Evening star., 1933-09-10

according to Pat Malloy. Assistant At
torney General, who has ruled that
the effective date Of ratification is the
date Of ratification by the last re-
ouired State. and not the date of the
Secretary of States proclamation.
Problem Of Saloon.
The prevention Of the return Of the
saloon and all the recognized evils
inherent in the saloon system have been
the promise Of both political parties,
IS we'll as Of most of the leading advO-
Gates Of ending prohibition by constitu-
tional amendment.
At Chicago the Republican prohibi-
ton plank proposed that the
people should have an opportunity to
pass upon a proposed amendment the
provision of which, while retaining IN
the Federal Government power to pre-
serve the gains already made in dealing
with the evils inherent in the liquor
traffic, shall allow States to deal with
the problem as their citizens may
determine, but subject always 20 the
power of the Federal Government to
protect those States where prohibition
may exist and safeguard our citizens
everywhere from the return of the
saloon and attendant abuses"
The Democratic platform declared
I'VE urge the enactment of such meas
ures by the States as will actually
promote temperance, effectively prevent
the return Of the saloon and bring the
liquor traffic into the open under COM
plete supervision and control by the
| States"
Roosevelt Against the Saloon.
And when President Roosevelt ac-
cepted the nomination at the Chicago
convention the concluding paragraph
Of his reference to the repeal plank was
Two years ago the platform on
which ran for Governor the second
time contained substa ntially the same
provision. The overwhelming senti-
ment Of the people Of my State as
shown by the vote Of that year extends,
I know. to the people Of many Of the
other States. say to you that from
this time on the eighteenth amendment
is doomed. When that happens We as
Democrats must and will, rightly and
morally. enable the States to protect
themselves against the importation of
intoxicating liquor where such impOrta-
tfon may violate their State laws. We
must, rightly and morally, prevent the
return Of the saloon"
| The twenty-first amendment itself
does not mention the abolition of the
saloon. The article which will become
the twenty-first amendment merely
states:
Section /. The eighteenth article
of amendment to the Constitution. of
the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The transportation or
importation into any State, Terri
tory or possession of the United
States for delivery or use therein of
Intoxicating liquors, In violation of
the laws thereof, is hereby pro-
hibited.
Section 8. This article shall be
imperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the
Constitution by conventions In the
several States, as provided in the
Constitution, within seven years
from the date of submission hereof
to the States by the Congress.
Since the submission of that amend.
ment to the States the drive has beer
for ratification. A surprisingly small
amout of emphasis has been place.
upon the very important issue of wha
will happen in the States after repeal
The President has frankly coupled re-
peal with the Treasury's need for reve
nue. and the appeals of party leaders
notably Postmaster General Farley, TO
ratification have made the issue O