The Archive · 1929

Party Diseussi Washington, July 17%

Discussion of th" Wickershant letter read before the "governors!

erence" yesterday, and advocate ater state activity in prov hibition enforcement, is in general running along party lines.

The "wets" appear to favoax the scheme while the "dry" clement opposes it on the ground, as stated by the Rev. Mr. Clarence Wilsom that some states are likely to nullify the Constitution in the event that they are charged with responsibility for enforcement regarding sales.

Principal interest attaches the fact that Mr. Wickersham is head of President Hoover's sommis+ ion on law enforcement. [x view this, and the corresponding fact that the commission may embody the Wickersham views in its later Sndings, it is improbable that tha governors' conference will act—United Pre

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