Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-06

control of liquor, Mr.. Raskob said in his
speech yesterday:
Under this plan if the State of New
York worked out a liquor control plan
similar to the Swedish system and that
plan was submitted to, and approved
by referendum of the people of the
! State Of New York, then New York
State would handle its own liquor prob
lem, but the eighteenth amendment
with respect to the other At States. If
later, the commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts adopted a different plan of
liquor control, which was approved by
its people, thereafter that common
wealth would be handling its own liquor
problem
This plan squares absolutely with
the Jeffersonian principle of States
rights, and as previously stated, an
other strong factor in its favor Is that
| 1t guarantees that the saloon cannot
return. for the reason that it will be
impossible to induce a majority of the
people in any State to vote in favor of
u liquor control plan fer their State
that permits the return Of the saloon.
Discusses Need Of Morality.
Leaving the prohibition issue. Mr..
Raskob declared there is entirely too
little understanding of the value of
liberal form OF government as q guar
| antee of liberty against a life of tyran-
NY such as our forefathers endured"
We are living in dollar age and in
our desire to succeed financially most
people have given little attention to our
political history" he declared.
II fear We too often turn to our law
makers for laws to prevent wrongdoing
instead of demanding that our churches.
homes and schools instin true sense
OF right and wrong in the minds and
hearts of our people. There seems to be
too little thought of the Golden Rule.
As We would that men should do to
you, do ye also to them likewise with
the result that We hear on every hand
there should be law against this, or
there should be a law against that.
which results in entirely too many
sumptuary laws. Man-made law can
not force the will, and where 1t tries
, to do it you have jails and prisons
filled. Every law that tends to curtail
or deny liberty TO the many in order
TO prevent the license of a few is
bound to fail.
I'VE should endeavor to instill In
society true sense Of right and wrong
and a desire to do right for rights
sake, and all members of that society
should frown on those who violate these
principles. If society condemns wrong
doing in no uncertain terms, those vio-
lating that code incur the ennity of
society to degree that makes life
much more uncomfortable than prison.
Opposes Sumptuary Laws.
Laws that are not respected by
honest, honorable men are not respec-
table. and any government persiSting
10 enacting and refusing to repeal such
laws as the so-called blue laws, can
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endure
The Democratic party in both State
and Nation should frown on every at
tempt to enact Sulmptuary laws, such as
making 1t nnisdemeaEor to ride on a
trolley car on Sunday, closing expensive
swimming pools, built with public
money at great cost. to the men and
women and children of a community on
sweltering hot Sunday because some
believe that by so doing these people
win be driven into the churches and
thus into heaven.
Let those OF us carrying the banner
of the great Democratic party dedicate
ourselves to bringing these United
States back to a government that will
guarantee to our children and to all
posterity the right to live and to enjoy
that liberty and pursuit Of happiness
that the founders of this Government
endeaVored to secure for us"
Has "Greatest Opportunity"
Mr.. Raskob declared that ''the DEM.
ocFatic party has the greatest opportun-
ity of service in its history to make it
self the advocate of a STRONG, liberal
form of government which viii deserve
and secure permanent victory instead
of an empty victory gained by default
or through resort to expediencies"
The chairman discussed labor and
wage scales with this statement:
IT suggest we recommend to the next
Democratic national convention most
careful consideration to pledging the
party in favor of a five-day week for
workingmen without diminution Of the
weekly wage. If this country was
wealthy enough 20 years ago to adopt
a half holiday ON Saturday, it Is inf
nitely more able to aOopt full Satur-
day holiday now. Let ussconsider the
economics of q five-day week The only
way b increase production and provide
work Is to Increase consunption.n