohoc
Join In this violation. 1t Is an awful
thing to contemplate that these citi.
Gems, constituting a very small pro-
portion of the people Of America, but
at the same time very influential and
important part Of the people Of Amer
lea, would thus be willing to openly
and fagrantly violate the law.
"But their own violation Of the law
is not the worst feature Of this situa-
ton. The worst feature Is that they
are teaching their own sons and
daughters to violate and hold in con-
tempt this law and all other laws Of
our land:
Of our people could be prevailed upon
to obey the law, there would be no
enforcement. Many OF these people
are church people.
mot long ago I was invited to a
large dinner party given by some
friends Of mine. Liquor was served.
] sat on the right Of my good hostess.
She did not drink herself. She was q
member Of the church. Her husband
had been successful. He had recently
become rich. She had sons and daugh.
ters. They all wanted to get along in
the world and she confided In me that
she thought 1t was wrong to serve
liquor, but that unless she did she
was not invited to the homes OF the
best people. and that unless she served
wines at her house the best people