New Britain herald., 1930-01-18

cd as announcing that persons who
 do not like the prohibition laws had | better move to Canada Mr. Doran in the past has shown that he has a happy faculty of putting, his foot
 n the soup, but thus far to the Observers knowledge. he has nev"r
 made such a thorough job of it IS
 he has done this time. A little caro- | ful thought on Mir Doran's lo".c
 should convince any fair minded
 man or woman that his premise and conclusion both arc wrong.
 MT Doran +orgets that he is talk
 Ing about highly controversial topic. He forGets that a nation wide referendum on the question of pro- hlbltlon might show the law to be 1 unpopular with the majority of voe- CTS. For that matter it is possible 1 though doubtful, that the vote would
 uphold the law. Without any de.i-
 nite knowledge of what the majori- ty of the people want after more than 10 hectic years of the law. E1 undertakes to advise the malcon- | tents. who undoubtedly exist in large numbers, 10 do exactly what the Purltans did when they sought free , dom of another sort in America America is supposed to be liberal. i the "cradle of liberty" and yet 8 | man in such an important office IS
 Mr. Doran's has the poor judgment
 to advise, even in jest. that the pc1- pie who disagree with him and lis i work leave the country. In an a[- ! actly parallel case such logic as MT Doran's would advise disfranchiso.l
 negroes in the south 10 go to CaH- ada. if they do not like the way al- other amendment to the federation ! constitution, no more sacred then the 18th, is being ignored Negroes 1 III the south, guaranteed a vote. arc not only in actual practice denied it
 but certain southern newspapers and
 speakers have even made the mis-
 take of admitting that they arc de-
 nicd it.
 The proposition is different only 1 to this extent: The federal law guarantees native born citizens the . right to vote. Negroes by the hun dreds in the south are refused the
 r2ht. through various methods. The | federal government makes no effort
 to enforce the letter of the law. By
 It's very act of ignoring the situation
 1t indicates that it Is satisfied with ctndltons. Here, apparently. under Mir. Doran's theory. it behooves the Negroes to leave the country. if they cannot get voice in their own
 eases. Obviously, however 1heorics
 IT. both cases arc false.
 MT. Doran, in effect. would rid
 himself Of the troublesome critics and save out only selected group
 or staunch Grys. who neither annoy hlm with their persistent hcckling nor patronizc the bootleggers. In. slead they would compose peons Of praise for his wonderful work is sor- ! plng up the last Of the illicit bcv- ! cragos that have "corrupted he
 country Soon. with all the dissen- i ters deportcd,. Mr. Doran would in
 decd have his Utopia. Mr. Doras1 would have nothing to do but meet
 with the Anti-Saloon league in cor i gratulatory celebrations and drink ! lnSplratlonal cocktails made of limo 1 Julce and weak seltzcr water.
 Carried 10 its logical conclusion { he C1lr-op.tIppc nf
 have the following effects: Thou
 sands Of individuals from eve " ! large city and hundreds from small
 e" towns would leave the country.
 Tor there are certainly these large numbers who do not favor the pro
 Elbltlon laws; the population of the
 tinted States, even granting the pro- ! hlbltlonists a far larger footho,d I
 tLan they probably possess. would
 be decreased at least one quarter to one third
 Apparently Mir, Doran and his ll still cannot understand that a man
 who never takes a drink still may ! hH vigorously opposed to the prohi-
 bitlon law on principle. He cannot | understand that the mere fact that
 prohibition is law does not make it the will Of the people. He ignores the fundamental guarantee of the
 American constitution and the pur-
 poses on which the nation wa. l tounded-that the people may gov
 ern themselves as they see fit. h.
 stead of recognizing the right of any cltlzen or group of citizens to dis.
 agree with any law. and if strong | enough, compel a change in that | law, Mr. Ooran would abolish all 1 opposition. stranGlc liberty cntirelr.
 and shoo the objectors out Of tic | country.
 Such magnificent aplomb: such q. i liberal view of the situations: sucn l remarkable logic as he exhibits, is i pecullarN Mr. Doran's own. But nov, | that h" has had chance 10 voice it l Tn public The dry fanatics will jump | or the band wagon with great gus o, t Inc pilgrimage 10 Canada may be- . ccme serious proposal, when, i through sheer disgust. some citizens. 1 WHO insist on thinking for thcrI- . selves, take him up on his sucgc z- | lion.
 Pictures Now Go Dumb
 As We'll AS Going Blind
 In the good old days when the
 'flckers and fits" otherwise known
 as the silent productions of the sif-
 yer screen, used to develop surpris-
 Ing lapses in continuity. the effect
 was qulte amazing. Apparently part