Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-04-23 | Page 1 | Roosevelt Says Prohibition Law Causes Murders

Roosevelt Says Prohibition Law Causes Murders NEW YORK April 23 United Press Press Press-M Modification or repeal of the act is necessary to check the murder corruption and other crimes that have followed followed fol fol- lowed in its wake Theodore Roosevelt said at the annual Din Dinner din ner of the bureau of advertising of the Ame American Newspaper Publishers Publishers' association here Roosevelt who received the backing of the Saloon Anti league when he made his unsuccessful race for the governorship of New of-New New NewYork York in 1924 urged strict t en enforcement enforcement en- en of the prohibition law lawas as long as it should remain on the statute books Less law and stricter enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment of the laws that existed was cited by Roosevelt as a's as the country's most pressing need f