Show to I Vote Vate V on Amendments to toV US U.S. U. U S. S Constitution Urged h InN N Y by Coy Gov Smith I Last Message Is Delivered ered to Legislators of State Law Must Be Upheld He Says ALBANY N N. N Y Jan 4 CAP AP AP- AP Governor Alfred T. T Smith in his eighth and last annual n message ess ge to to th the legislature today reco recommended mended that tha future federal constitutional amendments be submitted to a popUlar popular pop pop- ular referendum in this state before they are acted upon by the legisla ture The suggestion was made in ina n na a chapter de devoted to the eighteenth amendment and law enforcement in which he said it was the states state's sacred duty to sustain the amendment amendment amend amend- ment and the law The governors governor's reference o to his last message attracted d tire the attention attention atten atten- tion of the politically i inclined cUned In view of his potential candidacy for forthe forthe forthe the Democratic presidential nomination nomi nomination nation next June He Hels HeIs is now rounding rounding round round- ing out his fourth term item gOVernor gOV as governor gov gov LAST MESSAGE He did not his terse anno announcement nt that It was was' was his hIs ts final in message dl r he dep depart rt from Jat aW airs Jn Jils- Jils 33 document In his discussion of the prohibition prohibition f- f tion question the governor said In 1919 the legislature pushed the ratification of the eighteenth amendment and in 1929 tire party responsible for this coming back to its senses submitted the tho question of modification of the sustaining act only to 10 have it carried by a popular majority of gf This referred to the v vote te on a ast st tate te referendum proposing a memorial me me- morial to congress ss to modify the act by permitting the several sev sev- oral eral- states slates to make their own definitions den deli as to wl whit what it c constituted nf In Intoxicating intoxicating in- in liquor The proposal W was s carried by a Yo vote e of approximately 3 3 to 1 MUST UPHOLD LAW LAWIn In the meantime continued the governor there devolves upon the state the sacred duty of sustaining Continued on page ge 4 i V Vote te o on ii Amendments Amendments' to to p U. U S. S Constitution Urged In N. N Y by Gov Goy Al AI Continued from page pago I 1 the eighteenth a amendment and tho the law They are as much a a. part of the laws Jaws of this state as our own statutes and our own tion In fact the constitution of ot the United States Itself de declares ares that document and the laws made plade pursuant pursuant pursuant pur pur- to it to be the supreme law of the land and tho the judges judge in every state bound thereby anything In the constitution and the laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding standing Aside Aside from the tho Ih limited number of policemen vho who patrol the sparsely sparse sparse- ly settled sections of the state the Hie states state's police power Is delegated and we find It exercised in tire the first in instance instance instance in- in stance by the village ge constable the sheriffs and dep deputy ty sheriffs and the police officials of th the cities I 1 speak only the truth when I say gay that tho the people eople of any locality get tho the d d degree greo gree of tf law enforcement upon which they insist and for which they are Ing lag to pay DEFINES STAND As far as I am concerned in obedience obedience obedience obe obe- to my oath tp to sustain the constitution of tire the United States I Ibave have bave repeatedly promised the people that so far tar as It lies In my power in the constitutional or statute law I will remove from office upon proper roper proof being presented any public official charged with laxity in enforcement of ot the law Obedience Obe Obe- to law Is the foundation stone upon which tho structure of tho the government rests Uniform en enforcement enforcement enforcement en- en an and uniform obedience Is necessary ne essary to preserve the dignity and the majesty sty of the law Law enforcement must ot of necessity begin with arrest Too many misinformed many misinformed people look for detailed enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment from th head rather than from the tho root of police pollee power Inasmuch as the federal government government government govern govern- ment leaves the state free tree In its choice of approval vat or disapproval of amendments to the constitution I would suggest an amendment to our our constitution in this state to the end that no future amendments to the federal constitution be acted upon by the legislature before referendum ret ret- by state statute to the people We have tho the str strange situation situation situa situa- tion in this state today that we vo re- re re require require quire a vote of the people to amend our own constitution but the liberty enjoyed by our people during all of our national life me can be be abridged overnight v by a bare bars majority vote of the elected representatives In both houses h of the legislature I believe that this situation ha hat naff gone gene as far as any anyone one thing t to arouse the indignation of great groups of people The will of the majority is a a fundamental democratic principle principle prin prin- ciple that admi admits 1 of no compromise compro compro compro- mise When the people leave have thus spoken that Is the end of it it RECOMMENDATIONS The governor submitted twentynine twentynine twentynine twenty- twenty nine specific Te recommendations for legislation He lie renewed his JIls re recommendation recommendation om- om for an amendment t to the state constitution providing for fOI a year 4 term for governor and lieutenant lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant governor with elections held between presidential elections The Thelast Thelast Thelast last legislature dominated by the Republicans submitted s such oh an amendment but amended It to provide provide provide pro pro- vide for the election on presidential years The governor took the stump against it and the amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment was overwhelmingly defeated 1 For the third successive year the governor recommended recommend d abolition of ot the the- state census The last ast state state- c census conducted by Mrs Mra Florence Foren e E. E S S. Knapp Republican secretary o of state was made the subject of ot otan an Inquiry by the state on on account of charges of ot Irregularities The findings in that Investigation have not yet been handed down OPPOSES OPPOSES CENSORSHIP CENSORSHIP Other Othel recommendations included a constitutional amendment extending extending ex ex- tending the term of members of ot the legislature creation of a state waterpower authority extension of home rule privileges to tp village towns and counties a memorial to congress to bring about the use of the barge canal as part of ot an all- all American deep sea waterway and abolition of the state motion picture censorship The governor urged numerous measures dealing with labor includIng includIng including ing creation of a minimum wage board within the department of la labor labor la- la bor and liberalization o of the 4 hour 48 hour law Jaw for tor women women and minors rs H He dealt with with the the agricultural problem extensively A state falls fails In iii its duty to agriculture ag which merely enforces esthe the regUlatory regulatory statutes stat stat- utes relating to the safeguarding of pf its he said The state by wise an and J prudent policies should foster and agriculture and consider the the- full of ot those engaged in it |