VOL. XXXV, No. 102
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THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1928
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[late NEWS
Cloudy And Cooler.
Today'a North Carolina Woalher
Report: Mostly cloudy In interior
*»d cast portion. West portion
kMghtly warmer. In extreme west
portion tonight and Saturday show
er*, and cooler In extreme portion.
Fliers Found!
» Radio messages picked up last
night Indicated that Bert Hassell
and Parker Cramer, pilots of the
(irrater Rockford lost since last
Sunday In an attempted Atlantic
Might, were located somewhere off
the coast of Newfoundland. The lo
cation given in the radio message
picked up indicated that the plane
gras 50 miles off Newfoundland.
Smith Speech \
! High Lights ]
Outstanding points in Governor
■Smith's speech of acceptance follow:
Prohibition.
Favors modification of the 18th
amendment to permit sale of alco
holic beverager by state agencies if
approved by popular referendum
TOte; also allowing amendment of
, Volstead act allowing each state to
determine its own standard of al
coholic content.
Pledges honest endeavor to en
force dry laws and to stamp out
corruption, and reiterates opposition
to the return of the saloon.
Farm Relief.
Stands on platform for develop
ment of co-operative marketing and
for earnest efforts to solv" problem
of distributing co6t of handling
surpluses over units benefited:
promises to call in experts to study
question and present recommenda
tion upon reconvening of congress
Foreign Relations.
Stresses necessity for restoring
cordial relations with Latin Amer
ica; declares Monroe doctrine must
be maintained but not as pretext
for meddling with purely local
troubles: aproves extension of arbi
tration treaties, and promises "real
endeavor to end all wars by remov
ing causes.”
Tariff.
Opposes "sudden or drastic"
changes in economic system, at
tacks workings of Fordney-Mc
Cumber act. and promises to restore
scientific, non-partisan tariff mak
'*ing
Immigration.
Favors removal of restrictions
which separate families and opposes
basing quotas on census 38 years
old.
Water Power.
Advocates public ownership and
~ control.
Flood Relief.
Says money already appropriated
not enough to make “even a start"
on program laid down by Jones
Reed bill which must be carried
through.
Colorado River.
Favors establishment of Colorado
river aqthority representative of all
stages concerned to handle develop
ment.
Muscle Shoals.
Would develop method of opera
tion and retain government owner
ship and control.
Women.
Advocates true equality for wo
wmen in business, government and
politics.
Veterans.
Would seek removal of red tape in
their cases.
Other High Lights.
An attack on Republican claims
regarding prosperity, t^x Reduction,
economy and employment, and a
pledge to effect “real” economy bv
reorganizing and consolidating gov
ernment activities.
A declaration for a “constructive
campaign.”
A statement that the Republican
party today "stands responsible for
the widespread dishonesty that has
honeycombed its administration."
“Certain utility corporations are
w criticized for "dishonest" and un
patriotic" propaganda,
A declaration that the candidate's
nomination was brought about by
no promises and a pledge that ap
pointments would not be influenced
by a person’s wet or dry stand, re
ligion, financial or sectional stand
*J ing.
To Unveil Painting
Of River Jordan
Beautiful Painting By Miss Ham
rick Displayed In Second
Baptist Church.
Miss Elizabeth Hamrick of Boil
ing Springs has executed a beauti
ful painting of the River Jordan
which has been placed back of the
baptistry in the Second Baptist
church here. Those who have in
spected the painting declare it to
be a masterful production. It will
be unveiled Sunday morning and
the public is cordially invited. Rev.
Rush Padget. the pastor, who re
cently made a trip to the Holy
Land and personally inspected the
River Jordan, studied its history
and habits, will preach a special
sermon.
The new Sunday school and edu
cational building has been com
pleted and is said to be one of the
finest in the county among the
Baptist churches. It provides for ail
departments and the standard of ex
cellence.
SHELBY TO ISSUE
Pumps Put Out Of Commission By
Flood Waters, Caused Heavy
Expenditure.
A bond issue of $25,000 for the
water department has been author
ized by the city and when the cost
of repairing the pumps, motors, etc.
at the city water station is deter
mined, the amount of bonds to be
sold will be decided upon A bond
issun of $25,000 was authorized for
the water department before Dr G.
M. Gold resigned from the board
last December, but the city thought
it could get along without a sale of
bonds until the pumps went bad at
the water station and the motors
were drowned by high waters in the
recent flood.
A representative of McCrary Co.,
engineer, of Atlanta, Ga„ who de
signed the new water plant. Tucker
and Laxton, contractors, who built
the plant, DeLaval pump people
who sold the pumps, Mr. Bishop.
Charlotte engineer and others will
have a conference here with the
city fathers at an early date to at
tempt to explain to the board
where the fault lies in the pumps
going bad in a little over a year.
Several propositions have been sub
mitted by Enginer Bishop to put
the intak-> in running order again,
but the city has not decided which
course to pursue. Each firm which
had anything to do with the plant
tries to absolve itself from any
blame.
FORMER FOOTBALL
STAR HERE TRIEDj
Steve Furohes And Bowie “Hired
Out” For Death Of
Young: Boy
Hillsboro, Aug. 22 —Steve Furches
and T. C. Bowie, jr.. university of
North Carolina students with promi
nent connections through North
Carolina, were sentenced to four
months in Jail each today after
they had entered a plea of nolo
contendre of involuntary man
slaughter in Orange county criminal
court under Judge W. A. Devin.
A civil settlement already had
been made with the mother of ifax
Pendergrass, 12-year-old Chapel Hill
boy who died from injuries after
being knocked down by n car driven
by FurChes and occupied by Bowie
on the Capel Hill-Pittsboro road
on May 30.
The students threw themselves on
the mercy of the court and were
sentenced to four months in jail,
to be hired out on payment of the
costs. The fathers of the young men
hired them out and tonight they
were on their way back home.
The estate of the Pendergrass boy
will receive $11,000, thereby ending
all civil liabilities. Parents of both
of the boys attended the trial.
Bowie is the son of former Judge
Tam C. Bowie, prominent North
Carolina lawyer Furches was quar
terback on the university football
learn last year.
Charged With Drunkenness.
The students were alleged to
have struck the boy down with
their car. they being intoxicated
at the time, and to have continued
on their way without stopping to
render aid As a result they were
charged with manslaughter, driv
ing an automobile intoxicated, and
failing to stop to give help after
an accident on the highway. The
latter two cases were nol prossed,
and the sentence of the judge cov
ered the plea of nolo contendere to
involuntary manslaughter.
The lad was picked up on the
highway in an unconscious condi
tion and taken to a Durham hos
pital where he died.
"Immediately following the trial.
"Sandy" Graham, attorney for the
Orange county board of commis
sioners, made necessary arrange
ments for the young men to be
hired out by their fathers.
Sam Gattis, veteran attorney of
Hillsboro, made the plea for Fur
ches and Bowie, speaking "not in
palliation of the offense," but
pointing out that there had been
no malice on the part of either, no
purpose to harm and no premedi
tation.
Former Governor R. A. Doughton,
now revenue commissioner, and
J. A. Hartness. secretary of state,
were present to help the defend
ants in any way possible.
LEADER OF NEGRO ELKS
REFUSES G. O. P. POST
Washington—J. Finley Wilson,
grand exalted ruler of the negro
Elks, has declined to serve under
the Republican national committee
in an advisory capacity, declaring
he was “not in complete harmony
with the policies of the Republican
party, as revealed under recent
Republican administrations ”
'Germany’s Newest Helicopter
Man's latest effort to build a machine capable of rising perpendic
ularly from the ground Is shown here. It is the Invention of Prof.
II.* Zaschkn. a German engineer, shown standing beside the craft1
at the Berlin flying Held. The machine, not yet perfected, is called
a “Hubschrauber.”
Washington Writer Says Smith
Gave “Drys”Plenty Latitude
Unbiased Political Observer Says Smith
Speech Fair Bid For Many Votes. Offers
Above-Board Deal As To Prohibition.
Rakes Republican’s “Costly Economy”
By RODNEY BUTCHER
• (NEA Service Writer)
Washington.—There is one school of political thought
which holds that campaign speeches never change any votes.
A1 Smith certa’inly does not belong to that school. Hoover, in
u«m ojouj oSf oj poou ou pwq ipoads oouR^doooi? siq
Coolidge received in 1924. He need only talk to hold that
big Republican majority. But Smith, in accepting the Demo,
cratic nomination, has gone after that majority hammer
and tongs, with a direct bid for the important 5,000,000 votes
which were cast for LaFollette.
Two characteristics of Smith
himself stand out all over the
speech.
One is his own direct personal
appeal to the voter and his un
usual capacity for frankness—so
rare in politicians—that goes with
it. There are plenty of perpen
dicular pronouns. It Is full of
solemn compacts between Smith,
personally, and the people.
Without making promises im
possible of fulfillment, he never
theless promises to the limit of
dominant importance of personal
ities in this campaign, he embarks
on a supreme effort to sell himself
to th.e electorate. He is proud of
his record of achievement as gov
ernor of New’ York and defies any
one, by inference, to find flaws
therein.
The other characteristic is his
almost uncanny ability to avoid
pitfalls and at the same time use
the words of his enemies to barb
and hurl back at them with force.
True, Hoover has not been making
any breaks such as would enable
Smith to convert them into boom
erangs. But Hoover cited a flock
of statistics designed to prove that
Republicanism had brought on un
precedented prosperity.
So Smith, too, found a pile of
statistics—40 per cent of 430,000
corporations were actually lasing
money; one-fourth of one per cent
of corporate profits. He grabbed
more statistics to rake "Coolidge
economy” fore and aft—the gov
ernment was spending more than
when Coolidge took office and was
extracting more tax money from
the people as well.
Having hurled statistics he be
gan to fling quotations, using the
postmaster general to show inef
ficiency and waste, the army's
chief of staff to demonstrate bad
usage given our soldiers, the most
recent party historian to indicate
the evils of the Republican tariff.
Elihu Root and Coolidge himself
to assail the Republican tariff
and a Republican prohibition ad
ministrator to indicate the corrup
tion of prohibition enforcement.
Then back to statistics to show
what the farmer had suffered in
recent years. Not very many sta
tistics—just enough to tell his story
and not bore anyone.
And always talking right down
to the voters as individuals in
the home. He pictured himself,
in his stand on the prohibition
laws, as the champion of a great
moral cause and appealed direct
ly to anxious fathers and mothers
who dreaded the dangers of boot
legging to their boys and girls.
He met Hoover's challenge to
anyone who would nullify th*
I THINK!
! ‘Something to Think About*
by Bruno Lesing, one of the
| aest editorial features in
! America, will be a regular
| eature of The Star's editorial
ipage beginning September 3.
This new feature starts at
} the same time as does the
S popular comic strip “Gus and
Gussie," the sports cartoon by
| Quinn Hall, the weekly menus,
: household and fashion hints,
| and other features to be a
j part of the regular Star three
} times each week, beginning In
) September when the big, new
S Goss press is ready for opera
J iton.
Watch for the new Star!
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Constitution and simultaneously
promised the wets his own serv
ices toward immediate relief and
pointed out to the drys that it
was, after all, for the people and
their representatives and not for !
A1 Smith to decide finally what
was to be done about prohibition.
Briefly, his program is: Imme
diate revision of the Volstead Act
to permit beer and wine of alco
holic content up to the point
where it is proved actually intox
icating, as a relief from present
conditions. Then a constitutional
amendment which would allow
federal enforcement aid from the
federal government and wet states
to introduce the Canadian provin
cial plan permitting rigid state con
trol and state sale of alcoholic bev
erages. By solemnly swearing to
uphold the Constitution, declaring
emphatically against the saloon and
basing his position on the tradition
al Democratic principle of state's
rights. Smith gave the widest pos
sible latitude to the drys inside his
own party and out who might be
persuaded to vote for him.
Talks Of Cattle
And Pastures Here
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Ward C. Smarr, field representa- j
five of the American Jersey Cattle
club and J. R. Sams, pasture spec
ialist from the state department of
agriculture will be here Saturday
to talk to the farmers on Jersey cat
tle and pastures. Mr. Hardin, coun
ty agent, urged that all farmers in
terested in dairying attend this
meeting which begins at noon Rat
lirdav
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COMING FAIR TO i
BE “FIFTH AND |
FINEST OF ALL!
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Fair Slogan Winner Named. Prem- j
ium.s Lists Here. Attractions
For Event.
The coming Cleveland county
fair in the last week of Setember
will be the "fifth and finest” ac
cording to the new fair slogan and
the assurance of fair officials that
the slogan will be carried out.
In the fair slogan contest Mrs.
Mary Yarborough won first prize
with her slogan "Fifth and Finest.”
Miss Addie S. Beam, Shelby, R-7.
was second with “Growing in Favor
Serving Its Neighbor,” and C. R.
Doggett, of Shelby, was third with
"Some Older, Some Bigger, None
Better.”
Secretary J. S. Dorton says that
officials of the big agricultural ex
position are determined to live up
to the slogan. In his premium list
announcement he says:
"In presenting this, our fifth an
nual premium list, announcing the
approach of North Carolina’s best
county fair, we pause to express our
keen appreciation of the loyal sup
port and co-operation of our people,
for through them and by their aid
we have attained the coveted posi
tion among the leading fairs of the
south as one of the best.
“It is with a great deal of pride
that we present this premium list
as we believe that we have incor
porated within it all of the things
that go to make up a well rounded,
diversified worth while exposition,
striving as we have always done to
satisfy from the dominant side of
any fair, that of education, yet we
are mindful of the fact that good
clean entertainedment is a feature
enjoyed and appreciated by every
one."
Get Premium Lists.
The premium lists will be ready
for distribution tomorrow or Mon
day, it is announced, and may be
secured at The Cleveland Star of
fice, any bank, either county or
home agent, at Paul Webb’s drug
store, or by addressing Secretary
Dorton.
More premium money is offered
this year than ever before and the
premium list is also bigger in size.
Prepare Grounds.
The fair grounds at night this fall
will resemble Coey Island judging
by the preparatory work now on
there. The grounds in general are
being beautified, decorated and il
luminated as never before and will
equal the new attractions and ex
hibits to be a part of the fair this
year.
Champ Exhibit. (
Of interest to all those who are
interested in cattle will be Trie an
nouncement that Bob Shufdrd,' of
Newton, North Carolina’s "Master
Farmer," will exhibit a herd of his
famous cattle at the cattle exhibit
here. Mr. Shuford is the owner of
"Red Lady," the champion butter
fat producer of the world and “Red
Lady's” sister will likely be among
the cattle exhibited.
Mr. Shuford’s cattle. of course,
will not be entered in competition
with county cattle in the county
exhibit but there w'ill be a state ex
hibit of cattle at the fair in which
the Shuford cattle will compete
along with the county prize-winners
from this and other counties. That
the cattle exhibit will be the biggest
ever staged in this section is as
sured by those in charge of that de
partment.
The fair will also see the biggest
run of shows, entertainment and
free attractions of any fair held in
the county.
Hard Surface No. 18
Now Ready For Use
At last. You can travel from
Shelby to Morganton on the hard
surface now. The last stretch of
black top between Toluca and
Fallston was put down this week
and traffic turned on. This com
pletes the hard surface of this high
way connecting the metropolic of
Cleveland with the metropolis of
Burke. Traffic has been turned out
and all detour signs taken down.
Concrete road from Shelby to Fall
ston; tarvia from Fallston to Mor
ganton.
Ginning Report Far Under 1927
Washington, Aug 23—Cotton of
this year’s growth ginned prior to
August 16 totaled 280.530 running
bales compared with 455.368 to that
date last year and 182,257 bales on
August 16, 1926, the Census Bureau
announced today.
Of the total ginning Texas re
turned 279,474 bales for 1928, 390
591 for 1927 and 176.322 for 1926.
The remainder for 1928, 1,056 bales
was returned from Alabama, Arkan
sas. Arizona, California, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Mrs. William Mills, of Columbia,
is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs.
R ,1 McOariey. _ # .# St
j First Boll To
Open In County
) The first open cotton boll
| of the season was exhibited In
j The Star office yesterday,
j August 23, and so far as Is
j known It is the first boll to
j open in the entire county,
j The cotton was frown by
j Sam Wright on the George
i Hord place near Lawndale.
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SIMMONS LIKEiy
TO RESIGN SAKS
RALEIGH REPORT
Statement Of Senator Stirs Wide
Speculation Among- Officialdom
Public Await Next Move
Raleigh.—The statement of Sena
tor Simmons that he would support
neither Governor Smith nor Sec
retary Herbert Hoover for the presi
dency brought forth wide specula
tion among state officialdom as to
what would be the senior North
Carolina senator’s next move.
Some went so far as to venture
that Mr. Simmons would announce
his resignation from the senate.
Such a move would upset plans of
several leading politicians who are
known to have their hearts and
hopes set upon the North Carolina
seat at Washington.
Appointment Possible
However, should Mr. Simmons quit
later on in the year, say after the
general election, it would result in
i Governor McLean appointing a man
to the seat at the national capital.
This would renew the old time spec
ulation of the governor himself re
signing his state office on some sort
of an agreement with Lieut. Gov.
Elmer Long of Durham, when he
takes the governorship, to appoint
Mr. McLean to the senate.
Mr. Simmons hcnestly beHeves
Governor Smith cannot be elected to
the presidency. Assuming that he
can, the senator’s attitude would
most likely destroy his power at
Washington.
The senator is apparently holding
tight to what he has, the remnant
of his term as United States sena
tor. believing Governor Smith will
never live in the White House.
Urges Farm Course
In County Schools
Senator Sam Liftttimore, Farmed,
Would'Have' Every Child Taught
Fertilizer Analysis.
“The greatest strides in agricul
ture come from the younger gen
eration, so I would say that the
greatest good to the future farm
ing in Cleveland county could be
accomplished by teaching every pu
pil in the public schools of Cleve
land. one period a week during the
school term, the difference between
phosphoric acid, ammonia and pot
ash and how to work out a fertili
zer analysis.” declared Ex-senator
Sam Lattimore, a dirt farmer ad
dressing the Kiwanis club last
night.
"Since the corn clubs were organ
ized in the county, the yield per
acre has been doubled and the pigs
clubs started by a local bank have
done more to encourage the rais
ing of our own hogs than any other
one thing,” he aded.
County Agent Alvin Hardin spoke
on "good seed," pointing out the im
portance of having pure, tested seed
for all farm crops. He stated that
there are 30 different varieties of
cotton in the county and this is
costly to the farmer and no end of
annoyance to the manufacturer.
C. S. Young, large farmer and
wholesaler, had charge of the pro
gram as chairman of the farm com
mittee of the Kiwanis club.
Miss Hemphill Is
Buried At Smyrna
Aunt Of Mrs. D. A. Whisonant Died
Here This Morning At Age 77.
Funeral Today.
The remains ot Miss Fannie
Hemphill who died this morning at
2:30 o'clock at the home of her aunt
Mrs. D. A. Whisonant on S. DeKalb
street will be taken this afternoon
to her former home at Smyrna, S.
C. for interment in the Presbyterian
church cemetery, the services to be
conducted at 5 o’clock "by Revs. C,
A. McCully and E B. Hunter. Miss
Hemphill was of a prominent South
Carolina family. She came to Shel
by with the Whisanants a few years
ago to make her home with them.
Ten days ago she suffered a fall
and a broken hip from which she
never recovered.
Miss Hemphill was a member of
the First Presbyterian church here
and a devoted Christian. She is
survived by one brother. R M
Hemphill, ot Medina Teni..
Post Office Here To
Be First Class When
Year Ends, Is Thought
Hudson Gives Bond
To Superior Court
In Shooting Affair
WKe Does Not Appear Angry With
Husband For Sprinkling;
Shot.
Ben Hudson, who sprinkled the
bodies of his wife and two little
girls with shot Sunday one week ago
in upper Cleveland, was bound over
to superior court under a bond of
*1,000 by County Judge John P.
Mull.
Patch Up Quarrel.
According to court observers Hud
son may come out of the case with
out any great punishment due to
the fact that the wife, it is charged
he shot, seems to have no great
amount of ill feeling against her
husband.
County Folks Lead
On Baptist Program
Six Cleveland county people are
on the program of the Sylva Bap
tist Encampment, a training school
for Christian workers being held
this week at Sylva Collegiate Insti
tute, showing the large number of
recognized leaders which Cleveland
county is furnishing to the religious
realm.
Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First
Baptist church is on the program,
as well as Dr, A. B. Wood pastor of
the First Baptist church of Maxton..
Dr. Wood Is not only a native of the !
county, but married Miss Gold,'
daughter of Mr. Geo. Gold of this :
county and Mrs. Wood is also on
; the program. A. V. Washbum, form
1 erly of the Double Springs com
munity and associational secretary
and Mrs. Washburn, special worker I
of the Baptist Sunday school board ]
are both on the program, as well as!
Miss Lorene Woody, a teacher in the
Boiling Springs Junior college.
Miss Velma Hartman, R. N. of
Gastonia is visiting her sister, Mrs.
R. A. Warlick at Lawmdale.
Miss Lucy Yelton has returned to
her home near Lawndale after a
week’s visit with her sister. Mr. and
Mrs. Clemie Spangler of Charlotte.
Local Office Running Far Ahead Of
Seven Percent. Gain Needed
In Receipts
The Shelby postoffice will
likely move into the list of first
class postoffices at the end of
this year, according to figures
released to The Star today by
Postmaster J. H. Quinn.
Such has been the gain in postal
receipts at the local office for the
past few years that at the end of
the last postal year it was announc
ed that a gain of only seven per
cent would have to be shown this
year over last year for Shelby to, be
ranked as a first-class office.
Will Make Grade
According to Mr. Quinn the office
so far in the year is running far
ahead of the needed seven per cent
increase and if business holds up
to any extent at all the new rating
should come.
In fact, so far this year there has
been only one month. April in
which the gain did not reach seven
per cent. In this month there was
no decrease.
One month in the year so far re
vealed a gain over 30 per cent over
the same month last year and an
other ran up to 19 per cent, it was
stated. Every quarter has shown
a gain of seven per cent or more
and the new rating seems assured.
Up In July
Numerous postoffices in this
state had decreases in postal busi
ness of July this year over July.
1927, but at the local office July
receipts gained $324, or 12 per cent
over July of last year.
The figures for total receipts in
July, this year, were $2,907.71 as
compared with $2,683.71 for July,
1927.
PAINLESS DEATH FOR
VICTIMS OF DISEASE
London.—The Express question an
article in The Prague newspaper
Cheske Slovo to the effect that in
fliction from incurable disease will
be legalized in Czecho-Slovakia.
This legalization will be pro
vided in a new code now being
prepared, the article asserts, .but
written approval by at least two
physicians will be necessary before
permission to inflict death is grant
ed.
This same code, it is stated, will
exempt from punishment anybody
helping another to commit suicide.
Smith Would Have People Say As
To Dry Laws—Wants Temperance
Is Against Saloon But Believes
Fathers And Mothers Worries
Could Be Lightened.
The following summarizes Gov
ernor A1 Smith's views on prohibi
tion as declared in his acceptance
speech Wednesday night:
‘The president of the United
States has two constitutional du
ties with respect to prohibition. The
first is embodied in his oath of of
fice. If, with one hand on the
"Bible and the other hand reaching
up to Heaven. I promise the people
of this country that I will faithful
ly execute the office of president of
the United States and to the best
of my ability preserve, protect and
defend the constitution of the
United States,' you may be sure
that I shall live up to that oath to
the last degree. I shall to the very
limit execute the pledge of our
platform “to make an honest en
deavor to enforce the 18th amend
ment arid all the other provisions of
the federal constitution and all laws
enacted pursuant thereto.”
Corrupt Now.
“The president does not make the
laws. He does his best to execute
them whether he likes them or not.
The corruption in enforcement ac
tivities which caused a former Re- j
publican prohibition administrator
to state that three-fourths of the
dry agents were political ward
heelers named by politicians with
out regard to civil service laws and
that prohibition is the “new poll-1
tical work barrel," I will ruthlessly!
stamp out. Such conditions can not'
and will not exist under any ad
ministration presided over by me.
Suggests Changes.
"The second constitutional duty
imposed upon the president is: 'To
recommend to the congress such
measures as he shall Judge neces
sary and expedient.' Opinion upon
prohibition cuts squarely across the
two great political parties. There
are thousands of so-called “wets and
drys” in each. The platform of my
party is silent upon any question of
change in the law. I personally be
lieve that there should be change
| and I shall advise the congress in]
accordance with my constitutional
duty of whatever changes I deem
“necessary or expedient.” It will
then be for the people and the rep
resentatives in the national and
state legislatures to determine
whether these changes shall be
made.
"Each state would then be allow
ed to fix its own standard of alco
holic content, subject always to the
provision that that standard could
not exceed the maximum fixed by
congress.
Up To People.
“I personally believe in an amend
ment in the 18th amendement
which would give to each individual
state itself only after approval by a
referendum popular vote of its. peo
ple the right wholly with! nits bor
ders to import, manufacture or
cause to be manufactured and sell
alcoholic beverages, the sale to be
made only by the state itself and
not for consumption in any public
place ....
Better For Parents.
“I believe in temeprance. We have
not achieved temeprance under the
present system. The mothers and
fathers of young men and women
throughout this land know the
anxiety and worry which has been
brought to them by their children's
use of liquor in a way which was
unknown before prohibition. I be
live in reverence for law. Today
disregard of the prohibition laws is
insidiously saping respect for all
law. I raise, therefore, what I pro
foundly believe to be a great moral
issue involving the righteousness of
our national conduct and the pro
tection of our children's morals."
Against Salon.
“There is no question here of the
return of the saloon. When I stated
that the saloon “is and ought to be
a defunct institution in this coun
try” I meant it. I mean it today. I
will never advocate nor approve any
law which directly or indirectly per
mits the return of the saloon.
“Such a change would preserve
for the dry states the benfit of a
national law that would continue to
make interstate shipment of intoxi-»
eating beverages a crime," ,