Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-14
MORROW SUPPORTS
HOOVER AS BORAH
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Of adversely through which the Amer
lean people are passing"
The Senate nominee said it was idle
for any Republican to contend the
United States was not passing through
period OF depression a period when
substantial unemployment exists.
Merely because / am a candidate for
public Office" he said. II do not for
one moment underestimate the suffer-
Ing that hard times bring to many peo-
pie whose margin Of saving has been
small.
Rather I want to recognize frankly
the situation that exists and to do what
can to assist those public and private
agencies which are trying to remedy the
difficulties"
In his tribute to President Hoover
stands today a potent and positive fac
tor for peace in the world-peace at
nome and abroad. His wise action in
MS unofncial capacity in bringing the
leaders OF business and labor together.
one year ago, has contributed in a great
oegree to an avoidance of those con-
f1icts between capital and labor, which
so often in the past have complicated
our periods of depression and delayed
OAl 1lduoIiIdl recovery.
AT time of stress when so many
parts OF the world are in disorder, our
foreign affairs have been conducted
with dignity and wisdom. President
Hooyers initiative and driving force
created the London Disarmament
treaty, which eliminated for the first
time In the history of the world COM
petition in all classes Of naval arma-
ment among the three leading nations
OF the world.
The most effective cure for hard
times, Mr.. Morrow said, rests with
the people themselves, and every en-
pioyer who maintains his plant and his
organization Is making a substantial
contribution 10 the return of prosperity.
de commended the labor unions for
tnelr efforts TO maintain a nealthful
standard OF living, to increase produc-
tlv1ty and to avoid unnecessary strikes.
through the history Of the country,
MI; morrow saw gradual breakdown
OF piGterness between political parties.
All parties" he said, Including the
Republican party, have been wont to
credit themselves with whatever good
Times happened during their term of
power, without looking for the deeper
reasons that underlie the ebb and flow
OIL prosperity. ANY party which takes
creolt Tor the rain must not be sur
prseo II Its opponents blame 1t for
the drought. But no Republican need
SHRINK from discussion OF commercial
depression and the conduct of the Re-
publican administration in regard to it,"
Inc nominee was inclined to agree
ne SAID, with the position of the Demo-
cratic party in New JERSEY that ma
tlonal prohibition was not an issue in
the senatorial campaign. He reiterated
ms position, he explained, in order
That the voters Of New Jersey might
De unoer no misunderstanding as to
his attitude
II subtract nothing from what 7 said
In this hall five months ago. / am in
favor OF the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment and the substitution there
Tor OF an amendment which will restore
70 the States the power to determine
their policy toward the liquor traffic
and Will give TO the Federal Govern
ment fun power to afford all possible
cooperative assistance and protection
TO those States that desire prohibition
against invasion from the States that
do not.
i do not believe the fundamental
problem can be reached by an amend
ment of the Volstead act"
Continuing almost word for word IN
the language of his first primary adj
dress, he said: 80 long as the eight
zenith amendment and the statutes
hereunder are the law of the land.
favor generous appropriations for
their enforcement. 1 favor, however.
the use Of such appropriations in the
| first place for that portion of enforce
ment which prominently falls in the
Federal field.
What sought to do last Spring
| and what i seek to do now, Is to urge
In the discussion Of this world-old prob
lem Of temperance a more temperate
attitude on the part Of those who differ
in opinion.
MY own opinion is clear that there
should be a further change in the Con-
stitution. 1t will not come as a victory
Of the liquor interests; it will come
when the moral leaders of this land
realize that the present experiment Is
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