Show ONLY ONE COURSE OPEN 1110 TO THE MIND fIND seeking to un understand the J truth about prohibition it must be convincingly con COIl clear that it has lias been a a. c complete and tragic failure The rhe facts speak eloquently It is not opinion and it is is not prejudice that bolsters the indictment The Tho record is s written on Oil the cold coM passionless pages o of the tile daily po lice lice blotters in every city in the and land Here is the tIle record Crime and corruption ha have e grown to the point where the federal government states an anti and cities arc are powerless to todeal todeal deal with them bred of beer running run ning fling and bootlegging has expanded until it has enveloped legitimate business enterprises on penalty of extermination by the gun un dr drinking by br confirmed drunkards kar s has been unchecked drinking by hy youths has lias grown to proportions that dismay thoughtful parents immorality and drinking have run apace imperiling imperiling im im- irn- irn periling the sanctity of family relations and jeopardizing the of gen generations rations which wIdell are arc to assume the burdens and responsibilities responsibilities of the future poison liquor has brought death blindness and infirmity to countless thousands s the highways as have run red with the blood of victims of the drunken driver I IThe The record of prohibition is one of murder mur mur- der tier debauchery thievery gang warfare official corruption poverty and human hu lm man misery that challenges the American people peo pie pIc to intelligent action to have e an end to th the tragedy Those who feel fecI that they have no not be been n touched by br its withering hand need but reflect that the collapse of respect for law v as and andor or order cr vastly astIr increased costs cost of government political corruption corruption- and the tile infection of business business business busi busi- ness by racketeering have not passed them by Every r man man woman and child in ill the nation is victim n-victim of what we now know to have lla been beena S a most ignoble experiment written record of 01 the pitiful failure of bf r prohibition should seal its doom It leaves only one course open worthy of intelligent consid consid- cration Complete and absolute repeal that will remove incentive for or liquor control by bj the thic underworld and ancl return it to the thc government offers the only solution to this paramount question The rhe rule of the gang and racket will not end until the field of opportunity is closed to it The real issue in ill in this tiliS present phase of or orthe the liquor question is whether we are areto to continue con coti- to be ruled by br the lawless or shall the tue majesty of orderly government be r restored stored 7 1 |