New Britain herald., 1930-02-27
DU PON7 SUGGESTS
 STATE COMMISSION
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Continued From lIrs, rago) improve enforcement could be cx- pended better in other directions.
 At the committee hearing, John Gcbhart director Of the research of the Association Against inc Prohibition Amend ment, testified that prohibition cases constituted 7o per cent of all cas,s in the federal court, that the numbers had increased materially under prohibition, and added that the attorney general had said dc spite the contemplated expenditure of several million dollars for fed cral prisons that most dry law Nio- lators would have to Inc dismissed with fines because of inadequate Jail facilities.
 Todays session WIS thc last ar ranged for the auti-prohibitionists The friends Of the dry law will be heard later. possibly starting pre- sontaQon ol their case next Wcdncs- day,
 bu Font First Witness
 Du Pout, chairman ol the board Of directors of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment headed the list Of those appearing OH the last full day scheduled for testimony by the vets.
 Today was the sixth day Of tosti- mony by opponents of prohibition. The drys will be allowed an equal amount of time to present their witnesses.
 Henry II. Cuwan, New York, president of the Association Against tho Prohibition Amendment, was to follow Du pont with Raymond Pit cairn of Philadelphia, director of tho Pittsburgh Plate Glass company, next on the list.
 Beginning his testimony, Du pout said he favored the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, asserted that excessive users Of alcohol were few, and added that it was impos- sibe to say how much alcohol was ds"d.
 H. declared the prohibitions Of the eighteenth amendment were ab- solule, saying until its passage there had been little effort in the state 10 control alcohol.
 The records showed, hc contin- uod, that all votes for prohibition in tho states were light and added that no popular vote was taken on the amendment itaclf
 Four Added 10 Constitution
 Four prohibitory amendments he went on, had been added to the con- stitutiou, including those against slavery, suffrage of persons formerly in serVitude, woman suffrage and the eighteenth amendment He not cd that with the exception Of the eighteenth amendment, there had been no legislation necessary to eu- force them,
 He asked why this condition exist ed and, answering the question him. self, said the reason was because the first three met with the approv- al of the people and the eighteenth amendment did not.
 When the proposition of national prohibition was submitted, ho con- tiuucd, uhleEstatcs had absolute pro- hibitiOn, six others had indefinite prohibition laws, and the remainder in which 90 per cent of the popula ton lived, permitted liquor through the laws.
 In these states, however. he said there were 13I different laws re- gar1ing liquor, adding:
 "Therc was very little evidence to sho" that the people in the states had decided to deprive themselves of liquor."
 Du Pont described as doplorablc | the conditions of the past ten years
 There was little liquor drinking ! in 1920, he said, because of the 1 lack of means of obtaining liquor ! but ho added that liquor consump- 1 ton was on the increase, especially 1 since 1925, with the people develop 1 ing a taste for strong drink instead 1 of light wines and beer.
 Cannot Modify Law
 He said he did not believe that 1 the Nolstcad act could be modified to suit the people and asserted il was necessary 10 go farther and re- peal or modify the eighteenth amendment, He recommended that a uniform law be adopted for tho entire United States.
 He asserted d uniform law that would suit all of the states would have to be q | liberal law, but expressed doubt that the country was quitc ready for such a statute. If tho eighteenth amendment were re. pc&lod, he continued the old statC statutes then would become effcc, tive and the states could modify their laws 10 suit their respective problems Of statewide control.