Show fI 1 Control Enforcing Liquor l 1 with the mayor and members of the 11 INI city commission Administrator Hugh BBrown BBrown B. B Brown rown and the other two members of the thc state liquor commission began Wednesday to plan for enforcement of the law in Salt Lake City No details of the program worked d out w were e announced announced announced an- an but Mayor Marcus remarked t that a the the question of revenue for the city ha had been dis dis- dis- dis cussed All AU of us agreed on a program of co cooperative cooperative cooperative co- co said operative enforcement he 0 Disclosure of that much about the conference conference confer confer- cn ence e serves to bring two rather vital matter matters ito nto focus Enforcement of the law will be a complete failure unless there is cooperation be- be the commission and every unit of local Government Members of the liquor commission indicated that that in the e event ent of failing to obtain obtain cooperation from counties and towns t the e commission will under undertake enforcement on its own titon account That sort of enforcement wi wilL I. I be bethe bethe bethe the least desirable It will lead to conflicts of many tany kinds to confusion and to widespread violation of the law The state traffic police are arc too few in number to campaign against bootleggers bootleggers bootleggers boot boot- speakeasies and nd engage who may engage in illicit traffic If they are taken away from t h heir ir proper and necessary work of enforcing the traffic code on the highways the state government government government gov gov- may have haye cause to regret the fact r The grea great t difficulty facing officials charged ith enforcement comes conies out of the law itself it It fails to provide adequate revenue for lo local al government to cover enforcement costs Th This s sWill will turn out to be the principal stu stumbling bling lock for fOl the commission in its efforts to obtain needed cooperation That this is a large part of Salt Lake City's problem is is s clearly indicated in in the brief mention of the situation by Mayor Marcus The burden of enforcement is placed squarely with local officials but the amount of revenue evenue which will ill ac accrue rue from licenses under the limitations imposed by the law will in no not t measure meet the costs of the added police ef efT effort ef- ef fort T rt which will vill be required s This vital defect in the law was before the legislature repeatedly y but it fa failed ed to to tore re receive deserved attention So sure were the the members rs that they could legislate temperance into n o being f that they failed utterly to grasp the practical j problems wh which ch will vill confront cO counties cities land and towns wi The people of the state state will l p not s sas as an alibi from any public official concerned with enforcement The stubborn majority which j enacted the law promised effectiveness Governor Governor Gover- Gover I nor nor Blood members of his advisory committee of 49 and administration leaders in both houses of the legislature refused to yield a single point Thereby r they have m made de it a responsibility of the party in power and of the administration in ini i office to make the law effective Even those r who opposed the law as passed expect that re- re to be met fully and completely In Inno no flO other way may the liquor code be tested land and its virtues and vices determined The state liquor commission is to be commended corn corn- Amended mended for the vigor and thoroughness it exhibits ext ex- ex t hibits in preparing to get the state store plan under way It has a mountain of work before nt it and from all that has transpired concerning its preliminary labors it appears to be attacking its many problems in a manner that promises much In cooperating with local governmental units to perfect enforcement plans it appears appears' to sense the difficulties that will arise when the new law goes into actual operation In some parts part of th the tM state to judge from statements r t which have been made by bi officials the comI com com- 1 I mission already y ys ha s s a problem in the the unwillingness unwilling- unwilling j I ness of some local units to shoulder their share i t of the the load In counties countie and communities where t t this attitude attitude prevails there will have to be an I awakening to of official responsibility The people f of the state wa want t the law enforced and will tolerate tolerate tol- tol J erate no shirking This situation calls calis for cornI com com- j I t mon sense rather than stubbornness and high- high I handedness J I |