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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1928)
Salem, Oregon, August 23, 1928 ! Modification of Dry Law, r . Outlawing of War Chh . ' " Points Urged by Smith f iBANT. N. T., Aog. 22 With all the force at his n mand. GoTernor Smith tonight : Cl an expectant nation what he wdd do if elected president. In aggresslTe fashion,' he accepted th democratic nomination with a speech which not only set forth - his. stand on prohibition, agrknl- tnre. foreign, relations and other ' panic questions, but acensed the repaalican administration of a failnre to keep faith with the peo . pie. The new leader of the demo crats advocated modification of both the Volsteadd law and eight eenth amendment; reiterated that would gi?e the problem of con trolling crop surpluses his imme diate attentlon. lf elected; assailed the administration's Ncaragnan and!, Mexican policy, and pledged him&alf to a "real" endeavor to atlaw war. He also called for a reorganisa tion of federal government activ ities on a business basis; declared that neither he nor the democra tic party contemplated "sodden or drastic' changes in tariff sehed ales; reaffirmed his stand for pub- lie ownership and control , of wa- terpower; promised a square deal for war veterans; stresser the need for inland waterway develop ment, reforestation and conserva tio of natural resources, and ad vocated ''progressive legislation for the protection and rare of working men and women." Stand ob Immigration While standing "squarely" on , th democratic platform declara tion foe restrictive immigration, the nominee asserted that he was ; "heartily in favor of " removing from the immigration law the harsh provision which . separates families," and was "opposed to the principle of restriction based upon tho figures of immigrant popula te contained in a census 31 years eld." .Half way through his address, which he had prepared wirh the Idea of completing its delivery within an hour. Governor Smith tackled the prohibition question. Bar never will advocate or approve aay law, he saidd, which directly or indirectly permits the return of th saloon and sale of Intoxicants by state agencies was proposed as aa alternative. Delcaring that the president of the United States has two consti tutional duties with reepect to prohibition enforcement of the law and a determination of what changes, if any. should be recom mended to congress, the nominee made this pledge: "I shall, to the very limit, exe cnte the pledge of our platform 'to make an honest endeavor to en force the 18th amendment and all other provisions of the federal constitution and all laws enacted pursuant thereto'." Does Xot Make Taws Then he added: "The president does not make the laws. He does his best to execute them whether ha likes them or not. The cor ruption In enforcement activities which caused a former republican prohibition admlnstrator to state that three-fourths of the dry agents were political ward heelers named by politicians without re gard to civil service laws and that prohibition s the 'new political pork barrel I will ruthlessly stamp out. Such conditions can not and will not exist under any administration presidedd over by Insisting that the present legal definition of the alcholic content of an intoxcatng beverage is "ad mittedly inaccurate and unscien tific,"' Governor Smith expressed the view that "some immediate re lief would come from an amend ment to the Volstead law," which " would permit each state to fix its own standard of alcholic content, "subject- always to the proviso that that standard could not ex ceed the maximum fixed by con gress." "I believe moreover that there should be submitted to the people the question of some change in the provisions of the 18th amend ment." the nominee went on. "Certainly, no one foresaw when the amendment was ratified the conditions which exist today of bootlegging, corruption and open violation of the law In all parts at the country. The people them selves should, after this eight years of trial, be permitted to say whether existing conditions should . ft rectif ed. "I personally believe In an endment in the 18th amend- it which would rive to each in dividual state Itself only after ap proval by a referendum popular " rote of its people the rirht whollv within its borders to Import, man- macture or cause to be manufac tured, and soli alcoholic be vera res the sale to bo made only by the state itself and not for consump tion in any public place. Lean From Experience "We may well learn from the experience of other nations. Our Caadian neighbors have gone far Ik this manner to solve this prob lem by the method of sale made r the state Itself and not by private inaivjduais. TTnere is no qaestion here of too return of the saloon. When I stated that the saloon 'is and nght to be a defunct institution la this country, I meant It. mean it today. T wCI never ad vocate or approve any law which directly or inddlrectly permits the return or the saloon. . Declaring that he believed the soJnuon he proposes wonld he that which would tofey be offered hv Jefferson, or Jackson, or Cleve- laaav or Wilson." G"rnor Smltv pointed out that "the platform of mtT party is silent upon aay ques- wra oi cnange or tne law. v - "I personally-, believe J there aouid be change," he added, "and s uaau advise the congress In ac- eaTdanee to my constitutional duty r whatever changes I deem nee- asary or expedient.! It will then to fore the people and the rep reaenUttves in the national and xo legislatures to determine whether these change should be made.- " Farm Relief Next Turning to the farm- problem, democratic standard bearer . . an nouneed that he proposed "to sub stitute action . for an action and friendliness for hostility" in deal ing with the question. ' ' - Recalling that President Cool- idge twice vetoed the IfcNary Haugen bill passed by a republi can congress, - Smith- said - that "whether the veto' of that specific measure was right or wrong,- it is undisputed that no adequate substitute was ever recommended to the congress by the president land that no constructive plan of relief was ever formulated by any leader of the republican party." ..... Emphasizing the need for. co operative, coordinated .marketing, and warehousing of surplus farm products, the nominee expressed the view that the democratic plat form "points the way to make the tariff effective for crops of which we produce a surplus." Governor Smith assailed the re publican administration. for fail ing to carry out governmental re organization plans, took a shot at the Fordney-McCu-mber tariff law and declared that the tariff. com mission had ceased to function. Foreign Policy Attacked - In assailing the administration's course with regard to Mexico and Nicaragua, the new democratic Dartv leader said: "The Monroe doctrine must be maintained but not as a pretext for meddling with the purely local concerns of countries which even t bourh they be small are sovereign and entitled to demand and receive respect for their sovereignty. "Governor Smith declared that the "usefulness" of arbitration treaties as deterrents of war had been "Materially Impaired by the reservations asserted by various nations of the right to wage defen sive wars as those reservations are interpreted in the light of Presi dent Coolidge's record." 'I believe foe American people desire to assume their full share of responsibility for the adminis tration of a world of wnicn tney are a part, without political al liance with any foreign nation," eald the nominee. "I pledge myself to a resumption of a real endeavor to make outlawry of war effective by removing its causes and to sub stitute she methods of conciliation. conference, arbitration and judi cial determination." j Colorado River Problem The governor referred to the proposed development of the Col orado river which has been a sub ject of controversy revolving around the Boulder Dam bill, in the basin and in congress for sev eral years, declaring: i "I am of the opinion that the best results wonld flow from the setting up of a Colorado river authority, reoresentatlve equally of all the state concerned. The de velopment should be by the states through the agency of this author ity by treaty ratified by congress. He also said that undoubtedly legislation should be framed to meet just causes for compiami in regard to the unwarranted issu ance of injunctions in labor dis putes. Near the conclusion of his speech, the democratic nominee made this declaration: "I can with complete honesty make the state ment that my nomination was bronrht about by no promise giv en or implied by me or anyone in my behalf. I will not be iniiuencea in annointments by tne question oi a person's wet or dry attitude, by whether he is rich or poor, wheth er he comes from the north, south. east or west, or by what church ne attends in the worship of god." Where Tunney Found Rest llSFFfC Tfl FflRFSTflt L '?.ts-t ft i . - a I .: -. :ij?s. i STRIKES Hero Is the estate on Joha's IslaadL a mile aad a half off Sorath Bristol, Me where Geno Tnaaey sought seclusion foOowins; the aa aoaaceanent of his engagement to Miss Josephine Loader. Here the reared boxing champioa aad his wealthy fiancee were aided in their roiaaace or ptHHojrrapbers and reporters by guards who preveated grangers from land lag on the island. IL coraou BY HENRY J. ALLEN it. (API Henry J. Allen, di 21.(AP). Henry J. Allen, di rector of publicity for the repub lican national committee, has assumed personal responsibility for issuing the recent "correction" of the original statement of Will. iam Allen White. Kansas editor. assailing . Governor Smith's legis lative record on prohibition. - Allen's statement was issued by him here today during the Hoover homecoming celebration in reply to the attack the democratic pres idential candidate made yesterday against the republican national committee, charging that the com mittee had had knowledge of White's statement before It was Issued. '.,,-.', "Governor Smith's statement yesterday is entirely untrue so far as it implies any relationship be tween the republican national committee and the charges level led against him by If r. William Allen White," Allen's statement eald. v ; - "No member of the . republican national organisation had either communication or knowledge of Mr. White's intention or his ac tion. The sole connection was that after misrepresentation of Mr. White's position, he com municated to me that his position had been misrepresented and as his old friend, I gar correction to that .misrepresentation; ''Instructions of the republican national committee are to engage In no personal attack -and that committee or Its organisation has not done so." - r- r ildebbd : CURTIS FIELD, N. T., Aug. 22. (AP). Miss Eleanor Smith, pretty II year old Freeport, L. I., girl, yesterday established an offl- altitude record for women air plane pilots, but she will, have to wait a week to know what the record is. : As no such record ever had been made before. Miss Smith ic hie red her immediate nurnose the moment the wheels of her plane left the ground, but at 5000 eet her altimeter ceased to func tion and she will have to wait an il the sealed barograph has been calibrated at Washington to know 'tow high she climbed in a flight f one hour and 52 minutes. Two men who followed her in mother plane said they reached in iltitude 11,200 feet and that Miss Smith continued to uir hnr them. The unofficial altitude record or women fliers is hld hv Ttw Heath, noted English woman flier, who ascended to 13.400 feet at Rochester. England, Jaly 10 last n a lirht xvMyMAu eVWtU- panied by a woman passenger. Albany Girl Bride Of Corvallis Man OREGON AGRICULTURAL Col lege, Corvallis, August 22. Miss Bonnie Seholes of Albany and Thomas Onsdorff, member of the Oregon Agricultural college staff, were married Thursday evening in the new Westminister house, Pres byterian student home, at Corval lis. The Presbyterian ring ceremo ny was used, with Rev. Monroe G. Everett, student pastor, officiating. Mr. Onsdorff was graduated from the state college with the class of '24, and is a member of Kappa Delta Rho social fraternity. He has been in charge of the col lege cannery since, graduation and was recently appointed to the in structional staff. Signal Received At Rapid Speed STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 22. (AP) F. L. Hall, radio amateur operator who reported having re ceived on Sunday night SOS sig nals which he thought, might have come from the missing flyers, Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, said tonight that the signals were re peated rapidly, leading to the the ory that their plane the Greater Rockford, was falling. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22. (AP) Representative organizations in Idaho took action yesterday to forestall the threatened strike of trainmen and conductors of west ern railroads. The state department of Agricul ture dispatched a telegram to the United States board of meditation requesting the board to take ac tion to avert possibility of a strike. The message pointed out that thousands of carloads of per ishable produce was about to move and that' a railroad tieup would be disastrous for the state. The PocaCello. 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