Milford chronicle., 1930-03-14
PROPOSED SALE OF
LIQUOR BY STATES
SCORED BY NIELDS
CONTINUED from Page u

(COQL1Qu9Q from rage -
one. The drink habit was, and is,
vicious habit and cannot be fairly
characterized as an intimate, tenn
perate and harmless habit. America
is no Utopia of gentle shepherds and
lassies. The burden of the day, from
generation to generation, is borne
by men of brute Vigor with lusty ap-
petites and long thirsts. To such a
race of men alcohol is no blessing;
rather it is a curse.
Now for the dry program. I sub
NIT that the dry program for Con-
gress should be to enforce the exist
ing law amended as suggested by
the Presidents commission, with or
without state aid. The worst form
of notification is for Congress to
fail to enforce prohibition to the
very limit of it's authority. On Jan
uary 13, the President transmitted
to Congress the preliminary report
of the commission on Observance and
Enforcement of Prohibition. The
most constructive suggestion in this
report is the proposal to use United
State Commissioners throughout the
country for disposing of a large
number of criminal cases, principal
ly violations of liquor laws, and so
relieving Federal judges of burden
some details. The speedy adoption
of the suggestions of this report by
Congress will go long way to en-
force and place the bOOtleggers be-
hind the bars.
81 am confident the people will
not degrade the nation or the states
by making the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating beverages a function
of government. l am also confident
the people will not substitute the
tiger for the eagle as the symbol OF
the nation.
Briefly summarized the sugges-
tions to Congress are:
General Atterbury-O Repeal
of Volstead Act.
(2) Delegation by Congress to
the States of its power to define IN
toxicating liquor.
90 "State and national control and
supervision"
Senator Wadsworth-O Repeal
of the Eighteenth Amendment.
(2) "State liquor laws.
CSJ Federal protection of dry
States (requiring a new Federal
amendment comforting police power
on Congress)."
Colonel Murphy-(D Private cor
porations to manufacture and sell
LIQUOR under State regulation. (No
Federal control over interstate OF
foreign shipments"
Chairman Graham-() "Manutac-
ture and sale of liquor by the United
States (requiring new amendment
of the Constitution and a new en-
forcement act)" -.
Captain StaytOn-1) state lquor
option. d
interstate shipments. '..,
C9( continuance of Eighteenth
Amendment with all it's frozen OF
latent powers exercised by Con-
gress." ,..,,+
Mr.. duPont-O Repeal OF Eight
eenth Amendment.
190 s.National and State commits
sions to control the Liquor business
Creoouiring a new amendment TO the
Constitutional of the United States.
C3) "Private corporations under
State control" 10,
1T is obvious that the wet plan
lacks any semblance of unity.
Each witness suggests a different
nlan. The suggestions of the same
witness are not always harmonious.
The government is not likely 10
abandon a national policy when no
two of the opponents can agree upon
anv alternate policy.
q L. Hampton, mems division dl-
rector of the Y. M. c. A. introduced
Mr.. Nieids. Mr.. Hampton announced
that each Tuesday evening III tne
main lobby it is planned TO nave
a special feature, such as an aauttSS .iteS
bv an outstanding man. He lnViCeu i!15,,
oil to attend the lecture IN the
anditorium Sunday afternoon at
n' m. by DR.. Alexander Cairns au-
thor of "Right Angles"