Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-14

h Public reactions TO the hearinRs on
prohibition before the judiciary COM
mittee Of the National House Of Repre-
sentatives are of great variety and offer
basis for further debate throughout
the country. The conclusion Of the tes.
timony for the vets Is followed by the
drawing Of various conclusions, among
them the conviction that neither side
has gained or lost. It Is suggested in q
few comments that some Of the bitter
ness of the controversy might be over
come by free discussions Of this type.
There win be no dull days for the
present" suggests the Columbus Ohio
State Journal, recognizing the fact that
some prominent Industrial leaders were
In the fight for amendments to the law,
and other prominent induStrialists Will
be in the fight to hold all that has
been gained and make Administration
more effective" The Asheville Times
believes that with many this law to
control the liquor trafilc Is something
so sacred that even It's machinery Is re-
garded with jealous eyes," though that
paper finds that "tl1e vets have intro
Ciuced some strong evidence; they have
and power IN, education and industry"
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"The arguments Of both sides are
News. "Yet It is q good thing to permit
them full opportunity to air their views
It would be q great accomplishment II
this hearing before the House COM
nnittee were to develop on both sides
spirit of fairness and Cancellation. Then
1t would be possible for all to live In
harmony" The Kalamazoo Gazette
concludes: when the hearings are
brought to an end. the country will
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arguments on the wet-dry issue, pro
and con and In between, and both sides
VIII have unburdened themselves to
considerable extent. Whether anything
more than that will have been accom-
plislned Is, Of course, q question that
cannot be answered until the time
comes"
Syracuse Herald, that the judiciary
better spirit and lead to friendller I'M
Outstanding between the opposing
Schools Of American thought" The
Davton Daily News advises: This great
national Joint debate may result IN no
law writing in Congress. It will result
unfailingly In certain amount Of law
writing In the minds and meanings Of
men. Let the talk go on. It Is the
process by which the human flood finds
its level"
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obviously, both sides are wrong" In
the Judgment of the Worcester Evening
Gazette, which offers the explanation:
THE fanatic and near-fanatic vets
would do well to ponder this PROPOSE,
ton: The mass of the people viii never
accept any solution of the problem
which does not retain the good brought
by prohibition. And the fanatic and
near fanatic drys would do well to con-
template this one: The mass of the
present laws until the more crying evils
which certain features Of those laws
have brought into being are eliminated"
THE country, as represented by its
citizens" in the judgment of the Chi
cago Daily News, ''is still cropping for
the right formula. Those who value the
basic principles of American citizen
ship will concede that a, majority of all
who endeavor to guide their actions by
those principles wish to be right on the
issue, profoundly affected as
it is by the fact that prohibition Is now
in the Nations fundamental
law"
investigating committees are wholly
futile and merely serve to fan q set
Of controversies already public men
ace" asserts the Fort Worth Record.
Telegram, with the further thought:
mo convert win be made by the eYi-
dence offered. Ntnety-eight out of
every one hundred people IN the United
States have fixed opinions on prohibi-
ton. Controversies win merely add
to the subject" The Salt |
Lake Deseret News maintains that 1.-THE |
orgy of lawlessness is caused
not by prohibition but by the inces-
SAINT agitation against It," while the |
Utica ObServer-Dispatch Is convinced |
hat talk Of bringing back light wines |
md beers a. the panacea for the evils |