AMERICA TO-DAY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 14 November 1927, Page 5

AMERICA TO-DAY

SPIRIT OF LAWLESSNESS CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES. BORAH ON THE 18th AMENDMENT. IBy Cable —Pre,» Assn. —Copyright.) (Received 14. 9.25 a.m.) New York, November 13. Senator Borah, addressing the New York Women’s Committee for Law Enforcement, said the issue in which the people of the United States were interested in above all others was the Eighteenth Amendment. He added . “Everybody, except the deaf and dumb and the cand-'dates for public office, will be discussing it. The people of the United States, under proper leadership, will enforce any law which they are unwilling to re peal or repeal any law which thev are unwilling to enforce. Let us not play this game below the intelligence, courage, and character of the voters. Mere political expediency in the clear sunlight, of this issue is’ both discreditable and futile. “We know that the spirit nt lawlessness has come to be the most stupendous problem in our national life. We know from the decisions of the Supreme Court that we are passing through a period in which corruption has reached the verv doors of the White House and has dominated the Cabinets and robbed the people of their inheritance.” The speaker concluded with an appeal to candidates to announce then position regarding the Eighteenth Amendment, and added that the women alone could bring the political parties to support the amendment. —(A. and N.Z.)