The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-06
Will Teach Prohibition and
Americanism in Large
Cities of America
TO CARRY WAR
INTO ALL COUNTRIES
Big Fund to Be Apportioned Between
State National and World Work -
Is, First Day of Prohibition.

WESTERVILLE, O., Oct. S.-Fifty
million dollars, as the financial neces-
sity; enforcement and stability of
prohibition in the United States;
ultimate world prohibition; closer CO.
operation among the state leagues
and of the state leagues with the
national organization; the tightening
up along all lines for 100 per cent
efficiency-these things are expected
to result from action taken in a con-
ference of the officials of the Anti-Sa-
loon League of America and the state
superintendent and headquarters com
mittees
/ A fiveyear permanent financial cam.
Ipaign was agreed upon, in which there
will be raised fifty million dollars for
state, national and world work on a
graduated scale.
intensive drive for twenty five million
dollars or more to be used in the Amer
icanization of foreigners and in the
world wide prohibition fight working
in foreign countries through the coop
GRAFTON of the World League Against
Alcoholism.
Ground work of the intensive spe,
cial drive will be begun at once. A
special organization to direct the work
will be made However, the real peroC
of the financial drive is expected to b,
the week beginning Jan. Is. the dat,
on which the constitutional amcndmen
becomes operative.
One of the things planned to be don
is to go before the people of the Unite,
States in public meetings and explai
to them the provisions of the consti
tutiOnal amendment and the enforce
mcnt act concerning which a great dea
= OF transformation, most of 1t promu
3 gated by the foes of prphibitinn. ha
& been circulated.
Amerlcanization of foreign elements
il was felt, would accomplish two re
n suits first, the incubation of prone
4 respect for law and authority. tn
teaching of persons hitherto used t
Intoxicating beverages that such bel
q erages arc not only unnecessary but al
h soutely harmful; and in the sccon
3 place, so showing to them the benefit
of prohibition in the United State
y that they viii be anxious to aid an
u lend their influence toward bringin
about prohibition among the people q
4 their native lands
1t IS declared by officials of the Ant
\ Saloon League of America that at til
a present time ID men sent over bv tn
league are in foreign countries workin
n with the temperance forces of thos
countries in campaigns to make til
countries dry and that just as soon &
4 the new program of the league become
known and resources are availabl
other men aTc ready to 90 into sti
other countries ON the same mission.
1t is apparent that in formulatin
the worldwide program the league
not attempting to thrust itself and j
activities upon unwilling peoples. b1
that the determination to aid in II
\ worldwide fight. has been reache
largely because of the Macedonia
cries that have come from other nj
tons for help and that have been u
tered for years, notably at the rece1
\ worldwide conference in Washingto
A few details of both the permaneI
4 program and the intensive effort r
main yet to be settled However,
Il may be announced that every state w
be expected to raise an apportionme
4 consistent with its ability and circu1
stances.
Belief is expressed that many DC
sons hitherto Indifferent to the prol
bltion cause and not a few who we
opposed to prohibition. will be oil
now that it has become the law of +
land, to cooperate with any progra