New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-23


The president does not make the
them whether he likes them or not.
The corruption in enforcement ac-
tivities which caused a former re-
publican prohibition administrator
10 state that three -fourths of the
dry agents We're political ward heel
ers named by politicians without |
regard to Civil Service laws and |
that prohibition is the new polit-
zeal pork barrel" ! will ruthlessly |
stamp out. Such conditions can
not and will not exist under any
administration presided over by me
The second constitutional duty
imposed upon the President is ITO
recommend TO the Congress such
measures as he shall judge neces-
sary and eApedient." Opinion upon
prohibition cuts squarely across
the two great political parties. There
are thousands of so-called vets
and drys" in each. The platform
of my party is silent upon any
question of change in the law. !
personallybelieve that there should
be change and | shall advise the
Congress in accordance with my
constitutional duty of what ever
changes ! deem necessary or en-
pedient." 1t will then be for the
people and the representatives in
The national and State legislature to
determine whether these changes
shall be made.
! will state the reasons for my
belief. In book Law and its ORR
GIN" recently called TO my notice.
James {. Carter, one of the leaders
of the Bar of this country, wrote
of the conditions which exist when
law is made declaring conduct
widely practiced and widely re-
garded as innocent to be a crime"
He points out that in the elArce-
, ment of such a law trials become
scenes of perjury and subornation OF
perjury; juries find abundant ex-
cuses for rendering acqulttal or per-
sisting in disagreement contrary to
their oaths" and he concludes Per
haps worst of all is that general re-
gard and reverence for law are i'm
paired, a consequence the mischief
of which can scarcely be estimated
These words written years before the
18th amendment or the Volstead act
: were prophetic of our situation today.
l ] believe in temperance. We have
not achieved temperance under the
present system. The mothers and
1 fathers of young men and women
] throughout this land know the anxi-
|. city and worry which has been
d brought to them by their childrens
= use of liquor in a way which was
f unknown before prohibition. | be-
: lieve in reverence for law. Today
S disregard of the prohibition laws
o is insidiously sappng respect for all
: law. raise. therefore. what ! pro-
e foundry believe to be great moral
: issue involving the righteousness OF
l. our national conduct and the protec-
IS ton Of our children's morals.
e Jefrcrsonian Principles
y The remedy. as ! have stated, il
e the fearless application of jefferson
j. ian principles. Jefferson and his fol
e lowers foresaw the complex activitie!
n of this great. widespread country
z, They knew that in rural, sparsel,
y. settled districts people would develop
It different desires and customs from
n those in densely populated section.
'e and that If we We're to be a. nation
ri united on truly national matters
n there had to be a Differentiation II
l. local laws to allow for different loca
IN habits. 1t was for this reason tina
Or, the democratic platform in 1884 an
N nounced We oppose sumptuar
~ laws which vex the citizens and in
N terfere with individual liberty" an
~ it was for this reason that Woodrow
n Wilson vetoed the Volstead act.
d. Notification OF VOlstead Law
In accordance with this democra
tic principle, some immediate relic
st would come from an amendment
H. the Volstead law giving a sicntifi
ar definition of the alcoholic content
an an Intoxicating beverage. The pres
| ent definition is admittedly inaccu'
! ate and unscientifc. Each stat
H. would then be allowed to fix its ow
ty standard Of alcoholic content subje'
IL always to the proviso that that stanf
ri ard could not exceed the maximW
" fixed by the congress.
ot believe moreover that the,
he should be submitted to the poop
iir the question of some change in n
nd provisions Of the 18th amendmen
Certainly no one foresaw when II
amendment was ratified the cond
q lions which exist today of bootle'
m ging, corruption and open vlolahe
tie of the law in all parts of the coul
MS. try. The people themselves shou
is after this eight years of trial. be pc
re- mittod to say whether existing col
Jill di,ions should be rectited. pc
cr sonally believe in all amendment
Ill the 18th amendment which won
ON give to each individual state ltse
MS only after approval by referendu
uc- popular vote of its people the rig
)li- wholly within it's borders to impo
it manufacture or cause 10 be man
ion featured and sell alcoholic beve
M ages, the sale to be made only
of the state itself and not for consum
ce ton in any public place. We m
the well learn from the experience
for other nations. Our Canadian nels
In bors have gone far in this mann
cen to solve this problem by the meth
of sale made by the state itself a
de- not by private individuals
of No Return to the Saloon
Ion There is no question here OF I
art. return of the saloon. When ! ST;
any ed that the saloon sis and ought
to be d defunct institution in this cou
TO try" I meant it. mean it todi
tive will never advocate nor appro
ub- any law which directly or indlrec
ION tho rafIrn of the saloon.