The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-09
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BY Maysville and Mason County Wo.
mans Christian Temperance I'm.
Ion ut Meeting Held Monday.

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At the regular meeting of the Mays
vile and Mason County Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, held
Monday, January 7. at the Chamber of
Commerce, the following resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, the heads of our gov
eminent and those who constitute the
war council of our nation are increas-
ingly emphasizing the necessity OF
conserving food as decisive measure
in winning the war, and
| WHEREAS, The manufacture of all
alcoholic beverages requires the use
Of food stuffs, and
WHEREAS, The Army and Navy
Departments are throughout the coun-
try urging the elimination Of prohi-
bition and veneral disease as essen
tial to military efficiency, and
| WHEREAS, The literature sent out
by the Commission on Training Camp
Activities and the subcommittee of
the Council of National Defense for
Civilian Cooperation in Combating
Venereal Diseases, throughout, cou-
Piles alcohol with prostitution and
venereal disease, now therefore,
BE 1T RESOLEvD, That we petit
ton the Representative from Mason
county and the Senator from the Thir-
ty-first Senatorial District in the 1915
session of the General Assembly OF
Kentucky, to work and vote for the
ratification of the amendment to the
Federal Constitution prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic bev-
erages. And,
FOR THE REASONS HEREIN BE.
FORE SET OUT, We further petition
our Representative and our Senator
to work and vote for a bill submitting
to the voters Of Kentucky, an Amend.
ment to the State Constitution prohib.
iting the manufacture and sale of al.
. coholic beverages, and,
WHEREAS, Military reports have
shown that the armies Of Europe hav,
been and are greatly depleted by thu
ravages of venereal disease, and
WHEREAS, Investigation disclosed
humiliatlng and menacing conditions
in our army on the Mexican Border
: and
| WHEREAS, Medical science ha
: shown that venereal disease is spreat
through the practice Of prostitution
Y and
WHEREAS, The War and Navy De
apartments are calling upon 1.-THE lead
ers among men and women Of ever,
town and village in the United State
to include Social Hygiene in thei
Iplans for preparedness" and
WHEREAS, The facts of economi
waste. social and economic injustice
sex caste, industrial inefficiency, dis
: ease. domestic unhappiness and mora
: degradation, are always against pros
i titution, and
WHEREAS. The imperative need Q
i America at this hour Is military Ell
. f1ciency, and
II WHEREAS, Whatever detracts frQi
e American efficiency can not be to
y Grated, but must be fought with ever
available agency, now therefore,
it BE 1T RESOLVED, That We pet
&c ton our Representative and our Ser
u ator TO work and and vote for a
! Injunctive and Abatement La
y against Houses Of Prostitution, and
= WHEREAS, The advertisement {
quack doctors and quack remedit
tend by deceptive and false pracut
to encourage prostitution and h
&c spread of venereal disease, now Their
fore,
BE 1T RESOLVED. That we pet
ton our Representative and our Ser
ator to work and vote for bill pr
" hibiting such Advertisements. and
= BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. Th'
we herewith urge our fellow either
II Of like mind TO join US In these pet
n tons to our legislators.
MRS. J. L. MCDOWELL, President
"a MRS. s. MACY HUMPHREYS,
,r Secretar