Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-12-10
Church Council Commission on Temperance Believes
 Big Fight Near.
SALOONS ATTRACT
 MANY MARRIED MEN
Report to st. Louis Convention Shows Married Men Spend More Time in Saloons Than Single Men, indi-
 eating Many Homes arc Failures.

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 St. Louis, Dec. 9.-A new peace movement was launched before tkc Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America tonight in the shape ot a suggestion to Willifan Jennin gs Bryan and former Congressman Richard Bartholdt of St. Louis that the churches of America send del egation to Europe in an effort to end the war. MT. Bryan launched the suggestion and MT. Bartholdt endors- ed it, adding that MT. Bryan should be selected to head the delegation The council has not as yet acted on the plan.
 The publicity committee of the council, it was announced tonight, plans nation wide publicity cam paign to advertise the churches. A bureau to handle news and advertls" ing is planned. The committee re- ported it would stuly systematic methods of promoting church inter- csts through newspaper advertising and expected to show the value ot such advertising to religious efforts
 St. Louis, Dec 9.-The attitude of the oreat labor organizations of this country on the liquor question must be decided, according to the commission on temperance of the Federal Coun- cil of the Churches of Christ in Am erica, which reported at today's ses- sion of the quadrennial meeting of the council.
 In it's report the commission speaks of "a big fight in the labor fedora tion coming soon." It says:
 "Various groups in the Federation have from time to time made an at tempt to open the discussion, and at the convention of the American Fed eration of Labor held in San Fran cisco, during November, 1915, num- Der of resolutions were brought to the convention by various delegates seeking to have action, favorable to the liquor business, taken by the con vention. But these resolutions were hastily withdrawn when the conse- quence of such action was brought home to the leaders, of the convention. However, there is no doubt that, in the near future, the entire question will be discussed by the American Federation of Labor. Such pressure is being brought to bear by the li- quor interests, that the Federation must decide definitely where it stands. This will result in the bitterest fight that has ever taken place at any con- vention of the Federation. Because of this, it is supremely important that a campaign of education be engaged in (by the churches) which will not only furnish material for those who must make this fight on the floor of the con- vention, but for the benefit of the rank and file of workingmen, who should support to the last degree the labor men who will be called upon to make this fight, and against whom all the bitterness of the liquor traffic will be hurled"
 Most Saloon Patrons Married.
 Saloon" the commission says:
 "It is a striking fact that married men spend more time in the saloon startling, because married life is SUD- posed to have a sobering effect upon man. Can it be that in many of these cases the home has failed tc function? For let it be said with all the emphasis possible, that in the last analysis the home must be the best substitute for the saloon. It is very generally true that men do not dc their part in making the home what ii should be from the social standpoint and perhaps too much has been saiG about wives failing to make them. selves and their homes more attrac. tive, thus driving their poor hus. bands to drink;' but the fact remains that careful student of the subject revealed that about twice as many married men go to the saloon as dc single men. This may be due to the higher idealism of the younger men, and it may also be attributed to the fact that they spend great deal o1 time in the company of their sweet. hearts, who naturally would not visit the saloon with them. Perhaps no sat isfactory solution may be found of this particular aspect of the problem un. til in some way it becomes possible tt . provide more cheerful homes fol working people, in point of ventila tion, light. space and general outlook This condition must be met by mer and women of large social conceptions It may be taken up by the municipal ity or the state-somebody must dc it, for it is unfair and shortsighted t. charge up to married men and won1er social sins and omissions for which they are only in part responsible"