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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1930
Page
2
President Hoover pledges to use all federal state and local resources to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act. He acknowledges enforcement is not 100 percent and calls for better tools, reorganizing law enforcement, and public moral support to sustain prohibition and curb crime.
President Hoover outlines a multi pronged approach to tighten law enforcement against bootleggers and narcotics sellers. He backs a Wickersham Commission to study enforcement, reforms federal personnel selection, transfers Prohibition to the Justice Department, consolidates border patrols into a single Coast Guard border unit, and seeks court procedure reforms to curb delays.
The piece notes rising outlays for laundering separate wash blouses and urges careful selection of lingerie blouses with elbow sleeves rising in popularity. It highlights short sleeves with drapery or puffed ones, advises on fabric care for pleats, and points to frills and jabots as spring styles. It references a French dressmaker blouse style that home dressmakers can copy in silk, batiste, or handkerchief linen.
A President Hoover briefing discusses how federal courts handle Prohibition and other crimes, urging a magistrates style system for Prohibition cases to reduce grand jury indictments. It notes the need for Congress to adjust laws to enforce the basic Prohibition framework and cites political caution on reform timing and potential changes.
The speaker critiques the Eighteenth Amendment as an experimental, noble effort needing time and proper tools for enforcement. He argues states must share responsibility and a fair trial is pending Congress and Hoover must enable better enforcement tools. He believes prohibition can be enforced as effectively as other criminal laws if states cooperate.
Editor's note introduces a five part series by Stockbridge based on talks with President Hoover. This second installment presents core ideas on farm policy and relief efforts, setting the stage for further discussion in subsequent articles.
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