Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-19

| twice as long as the record flight here
use of leagues of States and zone con-
| troll; in effect, treaty between the
| States and the Federal Government
power used but once or twice in the
| history of the Government-yet entirely
within constitutional powers and llml-
| tatiOnS.
Il give this merely as an Illustration
of what can be done. 1t would be en-
| tirely constitutional. as in the settle
ment of the source of the waters OF
| the Boulder Dam. for the United States
Government, through Congress, to
create commission to make. treaty
between the several States by groups or
| zones of States in league tol common
method. each State, in turn, appoint
! ing a commission to draft jointly a
treaty with the Federal commission.
Suppose, then. they should agree
that a uniform law covering the entire
Republic could not be made satisfac-
tory; that they found New York, Penn
| sylvania, Ohio Indiana, Illinois and
wisconsin wanted beer and wine; Cali
| fornia and the other Pacific and grape
growing States wanted wines; certain
other States wanted to handle liquor
| in a given way for medicinal purposes
only, and certain other States wanted
to remain bone dry. 1t would be within
the power of such commission to draw
statute grouping these States accord
| ing to their desires and wishes, and have
| that statute ratified by Congress and
| by three fourths CT all the States, at
the same time providing that interstate
| commerce between the beer States
should be had, but not between them
and any other States; and likewise that
those having wine alone, prohibiting
interstate commerce with the bone-dry
States. Such a line drawn on the zone
system, when ratified by Congress and
the Legislatures of three-fourths of the
States. would undoubtedly be within
the Constitution and the law of the
land, until amended or changed by a
like method"
Urging uniform enforcement of prohi-
bition, Gov. Murray hit illegal methods
of search and seizure.
In concluding he reafirmed his sup
port of prohibition at the present time,
said its repeal within the next four
wears was not within the realm Of pos
Sibility, pledged that he would enforce
it as Governor of Oklahoma and decried
attempts to bring it into national poll
tics.
II should hate to have it said that
I rode into either the governors man
sion or the White House on beer key,
he asserted.
At another point he said that I'VE
have discussed prohibition now in a
Christian world for some 1900 years
we shall have 1900 more, if our Nation
may endure, to do so; but We cannot
wait the settlement of economic errors,
! otherwise we shall have no government
for such discussion.
Preceding Gov Murray's speech, DR..
Ernest H. Cherrington, director of the
| leagues education department, predict
ed that lin the coming years we will
| face the necessity of going farther than
the eighteenth amendment goes to de-
/ stroy the liquor traffic. The fanaticism
of today may become the common sense
of tomorrow"
He said that mo man can run for the
presidency who has shown by his &C
ton that he is against enforcement Of
one word of the Constitution"
The business of the league at its ses-
sion this morning was confined to hear
ing reports by league State superintend-
ents Of activities in their various juriS-
dictionS.
Praises Enforcement Here.
A. E. Shoemaker, District of Colum-
bia Anti-Saloon League superintendent,
praised law enforcement agencies here,
in his report for the last two years.
He said Washington has a good police
force and a good police chief, and that
they are doing their best to enforce the
prohibition laws.
The passage of additional legislation
| similar to the Howell bill however, he
| said, is necessary TO supplement their
efforts.
The statement yesterday by Bishop
| Ernest G. Richardson, newly elected
| president of the league, that he would
not be opposed to prohibition refer
endum by States, was attacked this
| morning by DR.. L. w. Sloan State
SUPERINTENDENT for Louisiana, who said.
IF we adopt policy of even favoring
State referendum, it will hurt us, espe-
cially in my State"
State Supt. G. w. Crabb Of Mary
! land, told the convention that Gov.
| Richie is trying to make himself a
national figure so as to be sure he Will
| be elected Governor of Maryland for
another term.
A. H. Briggs of California, another
| State superintendent, said that Cali
| fcrnia would oppose sending back to
Congress any man who hooks up with
the Hearst johnson combine against
| President Hoover.
This afternoon DR.. Barton and Col
Amos w. w. Woodcock, director of pro-
hibition. were to speak. The convention
banquet is scheduled for tonight and
those 10 be heard include DR.. William
lie. (PusSyfooD johnson, McDonough
N. Y; Mrs. Elizabeth Tflton, Cam
bridge. Mass; Senator Smith w. Brook
hart Iowa; Senator Morris Sheppard Of
Texas. Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, Wash
ington, and Bishop Edwin H. Hughes
Chicago.
Yesterday afternoon Bishop James
Cannon, jr., warned that ANY Raskob-
ian attempt to muzzle Southern eccle-
siastics will meet the sape results as ir
1928"
He charged that the former Gov
Cox OF Ohio insulted the ministers oil
the South in his Jackson day dinner
speech, when he said: May we re.
specially ask that you call politica
l. Ill L.. II.