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50 Minister Says, Discussing Presidents Talk to A. ?.

w AssSe S~JN Presidents Talk to A. P.
 Many laws on the statute books of the United States are obsolete and out of date, and most citizens break an average Of 30 laws a week. ac- cording to Rev Theodore Answorth Green. whose sermon yesterday morning in the First Congreg gational church was ba sed on President Hoo Ner's address to tn" Associated Press members in the Waldorf Astoria hotel last Monday,
 A solution to the problem is a sr, ater effort to each obedience in the home. the minister stated. Con- tinuing. he added:
 When d president talks as force fully as President Hoover did, it is time for press and pulpit 10 back him up." the minister stated,
 quoting "Ntracts from the presi- dents address in which he said the chief executive pointed out that he considered enforcement and obe- dience to law as the dominant issue before the people Of the United States. and that law enforcement of the country is suffering from in firmities arising out of the belief that laws are made for those who i,N.a1NaS ,,rn codur-s and inefficient officials. iH' minister went on to call attention 70 other parts Of the presidents ad- dress referring 70 the small per 'centage Of punshments for lawless- ness
 Continuing 10 quote the president Rev. Mr. Greene added; His ad- dress was not the utteranco of q pro- fessional reformer nor Of fanatic. It was rather the serious attempt of an earnest and patriotic American 10 call the attention Of the people to eru life.
 ipuor Not the Cause ! Nepeatinc the statement of Pres idrrt Hoover 10 the effect that liqu'i IS rct the sole cause Of crIme 1T i Am rtca. the minister contjnued; l "Nr HooVer's statement puts il { frankly up to every American eli, zen. and especially to every Chris tian 10 stop ami think and ponder on th, external factors Of this situa- ton. and the general brca kdown and respect for moral authority which lies behind i'
 "Hoover has pointed out, and would repeat, that prohibition 's not 10 be blamed for all this laWlossness. No, Liquor is only q part Of far greater problem. We are faced in America with tho necessity of again moNing articulate and effective tho common conscience Of tho best of our cir'zcury But. eyon before " O do -hat. we must first of all stop and cor, iIl,.r and un1o"rt"n1 and a"- ,op' for ourselves that inward au- .rority. aud those id"als of personal liberty. which played such lar9" mart in tho founding Of this rcpNh' lfr and arc the inherent hir'hrieht oT every American and every Chris. rf..0
 ITO my knowledge and remom- ir.uc". meyer listened to, nor read, +ins'' sermon on 'h" Chris ian Duty cr Law, Such sermons pro- brh1v haye been urea chcd and some Of tN m have been recorded 1f plin-. There must haNe been 'hous- auds of such sermons preached III the l wteh church in Jesus day and eir,. lncri"au Nfr!s'ians in this .,n,,..'i ion however. have beer -arrh' and hove senor"lly accept ed -n, doctrine thot law. any la ' m"r'r pr"sumo bly, of ny and for the D on's. is 70 nc roep'o'cd and obey. d. unI"ss ard rnTil if s'"ll be r". u led hy ma ori'v of the neopi" trrou-n 1V" o'c of their constitutoe rcnroscn'atiVes.
 "That is the unch4llensed dictun o' democracy in government ever today. And submit that most Of us ! educated as we have been in Amer D iCSn scr hOlS. S'I1iii IT HltI FfN' pN ! as automatic. Where we fall down { however. is in our private and per eOnal Confucf--in the light of 'hi! dortrin". Tru0, there are thousand' UpOE thousa nds Of our citizens. wht live as Mr. Hoover pointed out con eCiously and conseien'iously within e la'y. so far ss they know 1t orcrth.Itss. thn fact still remains Ias & recent eraduat" of EiarNarc aw school claims. that every on' Of ue willingly or UUwittingly break on tn aNor4g" Of at least 90 s'atut' l2We a wrok. There ar" SO many law .l'DOn tn' books and SO many of hen are onsoloto so far ae general appli cation n modern life is conccrnr q that in fh" light Of perfect obc dieuce to all laws. We are nonc Of 1T in position to crow over our neigh. hors. In ? literal ard legal as wei a= moral sense. the Apostle il