Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-19 | Page 21 | Wickersham Letter May Affect 1932 Campaign

9 CI U c k rs h a 11 Le e t e May A 32 I 1 f w t t Pr Provokes iQ Question est o cf Moral k Liability of States t s C hie Takes N Negative Side J May Succeed AI Smith f. f Sf BY R RAYMOND YMOND CLAPPER it d Press Staff Cor Correspondent eap iu July y 1 UP UP- UP e letter ot of George y yo r m ra m appeared I today tollay to have the prohibition I issue su toward V ground rind and to have unloosed d currents which h ma may have no effects ts In the next campaign In 1 1932 32 rhe h he letter which the chairman of oC resident Hoovers Hoover's law v enforcement ement sent to the conC conference ren-ce ren t It fw governors this week has pro- pro ked an Issue as to whether the tes arc are morally oh obligated lisa tod to help force Coree federal prohibition G Governor Albert lbert S. S Ritchie o of l ryland aryland has hns taken the thc negative de e of oC this Issue so 50 aggressively l he Is la regarded by some somo as aH a e SU successor to Alfred E. E filth ith as spokesman of the wet fac- fac ac- ac n not of ot the Democratic Democratic- part party However HOJ there may maj be some 4 C for r this role from Gov- Gov or Roosevelt Roosevelt of New NewYork York j Gov-j but j Is approaching the prohibition jle Uon wa warn warily rib and at the mom moment nt pears bears to attach more importance e the f the merger Issue which he f re Miu ti warned i as a's becoming a ft na nanal na na- Anal nal dt 1 danger r. r Should noo Roosevelt fall fail f reelection P lon next year year enl the w way be fairly clear cear for tor Ritchie the fed hl has al always alas as a's been friendly y with De Smith group roup IN STRATEGY There Thera la In no sign of the Demo Demor p party comIng toward an 11 InI In- In I n agreement nt on due slue National Chairman Raskob x rehabilitation work In theet theat the et at few months month has hns made silence U nce siding l prohibition n l a a. cardinal int Dint In In t his strategy But Hut the letter has dragged the the- sue o out t again On On the Republican side the the Wickham Wick Wick- ham cham m letter has bas aroused m much ch overs Inti-overs as t to whether Pre sl ant ht H Hoover o er is In sympathy withe with withie I ie e proposed division of ot enforce work eat nt work and whether asa flexible hepe It would permit prohibition adapt 7 l Itself to local sentiment rent different states In lit his Inaugural address t mt tnt t Hoover tI said Of oe the un un- abuses abu ts which h hl have grown launder inder the eighteenth amend qt due to th the fall fall- ent Il sto to ac ep ejof r some soma st states t lire fare of ot responsibility for Cor concu sit nt rit enforcement and to o the failure 1 jn many n state stale and local officials to to kept pt the obligation under unde the their ith of or office zealously to enforce laws l lr w That Is as much s a-s Is known knon X put Mr III Hoovers Hoover's views on en- en en- en tm nt weaknesses While many mam wets con to ad- ad cate te repeal of the the the- eighteenth there thele these I Is less and less an among ong them that this ri e br brought about at least with with- generation n. n The They are tr tend tend- i to cast aNt about for some le- le ll formula which will lJJ permit It In- In vIdual thirst o tD b be quenched with with- at jeopardy t 0 LEGAL WAY Xe thi this b by New York Tork sought ought to do pealing the state enforcement nt act whilo o New r York City is 16 rented re- re d to have m many nr more speak speak- ules l 8 than it once had saloons er eral l officers have hn just raided the gc t l bar in th the city cat catching customers on the rail BO so that If method c carries its own risk risks But n no wet fd I has yet ct found round a a. ava va wn vaake ake Intoxicating beverages beverages' lc le- le l index the eighteenth amend- amend ent nt That Is th the rock upon which afro d s take their stand and offer meet f all all' comers om enc x iu In ima a national eat Ical fJ fight ht Is ls is does not meet the thee rge rg e that tho th law is le e e.- e. Senator Bor Borah h of oC Idaho who s one one- of ot the presidents president's chief l lUon campaigners said ll In men ment on the Wickersham- Wickersham letter Mr tr at nt Ita least t suc- suc ed he reI res red re- re In making It clear 1 al' al d I s the law Jaw as unenforceable Senator Tydings s D Dem m. m Mary Mary- Maryd d dl disagreed reed with Wickersham S said ald the whole hoJe prohibition err en- cement ent question should be be left lett the e suites states He said the letter girl ovi that people who ho are supt sup- sup wd d t to be bc In hi s sympathy path with pro pro- mon ire dire at least fair enough Wok look at things frankl frankly