In replying to the request of the Citizens Committee of 1,000 for Law Enforcement, to state his opinion of the attack by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University on prohibition, Dr. Charles William Eliot '53, President Emeritus of the University, took a view decidedly opposite to that held by Dr. Butler.

President Eliot advocated the retention of the present enforcement laws, with the provision that agents instructed to carrying out these laws be appointed by the merit system instead of the spoils system.

President Eliot in his letter to the Citizens Committee, said that the great majority of our teachers and educators believe in bringing up children not to use alcohol in any form. In his opinion, prohibitory legislation is being better and better enforced, and that complete enforcement will follow the appointment of competent officers

President Eliot concluded his letter with a prophecy that neither of the two major parties will venture to put a wet plank into its platform at the coming Presidential election.