The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-10-04

which is recognized as the RESPONSE
bic factor in the possibility of final
achievement of National Prohibition.
The fact OF this achievement, which
is confidently expected through the
adoption of the National Prohibition
amendment, calls for the use of this
experience in meeting the world prob
lem. 1t has been manifested by many
countries that to-. America must they
look for experience and aid in meet
ing their problems.
1t is stated that the conference will
have in attendance the full role of
Anti-Saloon League workers. Not
only the national officers and workers,
but each state will send its state
board, its superintendent, district lead
ers and field secretaries. This will
bring together to aid in the delibera-
tons of the gathering the leaders and
workers directing the fight of this ma
ton for overthrow of the traffic here.
All of the church organizations will
be represented including the church
body leadership, prominent pastors
and laymen. There will be large
numbers of prominent men in the po-
litical life of the nation in attendance
among whom will be United States
senator's, congressman, state govern
ors, in fact embracing prominent men
of both state and national administra-
tive and legislative capacity identified
with the progress of reform in
America. The various social and
temperance reform organizations will
be represented. Business men of both
national and international connections
will participate There are expected
to be present many leaders and work
ers in the organized labor world. In
fact, as far as the United States is
concerned, the important agencies in
the life of the nation will aid through
proper representation in the sdelibera-
tons of the conference.
In speaking of the foreign dele
gates to be present, those leaders who
have the direction of the enterprise in
hand state that already there have
been assurances from many of the
countries that there will be full repre-
sentation to aid in the formulation of
the world wide movement. At the
present time there are representatives
of some of the countries already in
America and some from the remote
lands are on their way so as to arrive
here i'll time for the conference. 1t is
stated that some foreign representa-
tivcs are here now, they have come
several weeks ahead of the date for
the conference so as to have time to
study conditions in this country. En-
haustive investigation is to be made
OF the territory where the liquor traffic
has been discontinued.
The announcement as to the nature
of the conference is that there is no
defined action prearranged. 1t will
be for the meeting to work out plan
and provide the methods for carrying
on the work. The leaders of the
American Prohibition success are
merely arranging for the meeting, 60
ing only SO far as to have every detail
worked out for the success of the
gathering. Tho final action of the
conference can only be determined
by the conference itself, the ex-
tent and methods of operation to be a
matter of determination when the
representative forces of the interested
countries and institutions shall have
had opportunity OF studying together
the nature of the enterprise ahead
and are thereby enabled to properly
define the method of procedure.
The Anti-Saloon League OF America
has already done some work in neigh