The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-07-01


positive that they will be glad to read DR.. Safords ar
tice and they did not the colones article they
will probably find material here which will be regarded
as valuable.
The full text of Dr. Saffords reply was follows:
Col Randolph's excited outburst which appeared in
last nights of the Daily Nes does plenty of credit
to the warmth of his heart but not much credit to
the wisdom of his head. He is evidently experiencing
what happens to of affairs who in the habit OF
putting through big things by force of their strong wills
backed by efficient machinery in record time But when
they dig down into the big moral problems of the day
they find that in spite of their forceful personalities evil
is deeply entrenched and the fight that they have on
their hands is not matter of few weeks or a few
months, but of years.
Furthermore when Col. Randolph actually digs down
beneath the surface and finds out what real conditions
he makes the mistake of assuming that they have
just happened when as matter of fact it is only that
he himself has just discovered for the first time how
bad things really It is not the conditions that
but his knowledge that is recent What he and his
associates have discovered is social and civic disease
the disease that the prohibition law enacted to
edy and which it will remedy if faithfully applied 1t is
sign of weakness, however, for effective men under
taking to solve the big social and civic problem of law
enforcement after six eight weeks effort to turn and
shout their oburgatons against prohibition. That is
what every ineffective does in these days when he finds
himself baf1ed by his problem of crime control.
THAT is the convenient abi for the multitude of Off
Gals who for reason another not accomplish
ing what is expected of them What really facing them
is hangover from the liquor business This is not
problem created by the prohibition law but the prob
lem of dealing with the lawless and criminal liquor traffic,
which always has been aw-defying nuisance and is
than in all the years previous
I'm the Chicago Daily Tribune, of July H. 1917,
Cured an editorial from which read:
If the secret records of the brewing and distillng
industries brought to light they would tell
story of social and political corruption unequalled
in the annals of our history.
If the veritable narrative of the American saloon
written it would make the decadence of
Rome look like an age of pristine beauty in COM
parison. If these men have not made practice
of committing murder and arson it is because these
crimes did not seem Immediately profitable. .
The liquor business has been the faithful ally of
every vicious element in American life 1t has pro-
duced criminals 1t has fostered the social evil and
it has bribed politicians juries. and legislators.
whatever progress has been made has through
the enforcement of the prohibition law, and in that di
recton and that only is there any hope of real relief
In this connection wish to call the colonels attention.
and that of the public generally to editorial which
appeared in the Daily NelOS April 81 in the second
column the editorial page commenting the return
of notorious fellow citizen Mr. Al Capone from his
years sojourn in Philadelphia jail. This editorial
mentioning the fact that Mr. Capone endeaVor
to capture the city hail. at least to the extent of get
ting control of offices which handled large OF
money In explanation Of this move on the part of the
king of gangsters the NeauS editorial stated
Since gambling and the booze traffic no longer
flourish in Chicago they did in the past the I'M
derworld barons, who still cling lovingly to this city
as snug harbor naturally turn to other sources of
profit made easily productive by political influence
joined with terrorism Sklfully applied.
Apparently prohibition enforcement in Chicago has
been far better than reported.
"a similar admission was made by the Chicago Trib-
in news article on the same day upon the same
ubject:
Upon his return to Chicago month ago he de-
cided to embark conquests because the boot
leg business wasn't what it used to be- inasmuch as
Police Commissioner Russell had shut down all gam
bling. Vice rings also had been routed and couldn't
be reorganized