Evening star., 1933-07-27

Action of three Southern States
viewed as strongholds Of prohibition, in
voting for repeal is held by the country
to give promise OF early rejection Of
the dry amendment. Much attention il
now given to the problems that are
likely to arise in dealing with the use
of liquor after its legalization. The
press Of the country urges public at
tention to the need of adequate pro-
visions for its control.
1T is not so much what will be done
to the eighteenth amendment as what
will be done after the States have dis
carded it as q failure" advises the Fort
Worth Star Telegram. That paper
gives assurance that the control OF
hard liquor will be the keenest con-
Germ of the administration and Con-
gress, FIRST following repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment" with the con-
clusion, that some plan comparable
to the one employed in Canada will
be established by the States may be
taken for granted" The Miami Daily
News Is convinced that lit Is the part
Of wisdom to begin now to prepare for
proper control Of liquor and education
in its use" and contends that Ito this
task the more reasonable elements on
both sides Of the old conflict should
be committed"
There is much that the drys can
do" thinks the Charlotte Observer
They can lend their vigorous support
to building the new condition accord
ing to the best forms possible In order
to guard against any laxness or loose
ness that existed under the old order
before prohibition. It Is the duty OF
every citizen, whether he be dry OF
q wet, to accept the majority judgment
and on the basis Of that Judgment build
the best structure possible for our social
life It is truth that the wet regime
will be permanent only to the extent
that the devices set up to surround 1t
are well worked out and in conformity
devices are weak and conducive to law
lessness, it is inevitable that the pen
dulum swing back again."
Marked reservations" in repeal are
observed by the Topeka Daily Capital,
which says of the results: There is q
huge silent vote, dissatisfied with the
experience Of poorly enforced national
prohibition, but waiting to see what
the proposed new amendment will do
and how it will work. The referendums
so far have been overwhelmingly for
the vets, in comparison with the dry
vote, but Overwhelmingly only In a
bailoting in which q large majority of
the whole electorate have not partici-
pated. It Is significant warning that
the twenty-first amendment, II and
when ratified by three-fourths OF the
States, will be on trial before q jury
of the public which at present is plainly
dubious Of its promise to regulate the
liquor trafic."
Momentum in the battle against pro-
hibition Is recognized by the Charleston
Is. CO. Evening Post, IN the comment:
THE wet movement will not stop at
national repeal. Its momentum y en-
tirely too strong for that. The disgust
which the great mass Of the people feel
will make Itself felt In radical changes
national prohibition. Whether South
Carolina will be one Of them remains to
be seen, but nothing is more certain
than that there viii be o strong move.
ment for liberalization OF the State
liquor laws following national repeal
"The strongest and soundest objec-
ton to the twenty y-0rst ameudment." !"
urges the Little Rock Arkansas Qasette.
'is that 1t strikes down ell power At
Federal Government to legislate on the
regulation and control Of the liquor
trahic for the county as whole. What
was reasonably demanded by opponents
Of repeal was q substitute amendment
taking prohibition out Of the Constitu-
ton but empowering Congress to exer-
else such statutory regulation and con-
troll - conditions might demand"
In similar vein, the Lincoln State
Journal comments: what have Ne
gained By repeal7 Repeal win not