The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1932, Page 2

2 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1982 What N.D. Con gress Candidates Think of Prohibition my | Father and Citizen & Not Political Issue ‘ jt What Lanier Says j oo | Si resses Economics ‘| e Makes Reply ‘ Each Man’s Stand ** ae Outlined in Letter Poh N ~$ | @——- Bowman Woman, Head of Group Seeking Prohibition Reform, Makes Public Answers to Query By Frazier, Nye, | Lanier, Sinclair, Lemke, Lynch and Murphy What is the attitude of North Dakota's four candidates for} congress and of its two candidates for the senate on the Cree tion question? Mrs. Dugald Stewart of Bowman, state chairman of the Women's Organization For National Prohibition Reform, has asked that question of each candidate and of Senator Lynn J. ‘razier, this state's incumbent representative in the upper branch of congre | And having received answers, Mrs. Stewart has made/ them available to the public without comment. Re They are printed herewith, also without comment, in order! “pear Mi tewart: GERALD FP. NYE that every voter may study them and reach his own conelu-} “Received your letter of Septem-| ie aaa vastaetnaeh ions » basis of each cz idate’s presentati f his views. | ber 20¢ vhi i “I beg to apologize for having been sions on the basis of each candidate 's presentation of his views. | eugene ah ence bitin at hla SHE aalayed reaponillnig a ole The questions asked were: diana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Min-| letter of September first. 1. “If elected, will you support a resolution -for the | nes a for the Frazier bill, the sol-| “You are well aware of the record straight repeal of the 18th amendment and the restoration ‘to! dier: date ea act, ane Ghd ee alae yes 2 aca be ach state of its powe: regulate > ma facture a a marketing act, which guarantee the|the prohibition issu my we ewevictacion of nteciant ee tos Sr iis. own hints, | at of procuciion ts Se eet eee ee a rg iobars ; sae i g 7 “ti that part of his product which is|S0 long as North Dakota fails to re- such resolution to be submitted to conventions in the several |consumed within the United States, | veal explicitly what it wants, if sny- states for ratification or rejection.” { “In this crisis, when there are oo any hase int the Gees OP aetBtE 2. “Whe f anv ifference will i ake i your vote | million men, women and children go- | Tea ave as 23 if North Dees yepeals aie ee prea ing to bed hungry every night, 12 tion. I am a strong believer in rep- ees ae million men and women out of em-| resentative government and think Here are the answers: ‘ {ployment and when one-fourth of| that the mind and voice of a people —— = so! the population of this nation has! Of a state should be honored and Favors Repeal I firmly believe that the prevention| been made homeless by mortgage| Tespected by their representatives in lof the use of liquor as a beverage | foreclosure, I do not feel that I am | Official places. | jean be done in one way only, and| Justified in making prohibition the|, “Should the voters of North Da- ‘that is through the education of the | P*ramount issue in my campaign. | Kota in November declare themselves | young along sane and scientific lines.i, “I do not use liquor in any form,) quite emphatically for repeal of the | While this is a slow process, it is|bUt T feel that the people have a/ State constitutional provision, there nevertheless sure and steady. The|Tisht to pass upon the prohibition | Would still be lacking a knowledge of ‘verboten’ sign will never be popular |/@W. My position on this subject is what the state wanted in preference with youth—especially the American | fully set forth on pages 7 and 8 in|t© What it now has. However, an youth. I have every admiration for| the marked pamphlet which I am|CxPlicit vote in November would the good intentions of the splendid | &M¢losing you herewith. bee GERen ye meenrees toe men and women who enroll in the| “The paramount issues with me|‘tving earnestly to ascertain just fight against the use of liquor as a| im this campaign are the economic| What our people desired with which beverage. Every argument in logic| ‘sues and I feel that there are|'0 supplant the present order as re- is on their side, except that no law| Plenty of champions for and against | lates to national prohibition. has yet been discovered to prevent | Prohibition to fully set forth the| “Z sincerely hope that when 1 fermentation, and it can take place |erits and demerits of it and the|Come to Bowman during the cam- in any spot on the earth where na-| People under our form of govern-| Pign in October, I am going to have ture wishes to operate on fruit juices|ment are the judges who make the|°P Opportunity to see and visit with and sugar. The very fact that the| final decision. Of course, I reserve | YoU, thon this all-important subject federal government in all its activ-| the right, as any other citizen, to] tug & wurs ‘ities to enforce the Volstead act has Me wey pity cull on this eee practically given free rein to question. But the paramount issue NESTOS' 5 peters (ta nates wives ath Dre | With me is the starving millions—it) 1, Pees Sheed their hearts’ content and to their| ' economical. eR eNestae Ta van cue eee Stomach’s disaster (although home-| 1 find no fault with those whol Guvetn p’ a? an,uncle af Former brewing of any kind violates the| feel that other issues are the para-|Fovemor R.A. Nestos, died at his spirit of the 18th amendment). is) Mount issues, but ean assure you that| Home at See ees Be- clear proof that the federal govern.| i this campaign I am not going to| Gaui rics ana rid he “a three ment itself recognizes the futility. of| 108° sight of the economical issues in CAughters and two orAimars| E. its general enforcement. ‘Twelve | der to discuss the liquor question, | co rvices 4 A read ne Ue Funeral years is enough, it seems to me, to|®> 1 know that this issue will be ably| @ Paro eee WILLIAM LEMKE | ‘| “Please pardon my delay is reply- ing to your letter of the first. I have been away from the desk a good support a resolution for the straight first opportunity I have had in which An ‘aces receipt of your in-| sale and transportation of intoxicat- | STounds as a father and citizen. “With reference to the repeal of | the 18th amendment, I will say that I believe it would be both improper and inconsistent for a representa- tive of North Dakota to vote here in| conflict with the law of his own! state, regardless of his personal views opinion on the question of prohibi- tion in North Dakota has been that it should not be a political issue, for} with economic conditions as they| are, every effort should be directed | tion, toward the relief of agriculture and * business dependent upon it. The in- jection of prohibition, it seems to me, only has the effect of creating dif- ferences between those who could otherwise work in harmony for the main object to be obtained. | “Trusting that the above will give you the desired information, I am, with best wishes, “Yours very truly, “J. H. Sinclair. Fargo, N. D., Oct. 12—()—Niel| pleaded guilty before Judge Andrew) Miller in federal court Tuesday to a) charge of embezzling postoffice funds. for Gurley also was fined $1,340.84, the| 26/ coips ICKS amount he was charged with embez- zling. encourage the ' average citizen’ in| ‘iscussed by competent persons on| 499: | Ways of hypocrisy and to train a na-| Doth sides tion in the dubious art of home-| /Very respectfully yours, brewing. Sumptuary legislation does; "Wm. Lemke.” belong in our constitution, nor 2 can people be made good entirely by) Soviet Committee law. Let's accept this moral axiom,| seh and go back to education. I will vote | for absolute prohibition as soon as I swers to ¢48 be shown that fermentation can| BANDITS SLAY WOMAN Harbin, Manchuria, Oct. 12—(4)—} Mrs. C. T. Woodruff, an Englishwom- an whose husband is chief account-! ant for the British American Tobacco! 7 ;company, was killed by bandits Wed- | Expels 20 Members °on?2"*. '° struggled to prevent the | kidnaping of her three children. R. B. MURPHY “My dear Mrs. Stev “I herewith submit m Canps wn th t Moscow, Oct. 12—()—The central et. question ed by you be outlawed. Until then let's regu-! control committee of the Communist ; eee “date, Mate and educate the youth in the, party Tuesday led 20 of its mem-} along with ext my stand on the points raised “On your first and main question I wish to state th d readily in the a support ar repeal of the the restoration to each state of its » some of them prominent lead-! ers of the Soviet regime since the! ys of the movement, on a e of having organized a counter- “Very sincerely, R. B. Murphy. ‘revolutionary movement advocating | “P. S.—In taking this stand I amjthe disolution of the collective and! lowing the Democratic na-| state farms, tional and our candidate; The group included Gregory Zino-} for president and vice president, who| vieff, former head of the Comintern | : are both riding in the same direc-jand Leo Kameneff, brother-in-law of | Uion—straight to the white house,"I!Leon Trotzky, military leader of the believe, revolution, who is now in exile in Turkey. Other members of the group were 4 jformer followers of ‘Trotzky and Be Busy Candidates) members of the right wing of the |party. They were charged with cir-| {culating anti-party literature oppo-! i the present policy of collectivi-| nts on PBYsical harm of alcoholic béverages. | be: I don't need a vote of my consti- (uents to prove to me that this ts sound. sale and tran ing beverages within its own Such resolution to be submit conventions in the several st ee ratification or rejection. My only, DePuy, Johnson Will reservation on this question is that I would favor federal tion to protect states preferr remain dry in the dry column in the matter of preventing the importation of li- quor from other parts of the United States. “On your seconc Fargo, N. D., Oct. 12 ix speeches and more t to various North Dakota cities, towns |" zinovieff and Keneff were expelled | viz. and villages are on the itinerary of | once before, but were reinstated in| what difference, a { make! H. C. DePuy and R. A. Johnson, in your vote if North kota repeals} pemocratic candidates for ¢: or. The 12th “Plejum” of the Comin- its dry law thi N? I will say that ‘. Paar rare er , | tern or central group concluded Tues- ! such @ vote, if recorded in that way,| #Md Heutenant governor, respectively.| day with a statement saying it “noted | would be to me only additional proof from now until Noy. 5, Fred W. Mc-| the end of the capitalist stabilization that the people of my state are over-| Lean. Democratic ate chairman, | period” and predicted the imminence whelmingly against the 18th amend- announces. {of fierce class struggles, culminating | For, I believe it will take more Speeches will be delivered at 2/in wars and revolutions. i courage, cn account of the tradition-' p. m. and 8 p. m. daily, the first town | al reverence which the average yoter| mentioned being the afternoon ap- is apt to have for the state’s orig-| pearance, the second town the eve-! inal prohibitory law written into our’ ning appearance, except where spe- constitution, to vote for the absolute | cified: wiping out of every vestige of state, Wednesday—Doug law on the matter, than it will to son; Thursdz ae the 18th’ Washburn; Friday—Hazen and Beu- amendment. I am s that this lah; Saturday—Dunn Center and second question is raised, because it) Manning; Oct. 17—New Engla strikes me that it gives a loop-hole’ Amidon at 4 p. m. Bowma for candidates to crawl through by —Hettinger and Mott; Oct promising to follow the people. We son and Bismarck: Oct. have had too much of that kind of ton and Linton; Oct. 21 buck-passing in the past. 8 p. m.; Oct. 22— hek and } “I am against the 18th amend- leon; Oct. 24—Lehr at 10 a. m., Ed; ment because it has failed to do what ley and LaMoure; Oct. 27—Coopers- was expected of it, viz. to prohibit town and New Rockford; Oct. 28—+ the use of liquor as a bevera a Ly nden and Harvey; Oct. 29— worse than that, reliance upon it has Towner and Rugby; Oct. 31—Stanley | set back the cause of scientfic in- at 8 p. m.; Nov. 1—Bowbe: nd Co- struction in temperance among our|lumbus; Nov. 2—Ray and Williston; young people to an alarming extent.} Nov. 3—Watford City and Van Hook. —_—_—_—— las and Garri-| Underwood and! simply vote to po- ige- Two in One Heat and Savings! BEULAH LIGNITE —A Dakota Coal— HEAT @ Steel is heat treated by exclusive | Less Ash—More Heat process in the manufacture of the ie i a. Gillette BLUE BLADE. Thisisone | isis Sidi ~Cidee reason for its superlative quality. Try ASK YOUR DEALER. the Gillette Blue Blade and see. Knife River Coal Mining Co. Rismarek, North Dakota W. D. LYNCH “Dear Mrs. Stewart: “In reply to your questionnaire submitted some time ago, advise that J. H. SINCLAIR “Dear Mrs. Stewart: P. W. LANIER “Dear Mrs. Stewart: “Yours of September first. “ © you| 1.8m in favor of the repeal of the ‘¥our question, ‘If elected will you 18th amendment and opposed to the | saloon or the bootlegger, regardless deal this summer and this is the Hg EE ibecrmerrtaaria te of how the question of state prohibi- power to regulate the manufacture, Eon is) settled) this en, i tnorall ing liquors within its own limits, such | “¥°UrS truly, W. D. Lynch: resolution to be submitted to conven- tions in the several states for rati- fication or rejection?’ “My answer, ‘Yes.’ WOULD ERECT MEMORIAL Huron, S. D., Oct. young Canby. Minn., farmer who was killed recently while serving as a| farm holiday observation picket near any, difference will it make in your vote if North Dakota repeals its dry law this fall?’ “My answer, ‘None.’ “I take it you already know my position, Mrs. Stewart, without my having answered the foregoing ques- the merits of prohibition. My Loriks, Arlington, secretary of the| South Dakota Farmers’ Holiday as. sociation, in an address before the| Sout y = Therefore, each question is venta iste ney eee ea answered without hesitation or equi- vocation. “Sincerely, P, W. Lanier.” REYNOLDS FARMER DIES Reynolds, N. D., Oct. 12—(P)— August F. Taves, 72, farmer in the Reynolds vicinity since 1888, died at 4 p. m. Tuesday at his home in Trail county. two miles south of here. 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