To the Editor of the CRIMSON:
"Law and Order", that famous precept which swept Calvin Coolidge from the office of a well-known politician to the vice-presidency of a great world power, is tottering on the edge of a precipice. When the edict was first issued from beneath the golden dome on Beacon Hill the populace rose as one man to back up their popular leader; and for nearly three years "Law and Order" has been a sort of sub-motto for the Commonwealth.
But today this motto is in grave danger. I refer to the attempt to remove Harold D. Wilson from the position of Prohibition Enforcement Officer merely because he has "shown up" a few prominent politicians while enforcing the law. And what is worse, the very ones who seem likely to wreck this worthy principle are the fellow partisans of its originator.
So, citizens of Massachusetts, are we going to stand by idly and see a courageous, law-respecting individual thrust out of office because he threatens to expose a few "public servants" who do not wish to see the law enforced. In closing, let me use Mr. Wilson's own words; "Our state has always been a leader in the enforcement of the law. Is the supremacy of the old Bay State on law and order to be challenged at this time by those who would abrogate a part of the constitution?" LOUIS H. BONDI '25
January 23, 1922.
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