The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-11-06
ARGUMENT OF
FARLEY IS HIT.
Burgess Says Money Spent
on Whiskey Hurts All
Legitimate Business
The Tines-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Nov. 6.-Sharp ex-
ception to the contention of the
repealists that repeal of the 18th
amendment is a par of the ma
tons recovery program was
taken today by Gale X. Burgess,
campaign manager of the United
Dry Forces, who declared that
mo man can prove that a nation
can drink itself back to prosper
ity." He also declared that
every dollar spent for whIskey
INJURIES all legitimate business
and turns into economic waste
money that should be spent Tor
milk. bread and shoes"
A last-minute shot was also
taken at some Of the arguments
advanced by Postmaster General
James A. Farley in. his speech
here last week in a statement is
sued by Burgess, in which ne
said:
"ln his speech here last Friday,
Mr.. Farley urged the people of
North Carolina to vote for re-
peal of the 18th amendment
without attempting to give any
other than the declaration of the
national Democratic platform
and compliance with the wish Of
the president. Mr.. Farley ignor-
ed the fact that for 80 years the
Democratic platform in North
Carolina has committed the party
to the cause of prohibition and
claimed credit for all prohibition
legislation enacted in the state.
"Also, Mr.. Farley failed to
recognize the fact that the recent
Democratic congress ignored that
portion of the Democratic plat
form which called for legislation
to effectively prevent the return
of the saloon The Congressional
Record discloses that on Febru-
airy 16, 1888. the senate repeat
eddy voted down amendments to
the repeal resolution providing
that it would be unlawful to sell
whiskey for consumption at the
place of sale, which is the same
thing as saloon.
"Since Mr.. Farley was speak
ing to a southern audience, he
paramounted the issue of states
rights. The Administrators ma
tional recovery plan contains 80
new and unheard of invasions of
states rights and one inglorious
plea in favor of states rights in
the form of a plea for legalized
liquor"
In the next paragraph of his
statement, Mr.. Burgess takes
what is considered by some as a
back-handed slap at President
Roosevelt. when he says:
North Carolina citizens of all
parties admire the president and
stand ready to support him in his
program for economic and indus
trial recovery, but the proposal
to repeal prohibition has no prop
Ell place in sane program for
recovery, either economic, social
or moral.
with all due respect to Mr..
Farley as postmaster general and
national chairman of his party
and as chief dispenser of patron
age, we believe that in such a
vital matter as the liquor prob
lem North Carolinians will prefer
to follow Aycock. Glenn. Craig,
Beckett, Morrison, Hoey, Webb
and a host of others who symbol
ize North Carolina Democracy
and such Republican leaders as
Pritchard Meekins, Hayes, Newell
and Frazier, without coercion
and dictation from New York.
"For these reasons we believe
that tomorrow North Carolina
will abide by its convictions
against liquor, as taught by the
respected leaders of both parties
during the last third of a CEN
fury and that it will record an
overwhelming vote in favor of
the 18th amendment"