New Britain herald., 1930-02-13
Insists Statement That Dry
 Law Has Helped to Make Nation Prosperous Is h. correct, Since Statute Has Not Been Enforced.

Wilmington, Del. Feb. 1: NpN Prohibition. in the opinion Of Pierre & DuPont, has 'traincd q "eN generation to drink hard lIouor' and it is generation that VIII not be won over to light wine and beer so casily.''
 In 8 statement to the United lress today, the wealthy DuPont. long an opponent of prohibition outlined a. plan which he believed would do away with what he con- Siders the evils Of the Nolstead law.
 Personally l favor a return Of inc liquor problem 10 the states" h" said. No general plan can be made acceptable 10 the people of all the states. Oar popuation and eli mate differ too greatly. l favor turning over thc sale of liquor 10 q monopoly to be run under govcrn- mont supervision, much as the rail roads are now operated, with limit eH profits, limited hours of sale anI license to individual purchasers"
 Sent Out Questionnairc
 DuPont. a member Of the family jiat has built one of the great for tunes of America through the manufacture of munitions, recently "cnt a questionnaire to voters of Delaware in an attempt to learn whether public sentiment favored repeal Of the Klair act. the state prohibition enforcement mcasurr IIc believes that if the results of his survey show sentiment is against the klair act, the legislature either will be forced to repeal it or be de- lcatcd at the following election"
 DuPont outlined his views by an swcring a list of written questions submitted to him, in the course of which he advocated that industri9 9l leaders hold rcfereEda of their cm- rloyos on prohibition. similar to tue one the I. DuPont Dc Nemours com- pany held. That survey. according 10 DuPont, indicated that a great majority of the employees believe change in the laws should be made"
 He was asked concerning statt- mcnts by Henry Ford and Thomas X. Edison to the effect that -he olstead act has helped prosperity, increased efficiency of workmcn a2l resulted in greater production.
 No Data Backs Statement
 "l have never found any indus trial leader" DuPont said, "wno CCuld give any data to support the statement that the working men of the country are working more eff riently and are more prosperous on account Of prohibition. To be sur we have had Q prosperous ten years and we have also had in our cons>i- lution a prohibition of manufacture, ,alc and transportation of intoXicat- ing liquors. However, we all know That the law has not been enforced, 70 that there has been no real prohi- btiOn. Whatever results the law could have produced could have been brought about equally well by ;sbolishing the saloon and selling -ha amount Of liquor now consumed in good quality, with tax flowing to tie government instead of the bootlcg- tCrs
 "Howcvcr. together with prohibit ton we have had in the last tn years the development of the motor car, the radio and the moving pie lure as an incentive 10 the working nan to produce and earn. Mors- li,-in hol.A mi = ed tremendously so that our work ing man now has more oppOrturi- tlcs than ever before. 1 believe that 1t you were to open a saloon on oh@ corner and have a sales room for automobiles radio apparatus anl talking machines and adjacent thereto a moving picture show, the Q is no doubt as to which corner would be more popular If not. the last ten years have taught us noth- ing"
 DuPont was asked if. in his opin- icn, leading men who were oppos e1 10 the prohibition law would conc out openly against it, the situation would be improved.
 Should Stand By Convictions
 q believe it is the duty of every man and woman in the United states to take a definite stand, fca"- lcssly and in accordance with the;r own convictions"
 What do you think" he WIS asked, "of the bill just introduced iri the New York assembly which would permit 1212 per cent wine and per cent becr:'
 T do not think the bill should he q final solution of the problem, cvcn though the bill should prove constl- tLtional and legally effective
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