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THE HEPPNEK HERALD, HEPPNER. OREGON
Tuesday, January 8, 1924
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KILLING THE PROHIBITION LAW
Always there is more or less agitation about the prohibi
tion law. Certain of the wets tell us that it does not pro
Libit: certain of the "clrys" affirm that it does prohibit-
some. Pcrhas both are right partly. The fact of the
matter is that the recent constitutional amendment was
passed by a majority of the people of practically all of the
states and to repeal a constitutional amendment is some
undertaking. The "wets", therefore, seem to be up against
a hard job.
Since the prohibition law went into effect tho statement
lias often been made that a certain type of saloon-keepers
were more responsible for its passage than were all of the
temperance lecturers and anti-saloon leagues. The meth
ods they pursued in conducting their business were such
that even their own customers became disgusted and
joined with the temperance people in voting them out of
business. If this view of the matter is correct it may be said
that old John Barleycorn was executed by his friends.
While there is no visible evidence at the present time
that the Volstead act will ever be repealed, there; is reason
to believo that if it, should be, the men who are employed
by the state and nation to enforce prohibition will be more
responsible than will all of the "wets" put together.
I'eoule expect moonshiners and bootleggers to try to
keep their business going because they are engaged in it
to make money and they are not paid fat salaries by the
government to suppress their own business. But so-called
enforcement officers are another matter. These men are
sworn officers of the law. They are' not only paid to sur
press the traffic but they are sw.orn to do their duy'y and
arc presumed to do that duty in a lawful manner. Do they
always do this? Not if one-half the reports published
about their operations in many of the cities are to be be
lieved. When a raid is' made in Washington, D. C, and a
lot of prominent officials, politicians and citizens are about
to be involved what usually happens?,
Either the list of witnesses and patrons is "lost" or the
whole matter is smothered and fqrgotten
Down in Portland the other night, a private home was
raided on the sworn complaint of a state enforcement of
ficial that a party was in progress there at which liquor
was flowing fireely. The place was raided and it is said
that one guest was found with a small flask in his pocket
but the host was taken to jail. Investigation showed that
state enforcement officers are in the habit of swearing out
search warrants on the flimsiest pretexts, Air. Cleaver
himself, having admitted, so it has been published, that he
has had most of his search warrants issued on tips received
in anonymous letters. If the federal courts know the, law
this is evidently illegal and the enforcement officer who so
proceeds seems to be treading pretty close 1 the border
of perjury.
Several months ago a federal officer operating in Port
land is said to have lost his job because he secured evidence
and made a raid on a certain roadhouse one night when
among the guests present was a prominent Oregon
statesman, which would indicate that if a federal agent
wants to hold his job he should watch his step while mak
ing raids and arrests.
The Volstead act has been passed by the people and as
long as it is the law it should he enforced but it will neith
er bet enforced nor respected as long as the men who have
heen employed to enforce it play politics or favorites or
violate other laws of the land in order to, enforce it.
Are the enforcement people going to follow the cue of
the old time dive keepers and put themselves and the law
they are paid to enforce out o
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ItY i '.iOV ASSOCIATION
ITvhnna, III., Jan. 3. Warnin;,'
Hint urt'tsii clover mvd pourim; Into
country in unusually luri;o (iun
titlji's, In woitlili'ss ami that the
.American fanner will bo mode to
puffer enorntotia ami uniiec'e;.sai'y
Iouhi's, ami tho clover Prop of the na
tion be greatly Injureil if stops arc
not taken to pioltcl him, Is con
tained In u letter written to Henry
C. Wallace, secretary of agriculture,
by' J. 0. riaclileini.r of the University
if Illinois, Moerc.'uiy of the Intern i
tlotml Crop IivvvveM.Tt a j(h la
tum. According to 'r. Tiukiou-an, tic
red clover seed h': In f United
States does not t . I 4 5 per cm
of normal tlila y?ni re.' I f :r this tea
son there U a threatened Importa
tion of 30,00 j. 0( P'lii't.lH of rid
clover seed, euo,.i;h to plant 3,000 -COO
acres, from Frriice, Italy, Ar
gentina and Atri.w This seed, Mr.
llnekleman said, 1ms been tostJ in
all portions of the I'uiteil States.
"Comparative tos'. of clover teed
from various routm f.atlo and for
eign, conducted by experiment i;ta
4lons in tho maj u ity of clovoi grow
ing states," his Ic: r ny? "imt
nr'nslvely the . wciler- m s- of im--irod
I'u;op. .t,' .', r;-.:'tV'il:n!y
v, iih h represents ' w.i; of the im
portations." Tho letter is the result of the
fourth annual moctitiK of the Inter
national Crop Improvement associa
tion, at which the situation was dis
cussed and a resolution adopted
placinj; the association on record
against such Importa-ilon. Mr. Hack
Ionian's letter was approved and
signed by the "clover seed situation
committee" of the association, which
consists of 11. P. Hughes, Iowa Satc
College, s. C. Salmon, Kansas Agri
cultural College and J, F. Cox of the
Michigan Agricultural College.
HAltDM.W WINS HASKKTH.UT,
CiA.MK OVKK HKl'IWER
Tho basketball game between
Heppner and Hardman high school
teams Inst Friday evening resulted In
a decided victory for the Hardman
team In a score of 2 to 6.
SC1IOOI, MKKTINti FIUIUY
ADOPTS IH'IKiKT
At the school meeting- reld last
Friday to consider the budget sub
mitted by the school board for thf
coming) year, six voters were present
ami the budget, amounting to J 2 2.
tiiS.OOwas adopted by u unanimous
vote.
$100,000 PEACE PLAN PRIZE
Advocates Entering World Court and Cooperation With Leagua'
Without Full Membership at Present Suggests League Mem
bership Be Opened to All Nations and Provides for
Development of International Law.
The American Peace Award brought forth 22,165 plans
and many thousands of letters. Since many of the plans were
the composite work of organizations, universities, etc., a single
plan often represented the views of hundreds or thousands of
individuals. The content of these plans is therefore an index
of the true.feeling and judgment of hundreds of thousands of
American citizens.
The38 plans come from every group
la American lite. Some are obviously
from lifelong students of history and
international law. Some are from per
sons who have studied little, but who
have themselves Been and felt the
horror of war or who are even now
living out its tragedy.
But among them all are these dom
inant currents: that, if war is hon
estly to be prevented, there must be
a face-about on the part of the nations
In their attitude toward It; that by
some progressive agreement the man
ufacture and purchase of the muni
tions of war must be limited or stop
ped; that while no political mechan
ism alone will insure cooperation
among the nations, there must be
some machinery of cooperation if the
will to cooperate is to be made effec
tive; that mutual counsel among the
nations is the real hope for bringing
about the disavowal of war by the
open avowal of Its real causes and
open discussion of them; and Anally
that there must be some means of
denning, recording, interpreting and
developing the law of nations.
Statement of Jury of Award .
The Jury of Award realizes that
there la no one approach to world
peace, and that it is necessary to rec
ognize not morely political but also
psychological and economic factors.
The only possible pathway to inter
national agreement with reference to
these complicated and difficult fac
tors Is through mutual counsel and
cooperation which the plan selected
contemplates. It is therefore the
unanimous opinion of the Jury that
of the 22,165 plans submitted, Plan
Number 1469 is "the best practicable
plan by which the United States may
co-operate with other nations to
achieve and preserve the peace ot the
world."
It Is the unanimous hope of tho Jury
that the first fruit of the mutual ooun
sel and cooperation among the nations
which will result from the adoption of
the plan selected will be a general
prohibition of the manufacture and
sale of all materials of war.
ELIHU ROOT, Chairman
JAMES GUTHRIE HARBORD
EDWARD M. HOUSE
ELLEN FITZ PENDLETON
ROSCOE POUND
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
BRAND WHITLOCK
The Question to Be Voted Upon
The substantial provisions which
constitute the plan selected by the
Jury of Award, and upon which the
vote of the American people Is asked,
are hereby submitted by the Policy
Committee as follows:
I. ENTER THE PERMANENT COURT
That the United States adhere to the Permanent Court of Interna
tional Justice for the reasons and under the conditions stated by Secre
tary Hughes and President Harding in February, 1923.
II. COOPERATE WITH THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, WITHOUT
FULL MEMBERSHIP AT PRESENT
That without becoming a member of the League of Nations as at
present constituted, the United States Government should ertend Hs
present cooperation with the League and propose participation in the
work of Its Assembly and Council under the following conditions and
reservations: . .
Safeguarding of Monroe Doctrine
1. The United States accepts the League of Nations as an Instrument
of mutual counsel, but it will assume no obligation to interfere
with political questions of policy or Internal administration of any
foreign Btate.
In uniting its efforts with those of other States tor the preser
vation of peace and the promotion of the common welfare, the
United States insists upon the safeguarding of the Monroe Doc
trine and does not abandon its traditional attitude concerning
American independence of the Old World and does not consent to
submit its long established policy concerning questions regarded
by it as purely American to the recommendation or decision of
other Powers.
No Military or Economic Force r
2. That the only kind of compulsion which nations can freely engage
to apply to each other in the name of Peace is that which arises
from conference, from moral judgment, from full publicity, and
from the power of public opinion.
Tho United States would assume- no obligations under Article X
in its present form, or. under Article XVI in its present form in the
Covenant, or in its amended form as now proposed, unless in any
particular ease Congress bus authorized such action.
The United States proposes that Articles X and XVI ba either
dropped altogether or so amended and changed as to eliminate
any suggestion of a general agreement to use coercion for obtain
ing conformity to the pledges of the Covenant.
No Obligations Under Versailles Treaty
3. That the United States will accept no responsibilities under the
Treaty of Versailles unless in any particular case Congress has
authorized such action.
Lrague Open to All Nations
4. The United States Government proposes that Article I of the Cove
nant be construed and applied, or, if necessary, redrafted, so that
admission to the League shall be assured to any self-governing
State that wishes to join and that receives the favorable vote of
two-thirds of the Assembly.
Development of International Law
5. As a rendition of its participation in the work and counsels of the
League, the United States asks that the Assembly and Council con
sent or obtain authority to begin collaboration for the revision
and development of international law, employing for this purpose
tho aid of a commission of jurists. This Commission would be
directed to formulate anew existing rules of the law of nations, to
reconcile divergent opinions, to consider points hitherto inade
quately provided (or but vital to the maintenance of Internationa)
justice, and in general to define the social rights and duties of
States. The recommendations of the Commission would be pre
sented from time to time, in proper form for consideration, to the
Assembly as to a recommending if not a law-making body.
Author's Name Not to Be Revealed
Until After Referendum
In order that the vote may be taken
solely upon the merits of the plan,
the Policy Committee, with the ac
quiescence of Mr. Bok, has decided
not to disclose the authorship of the
plan until after the referendum. The
Identity Is unknown to the members
of the Jury of Award and the Policy
Committee, except one delegated
member.
JOHN W. DAVIS
LEARNED HAND
WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON
ESTHER EVERETT LAPE
Member In Charge
NATHAN L. MILLER
MRS. GIFFORD PINCHOT
MRS. OGDEN RE IE)
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
HENRY L. STIMSON
MELVILLE E. STONE
MRS. FRANK A. VANDERL1P
, CORNELIUS N. BLISS, JR.
Treasurer
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