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Show III DEFENDS I W VETO UrfJ Wartime Prohibi-..evil" Prohibi-..evil" When Fight-ing Fight-ing Ceased. , &srv. . ,,,.- . ' ' , i,:,t of l 1 ' wu:-. the vwto of the na-JMtl00 na-JMtl00 act. United Ut, ;:,,', Xis. f t AttMrton erf Twin Kails. : 0 wok f.' - Wand t,ml , , . i '"- ' LLTeootmoto the wartime mas- . H, ' to be a rtt.ne wr. that U "'II" whn " real ter Borah's vote In the o 1 F uVUSev frV"Bl Pw the following S;on of its action in regard L?n land 0 prohlhltorj la o -p rbuke the n;or - U'co ;; '.. xtra.val of his cntit i- ,. v :.. -10a to:- to -1- " .jMrtatn whether t'-f cress iis 'ffi had voted against the Kw,7SS" w.-e correct. In rw- ... Borah sa:J, in part: lr ataiost overriding the prest- I 'v.,. Th bill which I resid j 1 bill for the enforcement of fS.MbU-.ott law. K covered by its U i-e'Vbitton under the constitution j s -:,cwn ,i t: ,,' ?.. for war. lire r-c-.! onion. SVit with a jreat deal of hesitancy. : Jmou that I think the law was C a donotft 00 a tutionalHy. ftaibt very much whether we have .r even in t:mc of war. to pass j, t But I resolved the foubt In ".; t,e law. I have no doubt. ho'-rita:: ho'-rita:: tt' tV wartime prohibition whn war cease2. It was an act His; entirely upon the war powers i -'vern-ent for its wnc it -j -,rv va ard that al-.J- MMj to exist when war was over. , . the treaty of peace was e sued. ,Se, was ever. That is t :c . . tr our .eaailutttoo as to the eserctse -r -e'er. urs?d earnestly that they do not ne tie wartime prohibition in this tmm-. act. but they saw fit to do Tta rrors I looked into the ma'ter. Enre 1 atn absolutely satis-ieJ that inrtime prohibition lav fell with the jte of actual war. I could rot. there- rate t override the president's vote h ; fei: hf was absolutely right aa liKir h&v, and I never can under k dpcgmaUBawa. knowingly voted In Itivin'.ion to the Fonsi tution which re taken an oath- to uphold. I have Irft-ja have been here for every ; ' - "is--e that as El u a rreraber of the constitutional .. . -....-j.,,.. . Ej -eportlng It. and. of course, 1 it) br it :. . ::-r pr : Is, as I am. 1 ;:.! a stronger believed in tho ccasti-totii.il ccasti-totii.il ocr form of grrrernmen:. I a; 'oe :e;'i rn- state to - "'' : jmisr any ir jumatances or condi-b condi-b will I. fcr the saite of popular sup- II 3r favor, undertake to establish htata wn oh wHU Seetroy our con- faDBal roverrment by voting for un- ; Kivitionai iawa A Bolehe tk is a I cleran and a sae and relkable triti- ! .'.:dr-d with the moral cow ard who -;- " 'o s'Tooor: the oor.s'.itution ' of the Vnlttd States and tlin violates that oath simply bcauw ho thirAa It Is th popular thing to do. "T mlght add that when the war ctbattl 1 early took th4 position that all war-power war-power legnalation terminated, and that tt was not within the powar of CO-MpfWi to extend war-power lesislatlon aftr the war had acti:ally ceased. I took this position posi-tion with reference to the food and fn! ad tnin 1st rat ion. the espSonase act. the wartime prohibition and all other similar measures. The vote, therefore, was stm-piy stm-piy in accord with the position which I have contended for from the heginning and for ft principle which 1 think absolutely abso-lutely essential to democratic government. govern-ment. Tf that principle were not correct, congress could extend wartime acts Indefinitely." |