The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-25
rum RUNNING
SHARPLY CUT,
DORAN CLAIMS
Federal Dry Chief Assures
w. C. T. u. Convention
of Progress.
SUMS UP ACHIEVEMENTS
Resolution LaudS HooVer'S
Stand; Tonight Sees
Final Session.

Liquor smuggling into the United
States has been reduced to one
sixth the amount of five years ago,
James NJ. Doran, Washington, D. c.,
prohibition commissioner, told 1000
delegates to the f1fty-fifth national
w. c. T. U. convention at the MUrat
today.
And that one-sixth is being at
tackled with steadily increasing vigor
and determination" Doran declared
Prohibition, he declared, IAN &C
complishment within a period Of
ten years that is the marvel of in
formed people throughout the
world"
Doran's address, a feature Of the
convention which closes tonight,
praised the w. C. T. U. for educa-
tional campaigns against liquor, re-
viewed the difficulties obstructing
prohibition enforcement, and
summed up achievements of the
enforcement department.
Local Cooperation Needed
He stressed economic good result
ing from prohibition, and insisted
that cooperation of local and fed
eral enforcement agencies was nee
essary to success Of the drive against
booze.
The internal criminal enforce
ment problem has been difficult
from the start, but. out of the last
nine years effort are emerging some
fundamental propositions y Doran
said.
The federal government must
give its attention to major matters
germane to operation Of central
government machinery, and the
states must more and more take
care of local Violations
Outlining economic benefits for
which he claimed the eighteenth
amendment responsible, Doran de-
clared:
THE constructive accomplish
ments Of prohibition administration
never have been told adequately to
our people.
Battle Hard One
"The battle for enforcement has
been a difficult one" the speaker
said. Social habits and customs
OF generations standing can not be
overcome or changed overnight"
The job of stopping importation
was hard, Doran said, but the in
ternaI problem was more complex.
But after nine years Of effort, "
he declared, "the federal govern
ment has driven the large, CONNER
ciaI. illicit liquor dealers to a more
and more difficult and ever decreaS-
ing supply"
Ostensibly a conciliatory move, a
resolution making DR.. M. Len
Hutchins, California delegate, life
member, was adopted by the
delegates today. DR.. Hutchins was
replaced by Mrs. P. K. Hess,
California. as director OF medical
temperance. following reelection OF
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national pres
ident.
Rumor that her displacement was
the result of an address Saturday
against use of whisky as medicine
was dispelled today by Mrs. Boole,
who said DR.. Hutchins resigned
"some time ago."
Had Gone Home
However. when Mrs. Boole asked
DR.. Hutchins to stand up and re-
ceive the life membership" there
was no move. Then another dele
gate broke the news that the hon.
ored delegate had deserted the con-
vention and gone home,
Herbert Hoover has done more
than any other man since the adop-
ton of the eighteenth amendment,
to discourage liquor traffic, the reso-
lutions committee declared in its re-
port this morning.
other resolutions praised the
Jones' Stalker Five and Ten pro-
hibition statue: denounced lawyers
who defended those charged under
Il. declared prohibition is "out OF
notifies and in the Constitution;
condemned efforts Of anti-prohlbl-
tions to repeal state enforcement
codes. ard pledged continued sup
port for "the nomination and cleo
ton of officials who live dry and
vote dry.
I'VE protest against the distorted
view of prohibition deliberately pre-
sented by the wet portion OF the
A,,erico,1 y,reSS " said the report.