Law Enforcement Vital
Says Coolidge
Failure in law enforcement means
failure in government itself, Presi
dent Coolidge told W. T. Galliher,
Chairman of the Citizens’ Commit
tee of Oen Thousand, in a letter read
at a meeting of the committee early
in the year, at Washington, D. C.
The committee was formed to advo
cate obedience to the Eightenth
Amendment.
The letter of the President fol
lows, in full:
The White House,. .
January 5, 1927.
My dear Mr. Galliher:
Your invitation to attend the din
ner given by the Committee of One
Thousand at the New Willard Ho
tel has been received. I regret that
it is not possible for me to make an
address before your gathering on
account of the press of official busi
ness. I want you to know that I
regard the observance and enforce
ment of the law as exceedingly im
portant to the public welfare if the
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nation.
This is a subject I have often
discussed and desire constantly to
emphasize. It is scarcely too much
to say that all our rights, our lib
erty and life itself are dependent
for their protection on public law.
If it fails to be enforced Govern
ment itself fails. If it fails to be
observed the very foundation on
which selfgovernment rests is weak
ened and destroyed. Anything that
your organization can do to impress
this prinicple on the public mind
will be a distinct patriotic service.
No country has ever reached a state
of perfect law observance or en
forcement.
Every first-class government
makes an honest and intelligent ef
fort to enforce the law, and the
standards of citizenship are very
much lowered when there is any
eral failure to observe the law. I
welcome the assistance of all or
ganizations established for the pur
pose of supporting these principles.
With kindest regards, I am very
truly yours,
(Signed) CALVIN COOLIDGE
FRANK W. THOMPSON
of Kechikan
Frank W. Thompson is now May
or of Ketchikan. To obtain this of
fice, he joined the United Son’s of
Alaska and ran with the following
ticket: Harry G. McCain, A. J. In
man and Roy F. Jones.
This ticket ran on a platform of
“anti-Torreyism.” The first Council
meeting showed that it was divid
ed three to three. Under our laws,
the mayor votes to break the tie.
true to form—HE REFUSED TO
VOTE.
When he did vote, he voted with
his political enemies, and the en
emies of those who elected him.
Harvard Graduate: “The mem
bers of my class who have married
have had an average of a little less
than two children.”
Vassar Graduate: ‘‘Isn’t that re
markable? The married women of
niv class have averaged almost
three. I wonder what that proves?”
Harvard Graduate: ‘‘Oh, not
much. Simply that women have
more children than men.”—Life.
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