Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-03
: Office, Rockville, Nd,
ass mail matter.
January 8. 1880.
New Attack On
fOrcememf.


yer since Senator Borahs strong criti-
I'M of the way prohibition enforcement
as being handled increased interest in the
Question on the part of the Administration.
White House Senators have been giving
out statements deploring the complaints
as hurtful to the cause and implorine every
one to uphold the President"
10 those soothing words Senator Borah
responded in the following fashion:
The cry, Stand by the President, has
nothing TODD with the question. presume,
OF course. that the President wants clean
and efficient service, and say to those
Senators that we haven't got that at the
present time. And washing your hands
with sishtless soap in the presence Of the
President will not bring effective service.
1t is necessary to state the facts and they
are going to be stated. | assert that the
present system itself. as it is being carried
on, is scandal-that it is being used in
sucn way as to demoralize the whole
enforcement system. And assert that
the law enforcement department Is re-
sponsihle for this. further state that prac-
ticaily open saloons are running in the
Jurisdiction OF district attorney after district
attorney In this country. When say this
do not mean simply New York or Chicago,
l mean to state a condition which prevails
throughout the country.
II do not assume that you can catch
every bootleeger. But the open, Haunting.
""ee"' nersistent disregard Of the law,
-F aitef Gay 'f month,
tlh no effort being made % Ut, calls
f. discussion, That. 10 my lod Nent, is
ine best way 20 help the Pfesidel and
specially 20 hela She enforcement the
Credit iof 81 sing lae Administers. Non
% some concern over prohibition enforcN.
nent was given 90 nalor Bouh ~
senator Cagaway OF Afks.sas.
The prohibition lav IS 81 q % b. mote
effectively enforced he said ehot ba.aoss
the enforcement agencies are more sym
pathetic &c law but because OF senate,
Borah's determined stand. which explta.
- ipen Of public couHdcnca in the
ADMINISTRATION and les desire to enforce t1.
law
There never has been any doubt 10 soy
intelligent maas mind that laws ara ssl
the sal Of intoxicating liquor, as well IA,
laws oesinsi otheE crimes. must ha en-
forced
90. ay law can be satorced ahel
the ageacies recdy eelgerned with sa
forcing 4 al ,ermined
There ainsaying tho fact. Sena
tor csppe 8 tina, prohibit ma has no
been succt 4 the larger el;ias. pier,
it has not be- 90 popular aud where it
enforcement by ,csl officials ia too NAM
instances hos PEGS hkcwarm and inef
fectiva."
One Of ih aag % be faced. he says
after sbe ou program Of iseis
lation 81 proper hand
Tag ~ Hmiis which Ii
IOo many ,.--@..~ss nave shown shamefu
cdlluslon among political leaders, bushes.
interests and Government officials"
This is a Federal problem. he says. The
he expands the idea Of having every diff
cult question handled by commi ,sions to
degree hitherto unattained.
The States would do well to name la,
enforcement commissions similar TO I'll
Federal commissions named by Presiden
Hoover" he says. Tine larger cities shoul,
have similar commissions.
This would make somewhere from forty
eight to one hundred commissions oper
ating in addition to those already ap
pointed and Senator Capper tells how the,
would operate. --,--.
'sAll these law-enforcement commission
could then coordinate their efforts" h
!. says. in each State and city would be
clearing house for law enforcement. Infor
nation can be gathered. classified, dieeste
n and made available for State and locs
legislative bodies; for State and local en-
forcement officers. And their work coul
be hormonized with that OF the Fedora
Government in a more intelligent an,
effective way than now is possible"
Drys assail Senator Borah for giving i'm
petus to the present controversy, although
the Anti-Saloon League applauded the dis
cussion, thus widening the cleavage be
tween that organization and the Methods
wing Of the dry element.
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