New Britain herald., 1930-03-19

enforcement. There is no excuse whatever for misunderstanding this.
 The only two public utterances which I can recall were one in re- gard to proposal to allow beer and light wines and the other speech at New Haven at commencement on June 20. 1923.
 "Of the first, I only remember that he fatly opposed the proposi- tion for beer and light wines, prac- tically on the grounds l have men tioned above.
 "As for the second, I can simply offer in evidence a copy os the speech I have referred to.
 Let me repeat, l have no objec- tion whatever to quoting my broth- CTS speeches on the subjects made at any time in his career, but if the mere authority of his name Is sought, no one on the wet side ought to claim it. One lady, for instance, in a newspaper controversy with a dry remarked, T prefer the wisdom of Chief Justice Taft If that does not mean that he was on her side on the main question, it does not mean anything at all.'
 Graham Interrupts Once
 Chairman Graham oce interrupt cd Taft's testimony to ask what the witness meant when he referred to straw votes being conducted by vets in schools.
 The straw votes always have been voluntary on the part of the schools concerned" Graham said.
 "Oh, mo-" Taft rejoined. Why there is a group up in a small Con- necticut town waiting to tomahawk mo right now. However, I'll be glad to discuss straw votes with you later"
 No, that won't be necessary" Graham, a wet, said. We are merely looking for facts in this hearing and not for arguments and theory"
 Taft told the committee a story of q discussion among revolutionists after the Civil War to illustrate, he said, the present attitude of the vets.
 Jimmie" Taft quoted one member of the group, "'we sure whipped those damn Yankees. What I can't see is why we surrendered to them'.'
 Sobbs asked the witness why he held straw votes on prohibition were not trustworthy.
 "Drys Don't Votc'
 "The drys don't vote.' Taft re- piled.
 Taft discussed the straw vote taken at Yale recently.
 T would estimate that there is more drinking there now than when was in school, but I doubt that there is one-twentieth of the drunk enness," Taft said.
 If some scenes I saw there when I was a student were repeated today the news of them would be cabled all over the world"
 Relating the conversation with a Yale dean, Taft said that he had been told that prohibition is god send to Yale" and that youths nov were dismissed for drunkenness when previously they had ito punch policeman in the eye or some- thing"
 If conditions become worse than they arc now. would you favor re- taining prohibition ?" LaGuardia asked.
 "Oh, think we can expect noth- ing but improvement" Taft re- sponded.
 LaGuardia asked about those who praise prohibition. talk about the evils Of drinking and then go home and take nip themselves" Oh" Taft smilingly replied you can massacre the hypocrites all you please. but you must remember that all hypocrites aren't all on one side"
 Representative Celler. democrat New York, wet. got an answer of ''yes," 10 question of whether he had failed in his attempt to get graduate students of the Taft school to favor prohibition. When Celler asked about the straw vote taken by the Yale Review, Taft replied:
 Tt doesn't take much to make the | Review take a straw yote."
 Answering another question by Celler, Taft explained he would at ! trii,uto |, ''la roo r,roportiop ofr DrpS cnt prosperity to prohibition.
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