Show ADVOCATES BOAST C BOY enforcement GOVERNORS OF STATES WRESTLE WITH DRY LAW PROGRAM governor denies that hit his west weh baden speech was demand for House housecleaning cleaning among dry forces borcea west baden ind j prohibition bitton en cement tor by invigorated action by the federal government was the over shadowing question thursday before the fifteenth annual governors conference us its preparations were mails made by a group ot of the state stale executives to issue a memorial to the people of the united states suggesting a national drive tor for literal enforcement 0 of the act while tile the address was being dram draft ed by governors gifford pinchot ot of pennsylvania and william B E sweet of 0 colorado supporters of 0 the move were aligning tile the confer conference enco 1011 loll field for it a record test on the enforcement issue and there were indications that when tho the governors met president coolidge in washington satur day an accepted program ot of re organ iced federal activities would be pro pr dented governor P C P baxter of malna said before an informal gathering of 0 several governors thursday that tin the time has passed when vague declara eions tor for law enforcement or law and order may be regarded as n statement ot of public policy by rovern government ment officials declaring that in his opinion prohibition enforcement would be the predominant national issue in 1921 he be said officials now are called upon to state in unmistakable terms their attitude on turning then to maine he told ill the governors that two fast destroyers could wipe out rum smug smuggling gling along the 2500 miles of state coast in thirty days it if tile the navy would attack the problem with true american vigor nis HIS state if successful la in dry enforcement within its own jurisdiction governor baxter declared but is unable to cope with smuggling operations without assistance from federal authorities |