Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-08-26

THE CANDIDATES SPEAK ON PROHIBITION
Here is a condensed summary of the prohibition ut
terances of the rival presidential candidates., President
Hoover and Governor Roosevelt:
Mr.. Hoover in his acceptance speech recently
said:
"t is my belief that in order to remedy present
evils a change is necessary by which we resummon a
proper share of initiative and responsibility which the
very essence of our government demands shall rest.
upon the states and local authorities. That change
must avoid the return of the saloon.
"Tt is my conviction that the nature of the change
is that each State shall be given the right to deal
with the problem as it may determine, but subject to
absolute guarantees in the Constitution of the United
States to protect each State from interference and in
vasion by its n~eighbors, and that in no part of the
United States shall there be a return of the saloon sys-
tenn with its inevitable political and social corruption
and its organized interference with other States"
What Mr.. Hoover said in his 1928 acceptance
speech:
81 do not favor the repeal Of the Eighteenth Amend
ment. l stand for the efficient enforcement of the
laws enacted hereunder.
"Our country has deliberately undertaken a great
social and economic experiment, noble in motive and
AdA-1SaSAAS AL PoAP0"S'
structively.
Common sense compels us to realize that grave
abuses have occured-abuses which must be remedied.
An organized searching investigation of fact and causes
can alone determine the wise method Of correcting
them"
What Mr.. Hoover said in transmitting the Wicker
sham commissions report to Congress:
THE commission by a large majority does not favor
the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as a method
of cure for the inherent abuses of the liquor traffic. l
am in accord with this view.
II am in unity with the spirit of the report in seek
ing constructive steps to advance the national ideal
or eradication of the social and economic and political
evils of this traffic, to preserve the gains which have
been made, and to eliminate the abuses which exist, at
the same time facing with an open mind the difficulties
which have arisen under this experiment."
What Franklin D. Roosevelt said in accepting the
Democratic presidential nomination:
"This convention wants repeal. Your candidate
wants repeal. And 1 am confident that the United
States Of America wants repeal -.
II say to you now that from this date on the Eigh-
tenth Amendment is doomed. When that happens,
we as Democrats must and will rightly and morally
enable the States to protect themselves against the i'm
portation of Intoxicating liquors where such importa-
lions may violate their State laws. We must rightly
and morally prevent the return of the saloon"
Subsequently, Mr.. Roosevelt in a speech said: IF
the present Congress takes no action I shall urge the
new Congress to carry out these provisions" referring
to the party platform Recommendations for repeal and
for Immediate modification of the Vofstead act to
legalize the manufacture and sale of beer and other
beverages of such alcoholic content as is permissible
under the constitution
This is a complete reversal on the part of Mr..