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Show After Ten Years I ! The end of the first decade of national na-tional prohibition this month Is marked by one of the most bitter controversies concerning enforcement enforce-ment in the history of this great problem. Denunciation of the present enforcement en-forcement personnel by Senator Borah, himself one of the staunch-est staunch-est of the drys, has been met by a spirited defense by heads of the prohibition unit. . Criticism ol President Hoover's law enforcement enforce-ment commission has also beeii oiced by Senator Harris and others, oth-ers, who demand that hearings of the commission be held in open session, and that reports of the commission's progress be made to Congress and to the public. Differences of opinion have likewise like-wise arisen among prohibition advocates ad-vocates regarding Senator Shep-pard's Shep-pard's bill which would make the purchaser of liquor equally guilty with the seller. Some favor the proposal, while others contend that its adoption would make convictions convic-tions more difficult, as both buyer and seller might refuse to give testimony tes-timony on constitutional grounds. There is no doubt that this clash between leaders of the dry forces is looked upon with a certain degree of satisfaction by the avowed wets. Much oratory on the subject of prohibition seems certain to be heard in Congress during the present pres-ent session, and a drastic shake-up In enforcement circles may occur soon. The unbiased observer must be convinced that in spite of claims and counter claims by wets and drys. prohibition is still a very live Issue in American politics, and is likely to remain so for quite a while. |