The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-21

"The fact that the wickersham commission look indulgently toward the Swedish plan indi- cates the doubt that is eating the faith of many supporters of prohibi- tion. It will bring others to doubt"
 The Denver Post-"The report is "a victory for law and order and a glorious triumph for Americanism. It probably is the most constructive document written as a result of the wet and dry controversy since the enactment of the eighteenth amend ment. .. The conclusion is ines capable that even the commission members who believe prohibition now is unenforceable fear govern ment regulation would be such a failure the nation would be com- pelled to return to prohibition
 San Francisco Chronicle-''The re- port gives a perfect picture of the state of the public mind. Tn the confusion and conflict of their opin- ions, the commissioners reflect the public confusion and conflict over the noble experiment. If the com mission was expected to be the Moses to lead this nation out of the wilderness. it failed to find inspira- tion.''
 Los Angeles Times-"While in the main the document is strongly dry. its recognition of the major diff faculties in the way of enforcement is apt to be misinterp-eted by the ultra -drys, as it's insistence upon the basic principles of prohibition is certain to be unacceptable to the lwets. 1t has the appearance of an effort to compromise conflicting views, which cannot, in fact, be com- romised."
 Emporia (Kas) Gazette Civilian Allen White)-"Wickers is not ducking or lodging. but is word which might well be used to denote the futility of counsel, strat- egy and pure logic before public crisis. We cannot Wickersham our selves out of. this situation"
 Milwaukee Journa1-"The report comprises a more complete plan for liuuor control, should prohibition be discarded, than anyone else has pro- posed"
 Miami (Fla) Herald-"The nation knows just as much now as before the report was submitted. MT Hoover fatly takes his stand with the friends of prohibition. and there we have an issue in the next presi- dential campaign. with MT Hoover upholding the 18th amendment
 Atlanta (Ga) Constitution - In all seriousness we cannot see public public opinion enlightened by the categorical conclusions and recom- mendations' presented by the com mission. The mountain has labored and produced mouse.
 The Boston Herald-"The infer ence is that the commission saw the necessity of making at least an ap- pearance of agreement. All put one
 thnr mary which most of them ripped ana and riddled in their individual re- ports.'
 The Boston Globe. "The Wicker tion of the report gives the president an opportunity to state his attitude in emphatic terms. He IS uncom- promisingly dry He frowns on the alternative of possible revision Tn the future. AS far as he can, as t1tular leader, he places the republican party first, last and all the time for prohibition and the 18th amend ment."
 The Boston Glboe. 1.-The Wicker sham report on prohibition presents the nation with the spectacle Of a hung jury, whose II members nave submitted 12 verdicts. Chaos, con- fusion and contradictions are every where in evidence throughout this 80, ,000 word fruit or 23 months ol difficult labor. Nowhere is this more astonishingly manifest than In the predatory general report drawn up by Chairman Wickersham himself in which he endeavors to present the questions on which "the committee as a whole" were agreed. When his assertions are compared with the II individual views which follow, that expectations unanimity disappears abruptly"
 The Boston Traveler-"One of our criticisms is that while the individual opinions of the members are as out lined above, they all but one signed, with reservations, a group of recom- mendations that contradict some of their own stated convictions. This inconsistency is confusing to the public and can be explained only by assuming that something definite had to be agreed upon and this was the compromise"