Show A ATTACK IT ACK RB RENEWED A AGAINST LATEST PROHIBITION PLAN PlA Congress Opposes Federal Use of State County and Muni Municipal M Men Mn n nORDER ORDER WILL BE BES S FOUGHT TO LIMIT King Says SaY He Will Demand De Dc- mand Action on Legality Legality Legality Legal Legal- ity Probe Resolution WASHINGTON May 25 AP AP- AP Coincident with a a n new w outburst in congress against the presidential order authorizing federal employment employment employ employ- ment of f state officers in prohibition enforcement the White House to today today today to- to day said the president was ready to modify the proposal if it proved oppressive WASHINGTON May 25 United Press Press President President Coolidge fails to see how the recent executive order ordera a allowing g state county and municipal municipal municipal pal officers to be appointed federal prohibition agents is an infringement infringement infringement infringe infringe- ment up upon n states states' rights or r constitutional const const- t government his spokesman declared today The pr president feels that the states have not only invited federal en enforcement enforcement enforcement en- en of the prohibition act but have commanded the federal government government government gov gov- to enter state bo boundaries to carry out the enforcement By PAUL R. R MALLON U United Press Staff Correspondent f V WASHINGTON N May lay Con 5 Con Congress gress today renewed Its its ts attack on President Coolidge's ge's order authorizing authorizIng ing lag the use of state county and municipal municipal mu mu- l officers as r federal deral dry agents agents agents' at at a nom nominal nal E salary aary An opinion n by Attorney General Sargent holding the order legal was not not accepted cc as final Sargent maintained there is Is no statute to prevent pre a man man from rrt holding such uch dual offices Because 0 oi- oi the of-the the legal pr precedent In InI Involved involved In- In I in ts relations to to states state's tights rights the wU fought be to toI I the limit Constitutional lawyers in congress congress fear It If the he order is allowed t to stand tand It may lead to the ther r federal government taking over o other state f functions In the future KING KING DEMA DEMAND D. D Senator King ICing Democrat Utah announced his intention of demandIng demandIng demand- demand Ing action upon his resolution which would authorize the senate judiciary committee to Investigate the legalIty legality legality legal legal- ity of ot the order The resolution charges its validity is dubious Senator Bruce Democrat Maryland Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land followed up his charge that the order order- Is an Illegal of pf states state's authority by y citing a unanimous supreme court d decision written by the emIn eminent nt John Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall in 1819 which h he contended Indicates the order Is Illegal megal Announcement from the treasury that the order would be effective only In a section of California did not nol q quell the storm opponents of the order only the point of law Involved and not the effect o of the order order- itself NO NO STATUTES STATUTE S S 'S Sargent In his ruling maintained there there Is no statute preventing a aman aman aman man man from holding a state and a na national national na- na office at the same time and no objection could lie against this particular order because the Vol Vol- stead act seeks operation co-operation of ot the tates states in its enforcement Despite the fact Attorney General Sargent ruled that the order was constitutional and legal the treasury department is manifesting no no enthusiasm over it and prohibition tion officials are backing down from Crom their previous plans to use the new Power to 10 break up |