AMERICA TO-DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 249, 21 October 1933, Page 7

AMERICA TO-DAY.

NATIONAL RECOVERY. "NO REPUBLICAN ADMITTED." CRIME AN3> PROHIBITION". The general opinion in the United States of America is that inflation of the. currency will have to be adopted before the National Recovery Act can be a success, according, to Mr. A. L. Cropp, of Christchurch, who has returned after * business and pleasure trio to the Eastern portion of the United States. Mr. Cropp is manager of the firm of Messrs. T. J. Edmonds, L/td., and this is his eighth trip to America since 1920 (states the "Times"). The National Recovery Act, of, as it was commonly called., "No Republicans Admitted," was the chief topic of interest in the United States, said Mr. Cropp. The idea behind the fixation of prices hy the Government was to put a stop to the intense cutting, and by putting the manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer on to a paying basis the Government would be enabled to collect revenue by way of income tax, and industry w °uld be enabled to meet higher wages and employ more hands. Mr. Cropp said that the suppression <jf crime, which had greatly increased during the last six years, was exercising 'he minds of the authorities, and there a strong conviction that an organisation similar to Scotland Yard, and organised outside of the present police force, would have to be instituted, and the difference in law adjusted between States. A criminal could, by being wied at a State court, often escape the joll. penalty that would be imposed by the r Federal court. ' "Prohibition is virtually a thing of the Past/' continued Mr. Cropp. "Many ® r go consignments of alcoholic liquors have been indented from Scotland, a perfor which has been issued by Senate.

It is safe to say that before the end of the year the Eighteenth Amendment will be eliminated from the Constitution of America. Hotel accommodation in San Erancisco has been grossly overdone and quite a number of hotels are now in the hands of the receivers. Whatever regulations the Government may bring down in regard to the sale of alcoholic liquors has nqt yet been indicated, but many of the hotels are not considering the putting in of a bar."