Show HEAD OF BAR SEES AMERICA Y ON LAWS R. R W. W Young Questions Whether Majority Fa- Fa Favors Fa Fa- Favors vors Prohibition Unless the majority of the people of the country are In favor of the pro pro- prohibition prohibition law Richard W W. Young Salt Lake attorney and president of the State Bar association declared at the KiwanIS club luncheon today toda I am amIn amIn amin In favor of repealing this law Mr Young said he be questioned Whether the majority Is in favor of prohibition It will do more harm than good he asserted unless the ma ma- majority maJority majority is for it for otherwise It will breed disregard for all law lawI lawI lawI I can see no difference he con con- continued continued continued In the man who breaks the prohibition law and the man who robs houses at night with lIh a gun It would be much better that if we dont don't agree with It to have it abrogated CRAZY ZY OVER LAWS Mr Young continued by declaring that this country Is crazy over o laws laws' and that each individual Is willing to sustain only those laws that he agrees with A large part of the statutes en enacted en- en enacted acted nc d by our state legislature during its Us last two sessions he declared were for the good of individuals and not forthe for forthe forthe the good of the state as a II whole He suggested that It would be better If 11 our legislature met only once every 10 years ears earsA A lawyer lawer cant can't tell where he stands Mr Young declared When he goes to look for a point of law to advise ad a II client he finds his task sim aim similar simIlar ilar to the proverbial task of pf looking for a needle In a II hay stack We have so many laws that even the courts sometimes refuse to carry them out ELECTION INTEREST Speaking ea on The e Responsibilities p II of I m rr Good G Citizenship Mr Young aped aped- specified c fled fied three reasons why as citizens ve we show less interest In local and county elections than we do In national elec elec- The first was apathy The second was selfishness And the thc third was disrespect for law or insubordination Political bosses will continue to run our city and county politics he as asserted as- as asserted until more than 25 5 per cent of the eligible citizens vote at primary elections The result of 01 the present condition he declared is that we have unclean governments in our cities clUes and counties ten times Umes to each good clean govern govern- ment PEACE PE SOCIETIES Mr Young attacked the spirit of pacifism violently declaring that un underhand underhand Underhand work of the so-called so peace societies arc are undermining the very foundations of our government governmentS These organizations he continued oppose the teaching of military act act- science science ence once in iii our high schools and colleges and anti also oppose the appropriation of sufficient money to maintain a suit suit- suitable suitable suitable able standing army and navy PENSIONS FOR AGLI Mr Young said that these societies forget that we can have peace only by preparing for war and that their doctrines are damnable In the course of his address Mr Young predicted that we will in years ears to come have an old age g pension for g 1 si r-si those workers r who 0 have spent I the b best part of their lives lI in the employ of h tl concern and are ar then incapacitated It ItIs ItIs Itis Is a matter of the good for the whole against the good for the individual Miss Melba Douglass sang two solos colos and George Grimes of Grimes Incorporated spoke for five minutes s on My Iy Business |