PROHIBITION LAWS
IGNORED BY RICH GLASSES CONSTITUTION .MUST BE OBEYED AS A WHOLE. SENATOR’S DENUNCIATION. Bv T L‘!egraptf?- c Assn.—Copyright. Australian, and N..< Cable Association. (Received October 16, 7.G0 p.m.) WASHINGTON. OrxotM i - Senator IV. E. Borah, addressing the Prohibition Conference, declared that the wealthy propertied classes rendered the Prohibition laws ytncnforceable. because while they respected the consti tutional Amendment safeguarding pro* y*rty they nevertheless ignored the Prohibition amendment, thus fostering the ‘bootleggers’ traffic. Senator Borah, after attacking this urequal respect of the laws, concluded: “I would count myself a whining hypocrite if I insisted on the enforcement of the Prohibition amendment while remaining silent concemng the disregard of the five speech amendment. If Ido not respect the Constitution a« a whole., I am not fit to speak on behalf of any part of it,” The conference adopted a resolution asking President Coqlidge to use all available naval craft and his full power of action to suppress liquor smuggling; and urging Governors of States to rigidly enforce the prohibition laws.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11652, 17 October 1923, Page 7
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