THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
PROHIBITION AND THE LAW: A National Commission to investigate “the whole structure of the Fed“eral system of jurisprudence, inelud“ing a. method of enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment” sounds about as useful as a Commission to investigate the Mississippi’s reasons for Hooding; but no President would think of setting one up if the legal system were, not in danger. When Air Hoover says that “the worst evil of a disregard for some “law is that it destroys the respect “for all law’’ lie means simply that the community's refusal to o servo, and the law’s inability to the Eighteenth Amendment has eiieuur;?^eil < V"' crime of all kinds—whatever other factors may he encouraging in simultaneously.—Cliristehurcii Tress.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1929, Page 4
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117THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1929, Page 4
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