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Le Leader der- der t She Declares r res s 4 By Mab Mabel Walker Wille r l t Inc AH All' JJ rights fo for pub pub- Jib t I 1929 by by Current News Features EF 1 reserved throughout the tk world this tile the first of her r remarkable mar bie seri series of f twe twenty four fo The Inside of P Prohibition M Mabel Walker former United States tates' tates assistant attorney g general of f pr prohibition reveals for the fir first t time tile the inside her lier much mooted cal campaign speeches and pd g gives s a ahr jf her hr er viewpoint and bac background gro nd religious political on l l. l j In Th l so a. a f far r as as' it affects the treatment of her subie sub- sub he ie also s presents th the vital questions question which h she ill in dis- dis this series and upon Americas America's s' s r to w which ich she d depends the fate of the eighteenth i amendment dment A 1 o cf to be b. ju just juit t a a pr private vat c citizen I glanced a moment ago a mf m f dl diaries m n the drawer of my desk deek kept In lii the routine of f daily dily anointments ti and arid noticed th the entry August 29 19 1921 f Monday Mendy Ii appointment received from the White House Hou reporters rs and j eal fl rv coming in Ill has been n like that every moment since lince Reporters Reporter and nd the public hil it 1921 91 when n I took of oF I office prescribed by support and defend th the i Jon on-Of on of the United States State of against H nIl enemies ford for- for d and bear it true allegiance jl Elan glance e without 1 n mental jn o onor sor or evasion knowing j assignment to me was dc de c- c tb truo t faith of f the most rital part of ot t t was wai Plain that I 1 had more than thin an honorary r ry 1 I hd kad a a. Job that demanded demand demand- ed da d lot of t pr er to cur carry cairy Bh h hi J 1 have no J to any chur church hurch h. h nor but I 1 do bell believe eye InI in ib I revere eyere and respect 1 eC f Jn In some ome quarter er re br bUs tous co convictions of own t er cr Is no not no to de- de and nd d tribulations tl ns of Stalker alker brandl Too A be ben been n Mid bout about her lier al- al l ty too tOOl much at times it or V CHARGES jy y p purpose e in fn mentioning O of an an aUt l na- na io orlye rUe er enough to determine whether It and the views I I Iu are u of f tf ra- ra tJ ula ds of ot f people say r rould hould I 1 pay any attention l randt f She Is not tic Io On the subject ot of pro pro pro- lie I f is a a. r religious us bl bigot ot who ho at- at atAl tAl Al Smith n a Catholic ot 1 the Protestants m iB Jh t v l e qt n urt rt and diSturbed by such uch j w would td be bea false lYe Ive been en iong enough to o expect attack but no nonon noon non ion on likes to be be- accused of lr nt motives s. s ht t ears 1 I have ha b been n en- en k that has aroused ylo millions o of cit I fore ore me nic nie as as' this Is writ writ- n on n page 2 o Mrs Answers of Dry DiY Law Charges Charges' Bigotry Continued from page I 1 ten ar are clippings clippIngs' from newspapers neWspaper throughout the country countr CO commenting on m my recent T n as s assist ant attorney general of oC the tho United States Some give mo me unstinted pr praise lse Some quote the tho Vo wor words of ot the president of ot the thc United United States states THe position you have hae held has b been en one ono of ot the most in the government and andona one which could n not t have haV been conducted with such die die- 1 success by one one of ot less Ies ability and moral courage courage REC RECEIVED IVED HARSH COMMENT COMMENTS It it Is worth a lotto lot have ha won van that comment nt from Um b but t it does not stop leading papers from harsh ed editorial ed- ed comment personal l criticism rarely occurred prior to to last 1151 s sum sum- m nier's mers campaign I Il suppose l though that every heated campaign must h have v Its Its' straw nia man 1 tb to to li ig in effigy to appease a 30 howling poi lace In this campaign I Cl m to to have havo b been en destined for tor that d dOubt rul ful honor Of ot course the tho much- much heralded Springfield Spring Ohio speech ech to Methodists thel the wasn't an attack on on the rival religion and It wasn't in 1 a. a c and I didn't go as a a 8 tree free lance to embarrass th the Republican Committee e The simple truth is that over over myown my myown own written ten protest X 1 was vas urged d by the Republican national committee commit tee In two telegrams 3 which no now repose In in my files tues to tomake make mak that The week cek before it was as delivered overy every word of ot it tt was wai aS carefully edited by James Burke Burk a a. Catholic and c counsel of of the Republican national committee commit tee tea He did this at committee e headquarters head I quarters ers 4 v 4 The Democratic Democratic- candidates candidate's attack at tack tick oh on on t me ma may have hav turned outto outto out to be doubtful be-doubtful wisdom politically but ut it was Just a part a part of pf p political combat and not unfair How However ver th the In my own party were cre both unWise and Unfair For the they made common ciu cause e with Ith Governor Smith when he attacked sho shouting eagerly in effect Atta Attn boy oy AU At When wet eastern Republicans Re Re- publicans ans start started d bombing ol mo moan a as a it afree embarrassment embarrassment embarrass free 1 lance ce and an an ment to the party I had to choose whether to df disclose ose c the telegrams telegrams' emb embarrass rr the s committee committee commit commit- t tee e or keep still and take punishment punish punish- ment It seemed to tome me that good sportsmanship dictated the latter course The result is a a. general impression im im- Im- Im pr sion about the nation 1 that I am am ama a 1 person obsessed obsess d with buta buto single dominant determination namely t th the complete annihilation of ot Demon De Dc Denion mon nion Rum and all of his consorts consort and that T I am bent on the Jailing ahlIng or or ex executing of ot every person who dar rals a a. vol C to the th the eighteenth amendment and ad act U The fact tact is that thai before betor I took of- of in Sn i I never had been actively ac ac- ac- ac l. l connected with the cn movement I ant ani i 11 now how but W Wa was s then a te teetotaler It was sas w legal to to do Ido so I had liquor in my m home in California and used it It t tse s Jh more mor o I have 3 a v vCr very ry real rut aver aversion lon tp to p putting tUng people in n Jail jall a and d. d Iri lii actual ac ac- ac prison on ds-on I know from Quil with the conditions conditions' n in- in side alde of ot penal institutions that they are are much nor more often the breeding places of ot crime th than than- 11 places acc 5 for the protection o of ot society and the reformation ma mation matio l and rede redemption of f men e and nd women who ha have havO v preyed upon and ben been ee a a. menace D to society lY riOT NOT A PROHIBITIONIST My private law practice in California Cali Cali- fornia before coming to did ie s assistant attorney general not hot include either criminal or or dl- dl Vorce cases I was was wa still professionally sto l y young younS but my practice vis was wai dignified and growl growing nit and it was was lucrative enough to make mike me pa pay more personal Income taxi tax than I have paid on n a 3 government nt salary serving as principal l of 5 a a. grad graded d 8 school hool in S 'S South uth Pasadena Cal Cat I had completed the law course ourse of of the University of ot Southern South South- em ern em California b by attending classes s late In the afternoon and in the evening Then for a n year while I 1 built up a pr practice e. e of Qt law Jaw In tn the day I supplemented I might this Infant truthfully say Bay supported upp practice by teaching Americanization tl tion n Cla classes B S In the Macey b e street night school in tn the tho foreign quarters of ot the city As p public defender appointed without salary by the th mayor and Ind city council of Lc Los LoB Angeles I Ig g gained l ed v valuable court experience trying g hundreds ds of cases of every character So successful proved the city's exp experiment of fot a public de defender defender defender de- de fender that the office was wa permanently perma perma- J nUy established When the war came I Iwas was wall named chairman of the legal advisory board With a large staff of ofa lawyers wy rs handling harding caho cases under th thoU the draft law liw C Certainly the whole hole period of ot my my l legal education and early practice was ivas 3 jot of a an nature ture c calculated to J lay y a 11 fou foundation atlon of sympathy for what ts Ss is ter termed the under dog the dog the rna mane woman V m n or child with little money on education property Or r f friends l nd While since 1921 I have navo been re re for the direction Uon ot of p os und under r the act 1 have had many had many other duties In ho no howay no way vay viSo connected with prohibition Attorney Attorn Gen General ral MItchell in accepting accepting ne ac ac- my res resignation I gna with both truth and nd generosity said 1 r think your prohibition work has lias unduly submerged your othe other accomplishments In hn th the public mind SETS COURT RECORD RECORD Ho was undoubtedly nd dh referring to ItO the volume of ot the s su supreme preme premo court of ot the United States where herein in number of cases cases' cases cases' han handled handled- ll d my record Is Js fourth among the members of ot the American b bar r. r rh These se cases cues have n not t been been- confined to prohibition but hase pretty w well Avell lI run the tius gann gamut t of ot federal law v In point of ot service I havo long been the oldest assistant nt attorney gen- gen cral and at various times I have been c called upon uon to administer practically every po position lU n in the department department de de' de- de except that of solicitor general My division has gr grown wn front from the sm smallest with but three e assistants t to the too largest with over overa ver verI a hundred bundred In the Immediate staff and s several veral hundred In th the thO field I We have not only at all times su- su d cas cases s but Tor br rIous' rIous p P periods have I carried the responsibility for matters matter arising under interstate te commerce nil all agricultural ag ag In laws WH federal insurance including war risk Insurance InsuranceS and arid the v veterans veterans' bureau litigation growing out of Independent p treaties immigration admiralty and andRII all RII ted fed fedr era ern taxation Cl cases and prisons A A. single phase of mother work should furnish ample amble proof of oC the tho fact that all of my mental processes cannot have been s 's submerged in the extermination of the thc liquor traffic During Just the past year ear my office has hai al handled nine nina tax ta cases before the tho United States supreme court eight of or these ha having been decided in favor favol of ot the government We Ve have havo also prepared and and argued cases in the tho ten circuit courts of appeals ls th throughout o the United Stat States s and arid court ourt of ot appeals of ot th the District of Columbia and ha have dl dl- re ted or or reviewed other other- case cues cases Involving tax matters in which the government was ns interested to to U b extent of ot hundreds of ot millions o of or dollars AN EXPENSIVE CRY To o the charge that I 1 am a 1 bigots bigot t tand and Injected the tho religious issue inthe In the la lt t campaign the unstinted faith and s support of my inan many Catholic friends is the best and perhaps ps' ps the only r reply ply For For erance and bigotry ar aro motives s of ot the h heart art and He lie deep It t s so Chances that the man most resPonsible responsible responsible sible for securing my appointment by President Harding is 15 Frank Doherty an attorney of ot Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles geles- a 3 Catholic When the tho car carr car to were wera picturing me ins as a a sort of l witch burner X 1 1 could stand tand t na it no longer r c U d i Frank Frank- ank- ank one one on Sunday afternoon and sa said d Surely Surel you a. a and d' d Sarah do not be- be e- e neve bC if mb AM tA with the friendly reassurance In his warm warm aim Irish v voice all all' my front collapsed I laughed later as s I J paid tho the my rii rec record long distance and ni most st expensive cry What would satisfaction my weakness cause ause Cause a a. lot of ot folks who thought I Iwas Iwas I do was leather I enjoy a a r real clean dean fight political legal or oth otherwise but hut most of pt us have havea a 3 v vulnerable rable spot where whore we can hurt and nd the charge of re intolerance found mine I have htwe said enough perhaps enough perhaps to too much much about about myself But If I am to say say abo aboUt t prohibition th the most controversial l question n in the public mind Is Isto to receive fair hear hear- ing there must first be presented a a. that opinion and basis basis' for belief my m my actions ar are not tho ot a 8 zealot unguided by facts fact and redson reason Why talk about prohibition at atall atall atall all C Certainly I. I have no overwhelming overwhelm overwhelm- h ing g d de desire lr to force acceptance c of ot my views PROHIBITIONS PROHIBITION'S 9 ONLY LY RIVAL I have lived so mu much h of br tion for the past eight years that sometimes I 1 wish I might never hear the s subject again Jut Tut It Itis Itis is no no more possible to avoid prohibition pro- pro discussion than to avoid breathing In In every no newspaper every very d da day o of the year oh on ever every street com corner r people stop top to talk jalk at every afternoon te tea party In every ery s social gathering of ot an any kind Inv involving any class of oC society one crie subject recurs recurs' time thua after time timed and d is of ot universal interest No uNo political economic or moral issue has so zeo engrossed and divided all of ot the people of ot America as the tho th prohibition problem except the the theIs is issue sue of oC slaver slavery There Th-ero were and are millions and millions of ot people who ho have lot slightest conception of ot or Or r Interest in th the thrift tariff important as that subject really is Is to every Thero There are millions of oC peo pea plo pie who take small only small notice of the gre great t problem pr blem of ot international intern lona disarmament and tile the security O or ot against w war r. r There are millions millions' of or good citizens who are Immigration immigration totally unaware war of ot national gration policies But 99 90 o out t of oC people whether children in high and men school school school or or- ormen women in iii the vigorous or declining years ears of ot life h have vo definite and ag- ag views views' on the wisdom or folly tolly of prohibiting the manufacture ture lure and sae of intoxicating liquor and the methods used to bring about enforcement of ot th the l law w on that subject subject- It see seems proper to th me the for one given eight of ot the best years of her r lIf life to toan an n effort to enforce prohibition now to to re reveal reveal re- re veal the facts of f the situation and amI amIl give l Lve e an opinion resulting from s such ch facts and experience I hop hopp they may help to a a clearer learer J less ss emotional emotion emotion- al l j vl w of ot the national problem I 1 shall endeavor to answer some Borne of the questions In which the great majority of ot the people of ot America are vitally Interested I 1 I shall shoJI not |