Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-10

the decision? Does Mr.. Raskob under
take to do that?"
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Maintaining that each side would
continue to make its demands If the
country voted 10 to / for the opposite
side, the Oklahoma City Oklahoman
declares: THE reformer believes that
his cause derives from 6, moral source.
and therefore is sacred. The liberal
believes that his cause is founded upon
the canons of freedom and cannot be
compromised or surrendered. Each force
is honestly convinced that 1t is fighting
for a principle which cannot be sur
rendered without disastrous conse-
quences to the Republic. This trrecon-
cilable difference Is entirely overlooked
by Raskob in his congratulations. He
recognizes the cause Of the liberals, but
he ignores the real motivation Of the
reformers."
With the conclusion that at Is unfor-
tunate for the party that there is such
divergence of sentiment between the ex-
ecutive head of the party in the Nation
and the leaders of the party in this and
many other States" the Charlotte OBJ
server says as to the sentiment for q
referendum: 1.-The Volstead act may
be amended or repealed by Congress
without reference to the States or to
vote OF the. people. And 1t may be
said that only majority OF both houses
would be necessary to do away with
this act, which would virtually nulltfy
the eighteenth amendment unless some
other act were adopted by Congress TO
provide for the enforcement Of the
amendment. It may be expected, too,
that the Volstead act will be repealed
or amended when and If the vets gain
control of both houses of Congress, but
not before. Doubtless that Is the pri-
mary aim of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment. which has
spent almost as much money in the
present campaign to secure the election
of wet Senators and representatives,
regardless of party afiliation, as both
the political parties have spent to Sc
cure election OF their candidates for the
two branches of Congress" The OBJ
server concludes that "most of the lead
unuualifiedly opposed to the RaSkob
program, so far as it applies to pro-
hibftion."
The Buffalo Evening News feels that
Mr. Raskob has not set q noticeable
example of adapting his mind to the
thought which the people expressed in
1929; that "he merely has redoubled
his efforts to persuade them to reverse
their judgment" The Rockford Morn
ing Star suggests that he permitted
himself to dream dreams" and that
"his visionary powers are not handi-
capped by responsibility"
Summarizing the situation, the New
orleans Morning Tribune states: Mr..
Raskob proposes modification of the
prohibition law to permit distribution
Of milder drinks through legal chan
nels, subject to liberal tax. This tax
he conservatively estimates would not
only add enormously to public revenue,
but also would provide great markets
for suffering grain farmers, open new
avenues to legitimate labor, while re-
lieving the country of the materially
injurious effects of bad liquor now
bootlegged and of the morally destruc-
tive effects of the more or less univer-
sal example of lawlessness set by boot
leggery enjoying so wide share Of
silent public liberation. and even APP
prevail. 1t is significant in this con-
nection that some of the commodity
markets rose sharply In Chicago and else
where a few days ago on a runner that
the Wickersham Commission was about
to report in favor of modification of the
prohibition policy and that the Hoover
administration would follow such a rec
ommendation. Yet this report was not
authenticated at all"