Show 0 V Newspapers Newspapers- Divided as asto asto asto to Feasibility of Suggestion 4 Will 1 i Confirm i Fears Fears' ars of fi DrY Drys Drs N NY Y Times Times' V ANSTON ilL July 17 1 l UP Geor W e w iVl k un whose proposals pro for changes es I Ii In of prohibition prohibition- enforcement have li e aroused aroused cl d discussion W was hilled led I here toda today aa as' one who hns the In Interests Interests In- In of the tho nation naHon t. t i by bYi fr Ann Anna De Deyp corresponding corre- corre orr I secretary of ot the National Women's Christian c. c ce ce V V I union i Mr Wickersham's c shams suggestions are those tho-se of ot a a- atrue true prohibitionist and arid co constitute uto a a. c call to to d duty t to 10 those states slates which have 0 b been en r remiS re- re miss miS 5 In enforcing th they the eighteenth nth amendment Mrs De o said He speaks of tho possibility of ot modifying modify modify- lag ing n state slate arid and a d national n law laws Of or course ho does not me mean modification tion to permit what the CO constitution forbids He evidently means a. a a modification of or ortho tho the system of e en en- en By United d Press M Many ny newspapers newspaper newspapers newspapers' today comm com com- m editorially on the letter of of George W W. Wickersham f to tb Gover- Gover noc itoi Roosevelt read at the Eastern Point Conn of oc governors governors The New York Times tIt It It will wili confirm the fears which the Anti Anti- sat saloon on league bad had at t it- the time o of ot his Wickersham's s selection se ct on by Mr Hoover that his not really In the tho cause th that t he is Js weak kneed about boUl the tho prohibition law ci arid and d' d its' its enforcement and that his nomination nomina- nomina tion b by the president was ivan one more sign sigh that prohibition was about to tob tobE tobe b be betrayed In the house hous of ot its profess professed pro pro- fess d friends Everybody knows th that t this would mean mean- In Instates Instates instates states like New v Y York rk rt or Pennsyl vania or Louisiana or or yes or-yes yes es we we mayas mayas' mayas mayas' may mayas mayas' as' as well sa say say- It It Kansas It Kansas It would mean no enforcement at all aU T TO W Lp TASTE TASi The Ne ir e York World The m mer r r. r of or s suggestion are aro completely obscured by the life ex t ex- ex tact fact that Ko ho has had the temerity te to make a any y suggestion V It seems seems to us a aj a perfectly amazing sp spectacle to to see tho the chairman chair chair- man man manof a ot th that t co cIng c- c Ing conclusions J 1 s' s an t Issuing Issuing- j Is ll id the Uie j judy tudy and nrc o J V ha a. a e n l re- re de lon Ion In this case Js s considerably tp to 4 oUr bur taste The Baltimore Sun This state state- merit stands stand in sore need of pf clarification atlon Does Docs Vl mean change chanse th the eighteenth amendment to p permit modification or or enforcement ot at the law as Ls it stands If If so he ho is li begging the whole question Omaha World Herald Federal and state prohibition laws must laws must be modified It If they are arc to be be made reasonably rea enforceable Philadelphia d Public Ledger Undo UndoUbtedly Undoubtedly Un do V should sh uld tho states assume o responsibilities for enforcement but the wettest st states states' tes' tes would refuse cooperation When Wickersham Vl as assumed s- s suin d chairmanship of the presidents president's prest- prest dents dent's committee ho was quoted quoted- as remarking that its recommendation n for tor a LI modification of ot the act would be extremely unlikely Hl indicates a change that will attract wido att attention PRAISES COMMON SENSE The Washington Post There is sound common sense in the suggestion tion Uon of G George W. W n and the sug suggestion will wUl bo be specially p heeded for tor it ft Is inconceivable under under un un- un der the circumstances that President dent dant H Hoover cr his has been beer uri unaware war that It was to bo be given to the country country try I aa ni the first definite of or the tho law enforcement nt commission commis- commis o b ul slon sion |