Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19

resources. He would thereby save the
public mind from the misconception
that it is in the power of the Federal
Government to grant anything that
they ask # they can get enough legiSla-
tive votes to adopt the demand. Our
colleges have been content to teach
literature, some prose, bit OF art, and
let the student assume he has reached
the highest pinnacle when he can make
the Greek society, the foot ba.l team
or crew, on which he may elevate his
position. And this plight despite the
everyday scene of the hero and social
prom of the last year finding himself a
zero, left to his struggle to be a bond
salesman So we see that our great
colleges are in great degree response
BILE for the failures of our multitude to
understand the crisis in which they are
now placed. 1t is this situation in
America that may soon become Social
ism. and Communism and other forms
of politics threatening the very basis
Of constitutional republic of America.
..,a Cooperation Urged.
what is needed in legislation is that
our Representatives and Senators should
know they have q right to oppose the
President in any matters where his &C
ton is in violation of what they feel
the welfare of the citizens or the Con-
Stitutional Government OF America, but
to further obstruct, harass or annoy the
Office of President merely to serve some
form of political vengeance or the self
service of some organization which has
political detectives apart from the ma
tional welfare is a course that is neither
patriotism nor craftsmanship. The
Democratic party now has its oppor-
tlInity to install itself on the basis OF
national manly craftsmanship and dis
close to the public IFS obedience to those
fundamentals of freedom that follow
the admonition of George Washington
when he instructed his Nation saying
that the policy of our Government en-
Joins the citizen that he is to obey the
majority.
IT feel we live in new day, when
the peoplc demand that there shall
never be obstruction and defeat OF the
President merely because he Is OF the
opposing side. and that every aid shall
be given him from the party OF the
other side to carry out the principles
which the President was elected to
execute. This not because 1t is the
President that is to be given the sup
port, but because it is the people who
have c-dered such.
YOU ask if prohibition will be a ma
tional issue.
I'VE can ot escape prohibition being
most dominant issue in the national
campaign. It cannot subordinate the
other issues of peoples needs. The
reason that prohibition will persist as
an issue is that the belief is that the
general period of various crime and
general criminal and murderous con-
duct is charged to have been the out
growth. of the administration Of the
national prohibition law. It will be
pointed out that before the national
prohibition law no such orgy of uni
versal crime obtained in America. But
the issue will not wholly rest upon the
matter Of drink more or less, or tenn
perance, more or less, but whether it is
the power of the Nation by our theory
Of national government 90 assume the
administration over ones tastes, food
drink, schools and religion.
State Question.
"Our people have begun to learn that
as fast as ouf National Governn.-
intrudes itself in the privileges Of the
home life on the matter of prohibition
as to drink, its next step would be as TX
food, schools, churches, and then upor
every measure Of private conditions ant
business pursuit. The issue then vii
zenith ?rendment as National Gov
eminent function and return the ques
ton of prohibition to each State, to b.
dealt with by that particular Stat
| through its own police force, as to TIT
enforcement of prohibition and to thu
STATE license on control Of liquor, com
mercial o. as a beverage, and then TIL
enactmen. Ivy Congress of an amend
ment which protects each State il
/ whatever course it adopts in its form
of prohibition and makes criminal thu
| invasions of that State by any othe
State Of different policy or the viola
ton by any State of the policy and sys
TEN of the othe State. This would b.
the end where the Federal Government
would exercise its authority. This vii
| leave the question Of the repeal of tn
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stee act to be voted on by the State
in the election of their Senators ant
members Of the House. Then the ma
| tority Of thece, elected in their homes
is sure to represent the sentiment o
our States and become the expressed
will Of the people This issue will b.
with us-taken up by every politica
| party"