Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1932, Page 12

'A-12 CAPPER, IN FORUM, DEFENDS DRY LAW Kansas Senator in Favor of “Continuing the Experi- ment Nationally.” Admitting national prohibition “has not been entirely successful to date,” Senator Arthur Capper, Republican, of Kansas, nevertheless opposes return of the saloon and repeal of the eight- ecnth amendment, and declared last night that the “most authentic statis- | tics we have all indicate that prohibi- tion is doing more good than harm—if it is doing harm.” Speaking in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast-to- coast network of the National Broad- casting Co. Senator Capper said he favored “continuing the experiment na- tionally.” Wet claims of better farm prices, he | charged, were based on “false pretenses,” adding that “farm organizations know better than this and are much opposed to the move to destroy national pro- | hibitjon.” The Senator said he would | insist on consideration of ‘teal farm re- | lief ahead of any prohibition legislation. Daclaring he was willing to “face the | facts,” the speaker said, however, “the | next Congress presumably will be wet by large majorities in both houses.” | The vote yesterday whereby the House | “refused to be stampeded into submit- | ting the sbsolute repeal of the eight- | eenth amendment,” was so_close, the | Senator s that this vole “does In- | dicate pretty plainly that the next Con- | bmit a repeal amendment pessibly the modified amendment that will guarantee Federal protection | to dry States against importations from wel States.” Assails Liquor Traffic. Charging the liquor traffic always b lawless and “always will be lewi the speaker said experience shows that “the saloon, gambling den | and brothel go hand in hand.” ~And the thre:, led by the saloon,” | he charged, “not only debauch young and old, but pollute the body politic, es- | pecially in cities, and breed corruption | and racketeering.” | Among the benefits he cited as at| least partly attributable to prohibition, | Senator Capper 1eferred to a reduction | in the alcoholic death rate, death rate | from cirrhesis of the liver and Bright's | disease, a “remarkable drop in arrests for drunkenness” and more students in American colleges. Millionaires are supporting the Asso- clation Against the Prohibition Amend- ment, the Senator charged, because 1ey hope to shift their tax burdens to the wives and children of the working | man—these are the ones that ultimately | pay the bulk of the beer and whisky | bil's of the countr Text of Address. The text of Senator Capper's speech follows: “Friends in the radio audience: “I wish to thank The Washington | Star for this opportunity afforded & | native-born Kansan, representing Kan- | sas in the Senate of the United States | for the past 14 years, to state his views | on the proposed repeal of the eight- eenth amendment. am opposed to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. So is the State of Kansas, which I represent. So are the people of Kansas, whom I Tepresent. “I am opposed to the return of the saloon. The saloon brought untold misery and suffering in its wake, par- | ticularly to innocent women and chil- | dren, who had to pay the price for the appetites of husbands and fathers. | “The presence of the saloon is & co stant temptation to many men. It is a constant menace to the home and to the economic welfare of the women | and children. I am unalterably op- posed to its return. “Right at this time, in spite of the | hue and cry, the tumuit and the shout- ing, this Congress has more important tl to consider than the proposed legalization of the liquor traffic. “‘Legalization of the liquor traffic will not make the liquor traffic law abid- ing. Whether legal or illegal, those who deal in the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liguor will be lawless. The liquor traffic has been essentially | lawless, whether the traffic is recog- nized as legal and under regulation, or has been banned as illegal. It always | has been lawless; always will be law- | Jess. “Right now bread is more important than beer. gram from the executive board of the Rawlins County Farm Bureau—Raw- lins County is in northwest Kansas. | The telegram symbolizes the sentiment | not only of Kansas, but of practically the entire agricultural section of the great West. That telegram asks that ‘you use your influence in insisting that a farm relief bill be given first consid- eration in this session of Congress, and over any legislation affecting the eight- | eenth amendment. | “That is exactly the stand I propose to take. House Vote Indication. “The House of Representativas this | afterncon refused to be stampeced into | eighteenth amendment, lv | ified amendment that THE EVENI) Opposes Return of Saloon SENATOR CAPPER Of Kansas, National Radio Forum last night. pictured at the microphone as he discussed prohibition in the | close—272 to 144—that the change cf votes would have given the mecessary two-thirds majority The vote does indicate pretty plainly that the next Congress will submit a repeal amendment or poesibly the mod- will guarantee Federal protection to dry States against importations from wet States. “In today's voting in the House I note that all eight members of the House from Kansas. as well as the four members of the House from Maine, voted against submitting the repeal res- olution. was’ 50 States which voted unanimously against submitting the resolution. “Odds are that the resolution amend- ment will not be submitted by the pres- ent Congress; but of course, this is only my personal opinion. It is not even made as a prediction. “Now, as to the merits of the con- troversy, as I see them: Understand, I am speaking from my viewpoint, as a Kansan born and bred; as an Amer- ican citizen who believes he holds the best interestz of the people of this Na- tion at hcart. This does not mean that I condemn thcse who have a dif- ferent viewpoint, but who equally be- lieve that they have the best interests From a casual glance at the | record I believe these are the only two | sudden, over-night change of heart. “Adoption of the Eighteenth Amend- | ment was the culmination of many years of cbservation and experience; the rosult of testing many and various means for the control of liquor. It was the culmination of a long series of ‘noble experiments.’ “The States had tried with high license, with local option, with State dispensaries, with other means, to make a law-abiding person of John Barley- | corn. All these efforts had failed. John Barleycorn is not cut out for a law. abiding citizen. | “So the States and the people were | looking for something better. They be- | lieved that with State and Federal reg- | ulation combined John could be looked | after and guarded and held in re- | straint a little more closely in the pub- |lic interest than he ever had been | before. | “A good start was made with prohi- | bition. ““Then New York State, with a great | liquor stronghold within its borders, and a city government that never had | obeyed any liquor law, went back on its | agreement. New York carly became a | backslider It repealed its State En- forcement Act, and has insisted" ever | since that prohibition is a failure. A | of the people of this Nation at heart. few other States in which the liquor | Those persons and myself are just in disagreement. That is all. Each has ! interests and liquor politics have al- a perfect right to his own convictions, A ways been strongly intrenched, followed of et So. <rpmaLtic taoee convic | Comstituton, T L L oi0g the tions and beliefs into action, so far as| “Of course, this did not help the ex- | I am concerned. | periment of ‘national prohibition; nor | “I am one of those who doubt that| Das it been helped by the constant making it easier to obtain liquor would | Stream of propaganda against the law lessen the amount of drinking in the | that has come from that part of the United States. And in passing let me | COUDLIY. say that the wets have been making| “Frankly, I am for continuing the at least one claim in the past few | experiment nationally. We went through years that on its face is hypocritical. | similar experiences in Kansas for 30 ’I;Ih‘ey usscr]l t‘heyh favor l;mpe{nncec:l@eatr‘s beffl!re we nza]ly! had rttng]y eé- that repeal of the amendment and |fective enforcement. It must be ad- abolition of nationa] prohibition en- | mitted that National prohibition has forcement would mean. less drinking. | not been entirely successful up to date, That is not true.- They want more |but I am satisfled, and the most au- liquor; liquor more easily obtainable. | thentic statistics we have all indicate “I doubt very much that making it | that prohibition is doing more good easier to obtain liquor would lessen the | than harm—if it is doing harm. And amount of crime, for the very good rea- | the records of the Treasury and of the son that it never has lessened crime. | Department of Justice, studied calmly “I am sure that making it easier to|and dispassionately, prove the increas- | get liquor would increase the number |ing efficiency of the law’s enforcement. “I do not believe we should ex-) of traffic accidents and all the troubles | and miseries that liquor always has in- | pect to wipe out an age-old curse like creased. ;the liquor evil by statutory law in a | “If the drinking of liquor ever les- | dozen years, nor in a score of years. If sened anything that we ever wanted | we are really making progress, as in lessened or that was injurious to hu- | many respects we undoubtedly are, we manity, I have never heard what it |should be encouraged by this progress, | burdensome corporation taxes. | _“So far as these men are concerned, 1 have just received a tele- | was. “Medical science now declares that liquor is not a tonic and never was; | that it is a depressant, a narcotic drug: never has done and never will do any- body any good beyond what a depres- sant and narcotic drug might do in certain emergencies. Medical sclence says this. I am only repeating what 1s says. “Medical science says that if a smart man takes a drink, that it slows him up—while giving the smart man him- self a deceptive feeling that his proc- esses have been speeded up—and while the effect lasts, that he is not quite as smart as he was before. But he be- lieves he is much smarter—generally he is much louder, sometimes much funnier “I know there are physicians who |say that liquor has some medicinal | 1 | value. But medical science no longer | Of Population. imi Ve | 44 per cent. | admits that it has. There even is some suspicion that liquor is a ‘race poison.’ “On this liquor question, I am sure we must not allow ourselves to be stampeded by the hysterical liquor pa- | | rade into jumping from what the wets | | consider ‘the frying pan’ into the fire. | “When some 14 years ago, 46 States voted through their Legislatures ES TRAINS are Still First Choice Ivzs TRAINS have been pop- ular since grandfather first played with them, for Ives was the first to develop all the mod- ern principlgs of manufacture, later adopted by others. Ives 1932 models are marvels of mechanical and - electrical efficiency. Never before such construction, beauty, color THE Dept N. 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Also & man may still commit murder any- where in the United States, and many men do, although laws against murder | have been on the statute books for | ages | “Here are just a few of the reasons I have for believing that prohibition is |far from being a failure, and many | other dependable facts in support of this belief can be obtained: “Before prohibition, the average al- |iconolic death rate for ‘a_ number of |'years averaged 5.2 per 100,000 of popu- |Iation. For the 11 years since prohi- bition it has averaged 3.1 per 100,000 ‘That is a reduction of At the present time the is the lowest it death rate for drink has been since 1924. “Before prohibition, cirrhosis of the liver, an alcoholic disease, had taken an average of 12.3 per 100,000 of popu- lation for & number of years. Since - We can’t think of ture maker as well. sition. 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While from 1926 through to 1930, the average was only 12,010. The arrests for this cause, you will notice, were reduced almost one-half, although the city’s popula- tion had increased nearly a -million. These figures will be found on page 553 of the 1932 World Almanac, published in New York City. “In a recent public statement, the Attorney General of the United States made known that prosecution of gang- sters for income tax violations disclosed that not to exceed 20 per cent of their money came from the liquor traffic, and this was diminishing. Corrective Not Assured. “*“The removal of the illicit traffic in liquor as a source of revenue,’ the At- torney General declared, ‘would not end i gangsterism and racketeering.’ “Reports from more than 300 col- leges declare that for the past seven years there has been a notable and gratifying decrease of drinking by stu- dents Dr. Alfred Worcester testifies that at Harvard it has reached its low- est level in the last two or three 5. “These are facts and cannot be waved aside. There is much other convincing evidence that the law is benefiting the country as a whole “While we cannot hope to remake our part of the world, in this particular, in a comparatively few years, the prog- ress we are making should not be halted. We should not be misled by the ; flood of liquor propaganda. Nor by the results of the recent election. The election results were a protest of the people against economic conditions— against the world-wide depression—not against the Eighteenth Amendment. “Before prohibition we had 350,000 | American students enrolled in Amer- | ican colleges. Now we have more than 1,000,000 college students. Before pro- hibition we had 2,000,000 American boys and girls in high school. Now we have more than 5,000,000 in high school. Remembering that money for beer came out of the family income, prohibition is entitled to some of the credit. | “For more than five years the Asso- iation Against the Prohibition Amend- | ment has been flooding the United States with propaganda against prohi- | bition. Eight millionaires contribute 47 | per cent of its war chest; 53 million- |aires provide 75 per cent of these | sinews. “Why are so many millionaires back- ing an enterprise of this kind? | “Is there any particular reason why | 50 millionaires should be doing their | utmost to make the use of liquor legal | and_general? | “Apparently there is. The files and | letters of this organization, as uncov- | ered by the Senate, indicate a belief |on the part of this organization that | if liquor could be brought back, it | would provide the Government with! revenue to an extent that would re- lieve these millionaires of high income taxes and big corporations of their | they hope to shift their tax burdens to the wives and children of the work- ingman—these are the ones that ulti- mately pay the bulk of the beer and whisky bills of the country. Not so | many children would get to high school; {not so many young men and women | could prepare for ollege—but the in- | come and corporation taxes could be | reduced by the amount of Federal revenue collected from a legalized | liquor traffic. | . “If there is any ideal way of han- dling the liquor traffic, I don't believe | the world has yet discovered <dt. In Canada the wets told the people if | they would repeal prohibition, lawless- | ness would decline. Statistics from the office of the Dominion’s Attorney Gen- | eral show that during the eight years | from 1923 to 1930, lawlessness in the | Dominion increased from 18 to 153 per | cent. Canacg's jails have never been so full as they are now, nor her courts so crowded with business. “All over the world a colossal struggle is going on between right and wrong. | Crime has increased everywhere. As the population of the world is larger than ever before, I doubt if it ever has witnessed so gigantic & contest between | good and evil as is now taking place. | “In this country the wets point to prohibition as the cause of this condi- | tion. In Great Britain it is laid to | | “the motor age” and to the war. In | one of its reports, The National Proba- | tion—not prohibition—Commission de- | clares that prohibition is not one of the | | five major causes of crime in the | United States. This flatly contradicts | the oft-repeated wet argument. “The World War had much to do with this mushroom growth of every kind of wickedness throughout the world. But conditions for its rapid | development had long been rife, espe- | clally in our graft-ridden American | cities. " “Greed is responsible for most of our | economic troubles. Greed always has | been behind the liquor evil. A lifetime | | of observation has convinced me that | we shall never get anywhere by tempo- | rizing with liquor. All our history shows we never have. | “Speaking in New York City, March | 20, 1919, Al Smith, then Governor of New York, said: “‘The liquor interests have opposed anyone who wouldn’t like a Kodak Six-16 Our store is showing this ideal gift Smallest roll film camera for its picture size. .. / o N. W. stubbornly, for as many years back as | got $4.40, the manufacturer got $4.00, to attempt to repeal the eighteenth | | the retatler $7.00, transportation costs | amendment. | were $1.15. There is no help for agri- I can remember, every attempt at the regulation of their business.” “I -wonder if Al Smith really believes these interests would be more amen- | culture in repeal of the eighteent! able to control and regulation now, if | amendment. “I am opposed to return of the sa- they should be flushed with a vlctoryl over national prohibition? “If we make liquor a States’ rights | loon. problem, as it is proposed to do in the | eighteenth amendment. At the same | time, I am willing to face facts. three-fourths of the States agree, which | next Congress presumably will be wet by large majorities in both Houses. I have this suggestion to make: eighteenth amendment pealed or replaced. I would suggest to | the wets themselves, serve the country better to submit an | amendment protection for dry States against im- portations from wet States than simply | latter’s wife. next session of Congress—providing | is not at all certain, in spite of the | present hysteria on the question— | would we not then have 48 prohibition | problems, instead of one? “I believe that question answers it- | self. “Now I want to ask one other ques- | tion. What have the wets to offer in place of national prohibition? | “So far, nothing, except a return to | conditlons as they were before the days of national prohibition. “For years the wets have been pro- | testing publicly, and often they are in favor of temperance; they opposed the return of the saloon. “But now that the*depression despair has given them a feeling of victory for the wet cause, all these protestations have returned into the blue sky whence they came. “The wets’ only plan so far is the re- peal of the eighteenth amendment. That means the return of the saloon. I am opposed to the return of the saloon. “Legalize and reinstate liquor to its old position before we had prohibition, | and it will be only a matter of a short time until it will be faunting its vices openly and publicly and gutterly on every street. Experience shows that the saloon, gambling den and brothel go hand in hand. And the three, led by the saloon, not only debauch young and old, but pollute the body politic, especially in cities, and breed corrup- | tion and racketeering. “The wet leaders well know that the moment liquor is legalized, both retail- ers and manufacturers will form the ! old-time political ring in order to ‘lib- eralize’ and do away with whatever regulations and restrictions are placed upon their business. Bootleggers—who existed long before we had prohibi- tion—are a corrupt element in the po- litical life of some of our communities, but the bootlegger has much to learn in moral knavery and political skull- duggery from the brewers, distillers, and the salocn keepers of old days. “The wets are making a campaign of false pretenses. They even claim legalization of the liquor traffic would help raise farm prices in this country— but the brewers propose to make beer | from imported hops, mixed with some domestic production. | “The farm organizations know better | than this; are much opposed to the move to destroy national prohibition. | ‘They know the small amounts of farm products used would be more than offset by the loss of dairy products alone. More men would buy more beer —fewer children would get milk. | “Right here let me say, I am opposed to, and will vote against any measure proposing to legalize the sale of beer, of an increased alcoholic content, os- tensibly for the purpose of raising reve- nue. I shall oppose it, first, because T 4 G STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1932. MAYFLOWER ATTACHED 0 WILMINGTON, N. 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