Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-19
SPENT a considerable portion


of yesterday with William E.
- Johnson, field marshal of the
prohibitionist forces of North
America, who is reported to have
done more to make the United
States dry than any other other
man.
. Mr.. Johnson, known far and
wide as "Pussyfoot," has come to
England, in his own expressive Ian
guage, to get behind your people"
He was yesterday established in
commodious Fleet Street offices.
The Anti-Saloon League has sent
it's best men to England-sent them
with carte blanche in strategy, tao
tics and finance.
Others are coming in large num-
bers, men, women and experts, in
cluding w. ]. Bryan. Meanwhile
"Pussyfoot" Johnson is invisibly
clearing the field for action. l found
him hard at work debating to a
girl typist. On his desk were lit
tered books and pamphlets of the
kind that will shortly flood the
country. On the walls hung post
ers that will soon crafty or offend
as the case may be, the views and
susceptibilities of millions of people
in the country.
The one "Pussyfoot' johnson
takes most pride in shows a giant
nutshell in the two opening shells
of which are written:
First shell: "When booze is
inside of somebody else, is it
liable to do you any harm?"
Second shell: When booze
is inside you, is it liable to do
somebody else any harm?"
Across both shells: You
know it is"
Questioned with regard to his
plans, "Pussyfoot" Johnson said:
Your British organization has been
at us for a year to come here. The
whole thing has been in response to
their asking. We are going to teach
them how to get this country dry.
I have reported to my headquar-
ters that the situation here is en-
tirely different from that at home,
but that it is far from being as
hopeless as it appears on the sur
face.
Campaigners, $500 a Month.
"Our workers who come over are
going to be paid by us s300 a month
and upwards. The United King
dom Alliance may, of course, pay
their expenses when they speak at
their meetings, but we will pay their
expenses as well.
"Our steady income at home is
about l 1-2 million dollars a year,
although, of course, we have got
other capital. Besides we have
one half million regular subscrib-
ers and the same number of ir-
regulars
Are you going to butt in on
our elections?'
why, yes. Our intelligence SER
vice will keep us informed as to
whether a district is possible and
down there we will send our cam
paigners."
"Pussyfoot" Johnson handed me
list of the organizations he pro-
poses getting behind" They en-
brace the entire United Kingdom,
and include legislative, general,
sectional. religious, friendly, wo-
! mems, juvenile, educational, phil
anthropic, county and district, the
Church, as we'll as branches of the
alliance. I'VE are going to co-ordi-
nate the effort of all these organiza-
| tions," he said, "and get one big
punch out of them"
Asked if employers of labor in
the United States had quite a lot
to do with employees going dry
"Pussyfoot" Johnson replied. "Oh,
yes; we got behind the big employ
ers and showed them that they
would get greater efficiency and
greater profits from dry workers
than wet" We propose doing the
same thing here. That is one of
our principal points"
Buying Newspapers.
Then we talked about the cinema.
"Pussyfoot" Johnson said the
cinema had been a great friend to
| them. I'VE are getting films across
here, ordinary strong dramas, all
! leading up to one idea"
What about getting behind a
few newspapers"
well, we have got thirty five
newspapers over in the States. We
buy one here and there when it is
! a paying policy. suppose we may
! do the same here eventually. It's