Show ROPER ASKS STATES NOT TO IGNORE DRY LAW y Prohibition to Be Enforced Enforce Strictly and Equally Commissioner Says Says Says' o 9 WASHINGTON J Jan n. n 2 2 Constitutional prohibition will wUl be e enforced strictly and equally in all an states Daniel Dan Dan- Dan Dan- 7 leI iel C C. C Roper commissioner of i internal revenue declares In a statement backing ing the movement t for a law Jaw lawand I w wand and order Sunday In all ll churches on January 18 18 the commissioner commissioner commis commis- Ioner issued lamed a warning to all states which are threatening to Ignore the dry laws I cannot believe Roper said sald that any state or other political division will consciously bring discredit upon itself b by y failure to respond promptly to its full tull legal and and moral of ot initiative and cooperation In Jn the enforcement en enforcement en- en of the the- national prohibition act act Rhode Island Islam and New Jersey are the two wo states that have decided to fight the constitutional amendment I can car have no different standard andard with to prohibition than any other law and I shall compel strict ob observance observance ob- ob s servance of this law Roper said Whether prohibition is a wise nit nn policy is no longer a question for tor debate among good citizens It is part of the constitution and all citizens will demand its observance a |