Smyrna times., 1931-02-18
HAROLD D. WILSON DEPUTY
PROHIBITION D|RECT0R,HERE
ADDRESS LARGELY ATTEND
MEETING ASBURY CHURCH
Inaugurates Fact Finding Cam
paign to Look Into the Situation
in This Vicinity-COmmittee

Inaugurates Fact Finding Cam
paign to Look Into the Situation
in This Committee
Harold D. Wilson, deputy pro-
hibition administrator for Della
ware started Finding and
Law Supporting Committee for
Smyrna, Clayton, Kenton, ,Cheswofd
and other towns in this vicinity at
a largely attended meeting in As
bury Methodist Church Wednesday
night. The usual resolution was
adopted and a nominating commit
i tee selected. Walter o. Hohecker,
who presided at the meeting, was
appointed temporary chairman of
the nominating committee. Other
members are: W. w. Hynson, Ed
ward T. Porter, Harvey c. Jones,
Harvey Short, the Rev. C: w. Spry
R. w. Slaughter and James H.Wil-
son. This group will select the
members of the committee of fifty
members from Smyrna, Clayton,
/ Cheswold and the rural district
between these towns. Mr.. Wilson
in his remarks again reiterated
the need of an informed public. He
said the subject of these commit
tees is to acquaint the public with
the facts pertaining to law en-
forcement conditions, on the as
sumption that knowledge of the
true situation would lead to insist
ence on action on the part of those
sworn to enforce the law. He said
that any law enforcement official
who is not Cheating the undertak-
err knows conditions without any
assistance of the public. Many of
these law enforcement officials,
/ however, do not seem to know that
the public really expects genuine
i enforcement. Mr.. Wilson said that
he was quite amused at the an
nouncements of two supposedly
/ learned gentlemen regarding the
alleged activities of the commit
tees that have already been estab-
/ lished One of these learned gent
lemen has never attended any
meeting or conference of commit
ttee members and the other at
tended one meeting for about ten
minutes, yet both according to
their lengthy effusions regarding
I the purposes of the committees,
know everything from A to 2 per-
tanning to suggested activities.
/ Mr. Wilson then said: "One thing
that should not be lost sight Of is
/ that the SPLENDID men and women
who have enlisted in this work are
/ the best guarantee as to the type
or work that will be undertaken
4 It would be an insult to the intel
ligence of this audience tonight if
I should suggest that the best peo-
pie of Smyrna engage with me in
a shopping campaign. | should be
very much surprised and very sad
ly disappointed in the brain func-
tion and the sense of honor of any
Delaware audience that would let
Harold D. Wilson, or any other Of
fetal, harangue them into any dis
honorable activities. I am sure
after four months of experience
with Delaware audiences that if I
should make such a request TO-
night, most of you would walk out
in Indignation. Yet some people
have deliberately broadcast the
impression that I have enlisted the
services of some one hundred and
seventy of the best citizens of Will
mington in just such a campaign,
to say nothing of the eighty-seven
best minds of Dover and other sec
tions of the State, who are most
Loyalty and enthusiastically sup
porting my program of rissemina-
tion of the true facts. The need
of Fact Finding campaign is
only emphasized by the fact that
we have so-called learned gentle
men who really believe that the
best people of Delaware would en-
gage in the work outlined by these
self-appointed prognosticators of
Fact Finder activities. It is time
to prove by facts that such asser-
tions are an insult to the intelli-
gence of the citizens of Delaware"