AMERICA’S “DRY” LAW.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2649, 18 May 1923, Page 5

AMERICA’S “DRY” LAW.

WILL BE UPHELD BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. IP NEW YORK STATE DEFAULTS. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] NEW YORK, May 16. Arising out of the repeal by the New York State prohibition enforcement law, which the Governor has not yet signed, President Harding has -written a letter replying to th e requests made to him that Federal officials take immediate action to enforce the law should the State officers be relieved of duty by the Governor’s signature. President Harding admits that the repeal of the State enforcement statutes is likely to result in a conflict between State and Federal authorities, but adds that the nation deliberately, after many years’ consideration, adopted the present policy written into the eighteenth amendment. "It is the law of the land and of every State within the union,” he says. “So long as it remains the national policy there is only one course for the National Government to pursue—that is to use every means to make the law effective ”

The Prcsid e nt declared that to do this would bo the unquestioning policy of the present Administration.

"The Nation’s executive, equally with the State’s executive, is sworn to enforce the Constitution. It is difficult to believe that public approval will ever be given to any other than a policy fully and literally discharging this duty.”