AMERICA'S PUZZLE
U.S. PROHIBITION LAW No Enforcement by Extreme Measures. UNSOUND POLICY. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph-Copy rig': t) (Received 9 a.m.) , WASHINGTON, March, 25. In giving evidence 'before the Senate Committee on the prohibition law, the former Attorney-General, Mr. G. W. Wickersham, said ho favoured a modification, of, the Jones Act, as in his opinion effective enforcement would never be accomplished by placing extreme penalties on minor violators of the law. Mr. Wickersham said the Jones Act covered offences indiscriminately under the classification of felonies, with the exception of possession of liquor, and of, maintaining a-nuisance. This, he said, was contrary to what he regarded as a sound legislative policy. , • Mr. Wickersham said the "dry" laws could in a measure be enforced, although the human appetite, was widespread.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1930, Page 7
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