The Washington times., 1929-06-06

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plans produced by the Hearst
s25, 900 Temperance Contest con-
tinues undbGted. Many Of the
Vieus oppressed bv civic leaders
are nearly as 10idely divergent
as the localities which they rep
resent. The consensus, however,
Is that the prize-10innt'tg plans
possess great practical VGLue.
Comments telegrGphed yester-
day folloS0:
JOSEPH r. HAMLEN, Boston,
chairman, Harvard Fund Council
and president of Harvard Alumni
Bulletin:
"Mr. Hearst Is to be commended
for the great service he has rem
dered the whole country. While l
am opposed on principle to retatn-
ing the Eighteenth Amendment in
the Constitution and believe event
ually 1t will be repealed, / am in
favor of supporting plan such as
Captain Therkildsen has suggested.
''In my opinion, the principle Of
prohibition is unnatural and un-
Christian and its results after 10
years are just what might be ex.
pected. Give Captain Therkildsen's
plan q try, and I am Of the opin-
ion that we will have taken q step
forward in the matter of restoring
the nation to a state OF sobriety."
JUDGE ALFRED III. BATTLE,
president, Seattle Bar Association:
General Dalton has presented
a very good outline plan for han.
ding the entire proposition but
when he attempts to wholly ex.
clude distilled beverages he would
not meet the thought of a great
many of the American people. The
problem IL not one of differentia-
ton between intoxicating beverages
but the recognition of the personal
liberty of the people regulated by
proper and reasonable laws. Never
theless the Dalton plan is pleasing
and workable, considerably more so
than the Hoyt plan. The chief diff
Guilty with the Hoyt plan is that he
assumes a fermented beverage is
not intoxicating liquor which Is
matter of legislative determine.
ton"
JOSEPH O. WILSON. mayor oe
Rochester, N. Y:
'The discussion and thought
William Randolph Hearst has
aroused by this contest will un-
doubtedly. be great factor in find
ing a logical solution OF the pro-
hibition question.
In regard to General Dalton's
plan, I think that he has attacked
the problem in the right way. that
of trying to draw up a plan that
could be administered under the
Eighteenth Amendment. The day
is far off when that amendment
will be repealed. and the only thing
to do is to enact law that will
come under the amendment. Gen.
eral Dalton's scheme is Of the type
which will aid in the airing Of the
prohibition problem and make fer
a satisfactory settlement"
MAX w. KOHL, attorney and
president of the Milwaukee Bar
Association:
"Fair, logical and concise, Justice
Hoyt's plan to achieve temperance
in the United States propounds a
feasible, practical and workable
solution of a political problem
that has not heretofore been solved.
Justice Hoyt's proposal is a
compromise and it Is apparent that
to solve the problem there must
be compromise in the end, permit:
ting the Federal Government to
stamp out liquor traffic and the
individual States to regulate traf.
fic In fermented beverages. Our
mise and. only compromise will
prevent the continuance of a law
which is condemned by the drys
as we'll as the liberals"
JEROME G. KERWIN, professor
Of political science, University Of
Chicago:
"rhe main value of the Hearst
temperance plan contest is that it
brings to the people the fact that
there are other ways to bring about
temperance than by the Volstead
law. 70 many people the words
prohibition and Volstead are synony-
nous. This campaign of education
will impress upon many that there
are other pieces of legal machinery
by which temperance can be
achieved
RABBI SAMUEL HlRSHBERG,
Temple Emanuel B'Ne Jeshrun,
Milwaukee:
II, fully sympathize with the
spirit Of the movement to gain
public expression on the prohibition
question, but am truly disap-
pointed with the essay that has
been chosen as the winner of the
$25, 900 prize. It offers no adequate
solution to the grave problem of
prohibition and comes far from my
expectations as to the remedy that
so great a move would uncover. l
will continue to read the other es.
says with interest hoping that they
will offer something more concrete
and much better"
FRANK HULL, Seattle. Wash,
secretary. Republican State central
committee:
1.-THE Hearst temperance contest
Is the first shot to awaken the
American people from a, daze of
hypocrisy and bring them face
to face with facts and not theo.
ries. I regard both the Hoyt and
Dalton plans as a step in the dl.
rection Of solution You cannot
regulate the public taste for LIQUOR
by legislation. A law is not a
commandment. There is nothing
holy about it. 1t is not unusually
inspired by a fanatic or a group OF
fanatics. 1t is no stronger than
public opinion permits it to be-"
HENRY McPIKE. San Francisco,
Calf. we'll known lawyer, and
chairman of Democratic State cen
tral committee;
"The winning thesis of
Judge Hoyt is extremely interesting.
On first reading one finds 1t at.