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Show CICAGO. June IS. Walker W. VIck. campaign munagcr for Governor Edward I, Edward 3 of New Jerse, in Chicago today on his way to San Francisco, Fran-cisco, declared in a statement that there would be "not less than seven hundred delegates jn tho Democratic national convention in favor of a modification mod-ification of The Volstead act. permitting permit-ting the uso f of light wines and peers in such states as wish to do ho with .state control or regulation under a general and liberal federal act. "Opposition to the eighteenth amendment is not today a political jseuc," Mr. Vick's statement said, "but the Volstead act Is open to amendment, amend-ment, as h33 been pointed out by Govt prnor Edwards, and by such a distinguished distin-guished Republican authority as Senator Sen-ator Knox of Pennsylvania. Volstead Act IC.vtrcmc. "The Volstead act is ao extreme that it has placed In the criminal class millions of womou who make home grown fruit light wines for domestic i use; millions of fanners who make 1 and mature cider from their own or-ohardn. or-ohardn. U places under a ban millions of our citizens who for yeans have regarded re-garded light wines and beers as much a part of ihrir dally food as the bread upon their tablos. "Evil consequences havo followed the onaetmcnt of this unwise and uu- domoeratic law. Moonshing has grown , twonty-Cold. Tt has come down out j of tho mountains inii the plains and j evon into the towns and cities. Disrespect, Disre-spect, of the law and the utter failure I of fedora J and state officcis of on-j on-j forcement ar'( everywhere In overwhelming over-whelming evidence. To placo harm-j harm-j legs light wines and beers in the olass ; of harmful liquors in Illicit trado is wrong. Dciiioprnt,ui Call n Halt. "The Democratic party Is aroing to call a halt on thin and rscue tjic country coun-try from the hands of a fanatical minority whose numorloal wca.kncas la I shown every time they attempt a sep-i sep-i a rate fight. Tho platform will be cloar, fundamentally Democratic, progressive, progres-sive, and, I hope, brief. It will em-, body ono sentiment which ought to be taught n avery achoolhousc In the country. That is respect for the president presi-dent of th? United States." |