Show DRY GOVERNORS 0 OF F STATES WRESTLE WITH DRY LAW PROGRAM governor denies that his wes baden speech was demand for among dry forces west baden lud ind j prohibition en fore ement by invigorated action by the federal government was tile overshadowing question thursday before the fifteenth annual governors con forence floronce fo ronce as preparations wore made by a group of at the state executives to issue a memorial to the people ot at the alio united states suggesting a national drive for literal enforcement of tho the Vol stend act while tile address was waa being draft ed cd by governors clifford of pennsylvania and william E sweet of colorado supporters of tho the move were aligning tile the conference field fur a record test on tho the enforcement issue and there wel welo o indications that when the governors met president coolidge in washington satur day an accepted program of reorganized federal activities would bo be pro pre dented governor P r 0 P baxter of maine said before on nn informal gathering of several governors thursday that the time has hag passed when vague declara eions for law enforcement or law and order may be regarded as ag a state ment ot of public policy by government officials declaring that in ills his opinion prohibition enforcement would bo be the predominant national issue in 1021 1924 ho he said officials now are called upon to state in un mistakable terms their attitude on turning then to maine ho he told th the 0 goTer governors nors that two fast destroyers could wipe out rum smuggling along the 2300 2500 miles of state coast in thirty days it the navy would attack tho the problem with true american vla or ills state Is successful in dry enforcement within its own jurls juris diction governor baxter doci declared aret but Is unable to cope with smuggling operations without assistance from federal authorities |