New-York tribune., 1920-12-03
Blues Resent
Suggestion of
4 Referendum
Lords Day Alliance Lobby
Says It's None of the
Public's : Business Where
Its Money Comes From
Borrow Methods Of Drys
Don't Reveal Full Aims at
First and Attribute to All
liz Foes Vicious Motives

Methods. IS we'll as men, are included
3. me Arti-Sa.ooa leagues contribu-
'9H - the crusade Of the Lords Day
>-.anee 20 SCI up Puritan Sabbath
throughout the United States Not only
will the blue lobbies De manned by the
sane experts who helped put over pro-
a'bition, but the highly perfected
processes the drys employed to acceler-
sc legislation will guide the csmpaign
o. 1nose who are determined 20 paint
re -nerican Sunday with q thick coat
ins = deep indigo.
4ae alliance. ike the league. saws it
rome of the public's business Who
contributes to its apparentlv well tlled
.reesvrv.
ao'h organizations bring pressure
- oear or lawmakers by having their
constituents food them with Letters
ard ,eiegrans of protest il they falter
p ooeylng the c.ctates of the re-
ferraers.
US, as :ae drys did the blues male
clear will blacklist and en-
asavor TO ga for ~eel action any leo
.Slator who dedes them.
Don't Want Referendum
Both the alliance ard league strong
resent tAe suggestion that the issues
.Aey EAlse are proper ones for decision
of popular referendum.
Neither the alliance no. tho ioscra
-esl,ates - aScrlDe vicious motives t.
members OF Congress or legislatures
10 oppose = program OF uphft.
ne ruc.eus and sustaining force e
so-n bodies lieS IN permanent commit
'r7s oil certaN- evangelical churches.
nm branches IN ev " state and sub
committees IN every community Of size
common inspiration for drys. blues
nd nost OF other reform movements
; round IN the international Re orn,
Bureau. O. Was irgton. which. bv a
system Of interlocking directorates. ex
erci7es g general supervision over all
o them.
Bu, perhaps the greatest point Of
similarity Deween the league and tho
illaNce is the st:atecy the one worked
- Sucn GOOD advants e and the Other
AoN Glowing OF rot revealing i
1l a.ate aims n the beginning.
ne ieaS4e moved step by s-ep
c-rn r9e various s.a~as o. local or
and Ike reguls ions mt ! the Vol
~tea- ect crowned it achievement. The
--l--ce .eys emphasis on Us inme i
az purpose OF attempting only the
ror olrion % cor1Mercial;zed Sunday
SPORTS and amusements.
Il ras only through deiving into the
pass Ecterances Of responsible leaders
fae 9ile law campaign tha. il was
ished that they are bent upon
faaliY wri ing INTO the statutes the
o. r. res sric-ions upon ~rrsonal
ttsecn. ding compulsory Sundar
a1-9a1Ance and the proaibl-io,.
. e-.re.tes
Rev. Wilbur Fisk Cratts. who
.ees over the des-ia.es Ct the In
2. Reform Bureau and who
-=- tn Loed's Day Alliance. in an
~ TIE t1irtiath arliyersary ex-
O. ,he .ast-named organization.
~ York Noveraber i0-12.
held -p the Puritan Sunday as
f1e -1-rart = all reforms He sad:
j. reasonable to suppose tina
.9-e who tiout Gods longe.- law nv
r- their Sundays IN movies and
F1ues vi. 'icht hard or long, t.
ale prohibition Of beer and vine
-1Cse ws0 hTeak the fourth COM
en- haoitusliv stani as c.iva,-
iialarads - defend .ne sacred
II zeX AMI marriage?
We bal need ne moral
tas- genera Sabbath obscrv-
oa. can supply . bring our
~ 1aca, nora :, II the .ter-the-
rr oc u cen such q Qositio1-far
factory a. ~o had attained
r+e7e me 'rar n ire natter Of cigar
gamo Is and otrer moral is