HOOVER’S POLICY

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1932, Page 5

HOOVER’S POLICY

LIQUOR QUESTION

WET OR DRY AS PEOPLE WISH.

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7 ' WASHINGTON, lAugustll. 7.President ‘ iHoover, in accepting rehomiiiation' for .the ‘presidency,declared that he believed ' that; * change in the National Prohibition Law is- necessary. This was to • remedy present evils-that hay© grown up under it.-, ■As t 6 the economic ‘ situation,a ho spoke of new plkn s looking to a movement from .defence to .a- powerful attack upon depression., . • This assertion is' said in high quarters to' embrace carrying out his ■ recently-enunciated nine-point programme as well as other propositions not ready for announcement. ■- | 7 ‘ „ 7 His declaration for a "new prohibition” to be' -set up was to the effect that States shptildf.be allowed to be "wet” or. “•dry’ T> aa ; they wished, but • this to be aubject to ' constitutional guarant&s to protect each “from interference and irivasion by ' it* neighbors; also that iff -no part, of.; the United States will th«M W7a return . .to the saloon .system,’?/ Mr Hoover lashed but at'theTDemocratlo Party’s ’ platform proposal for the outright repeal of the;. Prohibition ; as meaning a "return to the saloon system with its corruption, moral and social abuse." . ,- , • ! ■' Under the EighteehthvAmehdment, of late, he said, there has grown up an in- - : creasing .illegal '• traffic V.in .liquor. in some Areas, and' a spread of disrespect ; , <“not only for this- la but for all . laws.” This constitutes ,A ; graye dan-v ■ .get cf tit© Vpiacticaf nullification ; of . tbe G<:nstitut»• ii; and ofdegeneration in .- lnnmcipal governmpnt', and also of increase in subsidised; crime : and /violence. . ’7.f 7 ej canhpt'* consent to the contamin- :. ation of this regime;" he declared. He reviewed ; his •Adthini-strsition’s' record for the alleviation "of the economic situation, • saying that ’measures taken repelled, attack*.,, of /fear ;and', f panic. • He: promised to /propose more .'measures te speed; a, recovery. . ' 7 ' •. AMr Hoover reiterated. bis opposition • -to : the 'cancellation of viraf_ debts s at the • same . time, expressing an assurance that tthe Country ' would. / consider, adjustments, 1 : fprTany - particular ’ annual payment-,we are ; offered. some other tangible foymsof. compensation, such a#' an extension”-of . marked"'for 'American agriculture and • labour.” 7- .-•• • He said,-’he favoured’sound currency, a protective : . tariff, iiimmigrafcioh restrictidn,; revision 'of the railway laws, the federal reguiatiori Inter-State pow- • er, the conservation Of nittifal resource#, tax ahd banking reform, balanced budget#, federal ©cohonr>yj; th# ;• riyor • #eaway, and ,; Ao ; th» • World Court, with' re«erW|WM, - He made reference to foreign affaire ■ ; ’but without mentioning . th* Japan-. vy 'China situation; last:(winter,- or the cur-. rent’ Bran -Ghaco. dispute in South (America between' Bolivia and.: Paraguay. ■. .. • . - • •;.* •7 He t-o-ld of having projected into international diplomacy a new doctrine .‘‘that’ wo do not; and‘;never will,: recognise any--* title -to the possession of territory gained in< violation of peace .pacts.” " t .