PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.
j ENFORCING THE LAW. I PRESIDENT HARDING'S ATTITUDE. (By Cable —Press Association—Copyright.) and X.Z. Cable Association.) (Received November 29th, 7.25 p.ni.) WASHINGTON, November 28. It is emphatically declared at Whit© House that President Harding has no thought of asking Congress to modify the Volstead Prohibition Enforcement Act, being determined to enforce the law. This reiteration of the President 8 attitude followed a statement by Mr A. W. Mellon, Secretary of Commerce, that the enforcement of the law was becoming increasingly difficult. NEW YORK, November 27. Speakers at the convention of the World League Against Alcoholism, held at Toronto, declared that the prevalence of illicit traffic in liquor in legally drv countries of the world, especially the United States, was due to laxity in the enforcement of the Prohibition laws.
The consensus of league opinion was that drastic measures must be taken in order to command respect for Prohibition laws.
The United States delegates declared that the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution would never be repealed, and the forces of law and order -would ultimately triumph over the breakers of the prohibition law.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17625, 30 November 1922, Page 7
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