SMITH'S PLEDGE.
STRAIGHT-OUT "WET." President's Powers To Alter Liquor Laws. HE WOULD USE THEM. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) NEW YORK, October 30. Prohibition as an issue in the Presidential campaign seemed to have exhausted the possibility of new aspects under the full exposition given by the Democrat candidate, Mr. Al. Smith, of his views. However, a chance statement by Mr. Smith in reply to an assertion by the former Secretary of State, Mr. C. E. Hughes, that it was a sham battle, has disclosed a further factor. It is claimed that, in spite of Mr. Smith's anti-prohibition views, as President he could not produce any change in the basic law or Constitution. This was believed to have salved the consciences of those members of the Democrat party who, notwithstanding their leanings toward prohibition, still supported Mr. Smith. However, the candidate, in answering Mr. Hughes, declared that the President can do much toward furthering the repeal of the movement and that if he is elected he intends to do so.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 258, 31 October 1928, Page 7
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