New Britain herald., 1930-01-10
COMMUNIST AG|TAT0RS DRIVEN OUT 0F CITY HALL BY ANGERED CITIZENS
 AFTER RAB|D ATTACKS ON AMERICA
SCHAFER ATTACKS PROHIBITION LAW
Calls Drys UDChriStiain- Says
 Corruption Fault Of Act
SPEAKER GRANTED HOUR

Wisconsin Representative scores
 Leaders From states soaked in
 Violation of Constitution"-La
 lcssncss on Increase.
 Washington. Jan. l0 LP,-Thc ag. scrlion that prohibition has usher cd in an age Of corruption. intempcr- ance, disrcspoct for law and con- tempt for government such as th:s nation never before witnessed" was made today in the house by Repro sentative Schltcr- republican, Wis consin.
 Making charge that the "cons'i- tuition has been changed from a charter of rights and liberties into a criminal statute book" the Wiscon- sin representative asked:
 How can people respect con- sttution that makes the act Of tcm- perance | crime ."
 speaker Granted Hour
 Granted an hour by consent Of the house. Schater spoke on the subjer f oG Prohibition Versus Christianity
 You must choose between prohi- bition and the Christian religion" nc said. You cannot have both. FD~ they are eternal oppositcs.
 An unbridgeable gulf separates one from the other with God and Christ standing one one side and the drys on the othcr."
 Without mentioning names. Sch4- fer said the recent hysterical out burst of the four horsemen of the prohibition forces indicates the d-- moralization in their ranks and that they have reached realization ot the failure of the sumptuary prohi- bition laws
 He suggested that the four horss- men" turn their "oratorical guns and attention 10 the states of Geor. gia, Idaho. Texas and Nebraska where deplorable condition exists l today as result of prohibition"
 Senator Harris lives in Georgia Borah in Idaho, Sheppard in Texas and Howell and Norris in Nebraska. Ali are dry leaders, and have taken q part in the recent dispute.
 Crime Has Increased
 Tn these states Schafer said, under federal prohibition bootleg ging. drunkenness and drunken ve- hicIe drivers have increased trc- mendouSly, fundamental rights guaranteed 10 our people under the constitution t!agrantly violated lives snuifed out without due pro- cess of law by irresponsible and fanatical enforcement agents; the privacy of life and the sanCtity of the home guaranteed under the constitution ruthlessly violated"
 Asserting that the wholesome conditions in the country resulting from prohibition had weakened the dry" case, he declared that dry leaders are now cndeavoring to open up an avenue of escape from their untenablc position by attack ing those charged with enforcing the federal prohibition laws"
 Statements appearing in the press" he continued, indicate that dry crusaders realize the fact that information obtained by the fed cral crime commission would weaken the position of those favor ing continuation Of the prohibit ton laws"
 Prom q modification standpoint open hearings by the crime com mission would he wholesome and cnlightening. The people would have a better opportunity Of obtain ing additional first hand statistics indicating the general lawlessness and disrespect for law existing throughout the country today as a result of the sumptuary dry laws.
 Certain Attacks Indcfcnsiblc
 Certain attacks on the crime commission arc indcfensiblc, such as the demand for the removal of one member who called attention to a phase of lawlcssness violating sa- cred rights and liberties guaranteed to our people under the constitu- ton long before the 18th amend mcnt was ever conceived.
 The failure of prohibition is in-
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