The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-12

Is. There are many other impor
tant subjects fully set forth in tn
platform and in my public state
ments in the past.
10. The leadership of the fedora
government is not to be confined tx
economic and international questions
There are problems of the home, o
Education of children, of citizenship
the most vital of all to the future o
the nation. Except in the case of ale
to states which I have recommended
for stimulation Of the protection ane
health Of children, they are mo-
matters Of legislation. We have giver
leadership to the initiative Of ou1
people for social advancement
; through organization against litter
acy, through the white house confer.
ences on protection and health o.
+, children. through the national confer
ence on home ownership. through
stimulation to social and recreationa
agencies. These are the visible evi.
denccs of spiritual leadership by gov.
eminent. They will be continued anc
constantly invigorated.
Seeks World Peace
20. My foreign policies have been
devoted to strengthening the foun-
dations Of world peace. We inaugur-
ated the London naval treaty which
reduced arms and limited the ratios
between the fleets of the three pow
ers. We have made concrete pro-
posals at Geneva to reduce arma-
ments of the world by one-third. 1t
would save the taxpayers of the world
a billion year. It would save us
over $20O,000,000 year. 1t would
reduce fear and danger of war. We
have expanded the arbitration of dis
putes. I have recommended joining
the world court under proper refer
vations preserving our freedom of
action. We have given leadership in
Transforming the Kellogg BRAND pact
from an inspiring outlawry of war to
an organized instrument for peace
full settlements backed by definite
mobilization of world public opinion
against aggression. We shall, under
the spirit of that pact, consult with
other nations in times of emergency
to promote world peace. We shall
enter no agreements committing us
to any future course of action or
which call for use of force to pre-
serve peace.
Above all, I have projected new
doctrine into international affairs,
the doctrine that we do not and
never will recognize title to possession
of territory gained in violation of the
peace pacts. That doctrine has been
accepted by all the nations of the
world on a recent critical occasion,
and within the last few days has been
accepted again by all the nations of
the western hemisphere. That is
public opinion made tangible and eff
fective.
This world needs peace. It must
have peace with justice. I shall con-
tinue to strive increasingly, with every
power, mind and spirit, to explore
every possible path that leads toward
a world in which right triumphs over
force, in which reason rules over pas
sion, in which men and women may
rear their children not to be devoured
by war but to pursue in safety the
nobler arts of peace.
design.
Views on Prohibition
Across the path of the nations
consideration OF these vast problems
of economic and social order, there
has arisen a bitter controversy over
the control of the liquor traffic.
have always Sympathized with the
high purpose of the 18th amend
ment and have used every power at
my command to make it effective
over the entire country. have hoped
it was the final solution of the evils
of the liquor traffic against which
our people have striven for genera
lions. It has succeeded in great
measure in those many communities
where the majority sentiment is fav-
orable to 1t. But in other and in
creasing number OF communities
there is a majority sentiment unfav-
orable to it. Laws opposed by mai
GRITTY sentiment create resentment
which undermines enforcement and
in the end produces degeneration and
crime.
Our opponents pledge the members
of their party to destroy every vestige
of constitutional and effective fed
eral control of the traffic. That
means over large areas the return of
the saloon system with its corrup-
ton, its moral and social abuse which
debauched the home, its deliberate
interference with those states en-
deavoring to find honest solution, its
permeation Of political parties, and
its pervasion of legislatures, which
even touched at the capital of the
nation. The 18th amendment smash
ed that regime as by a stroke Of
lightning. I cannot consent to the
return Of that system.
Recognizes Abuses
At the same time we must recog-
nize the difficulties which have de.
veloped In making the 18th amend
ment effective and that grave abuses
have grown up. In order to secure
the enforcement of the amendment
under our dual form of government
the constitutional provision callec
for concurrent action on one hanc
by the state and local authorities anc
on the other by the federal govern.
mem. Its enforcement requires In.
dependent but coincident action O,
both agencies.
An increasing number of state.
and municipalities are proving them.
selves there is in large sections al
increasing illegal traffic in liquor
But worse than this, there has beer
in those areas spread of disres.
pect not only for this law but for al
laws, grave dangers of practica
notification Of the constitution, {
degeneration IN municipal govern
ment and an increase in subsidized