Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-15

doned 1t as a remedy worse than the
disease. The signs are rapidly multi
plying that they. too, are preparing to
admit they have marched into a blind
| alley, and to retrace their steps and
seek some other avenue Of progress II
has been commonplace Of the discus
sion that IS States could and would
block Indefinitely the repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment. In another
year or two that opinion may have been
reduced to an absurdity."
The Minneapolis Journal feels that
"resubmission is q fair and honest plat
form for both vets and drys. but there
ought to be submitted not only tire
question of continuing or abandoning
prohibition. but also sounder alterna-
tive-if such there be-" Thu Newark
Evening News observes that the drys
are increasingly on the defensive" and
states in detail: Congress has cut a
chunk out Of the enforcement appro-
priation. the first time prohibition
didn't get all it asked for. The eco
nomic argument against it is harder to
enswer than the moral. The drys. even
some Of the partially recanting drys,
Ike DR.. Mott. ask: But what VIII you
substitute for the eighteenth amend
ment?' The Constitution ALREADY pro-
vices for that. All powers not delegated
to the Federal Government are retained
BY the States
The Altoona Mirror. while conceding
that Mr.. Rockefel.er's views on prohi.
bition have great weight with the plat
form builders Of both political parties"
denies that there is more drinking now
than in the DAYS before prohibition"
The Topeka Daily Capital asserts: AS
the drys see it. charges that prohibition
does not work fail to touch the ques-
ton. No regulation Of liquor ever
worked In the sense demanded by the
antt-prohibition vets The question 10
not Of absolute prohibition, but Is one
OF relatively. II the vets after IL years
still refuse to propose a workable SUBJ
stitute. the only explanation of their
abstinence in this respect is that they
haven't any, never have had any and
any in the future. If Mr.. Rockefeller
has any the public would be interested
to hear It,"
I'VE do not accept" says the Salt
Lake Deseret News. 1.-The facts on which
Mr.. Rockefeller bases his Grange of
heart. He states that drinking gen.
orally has increased. that the speakeasy
has replaced the saloon not only unit
for unit. but probably twofold, If not
eAhSOAOAN ID llIllc uOuUI !
saloons had continued after the war
drinking would have increased. The
immense growth of the cigarette he bit
at least indicates that. But in Utah IL
has definitely decreased and that Is
true OF many other parts of the cmln-
try. Moreover. the lessening of drink
ing has been among the class least able
to AFFORD to drink-the poor"
The statement by Dr.. John R. Mott
also impresses the Rutland Herald as
giving added force to the declaration by
Mr.. Rockefeller, and that paper offers
the comment: Even though DR.. Mott
qualities his statement by saying that
along with resubmission should &me
some proposal for a substitute for pro-
hibition. the concurrence In principle
with the Rockefeller proposal IS q new
and most significant indication of, the
breakdown Of support for the die-hard
type Of prohibitionist who SIN refuses
to see the handwriting on the WALL