New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Pastor. ReneWs
His Attack ON
Dry Leader
Reveals Anderson's Program
as Outlined i'm Secret
Conference Held in New
York Last December
Ten Years. Fight Planned
Workers Assured of Jobs
for. Long Period, With
Probable Increase In Pay
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ALBANY, March 0-The Rev. VIII
liam H. Freeman, pastor Of the Pres
byterian Church at Carlisle, Schoharie
County, former field worker for the
Anti-Saloon League, and who yesterday
charged that the league was not an
agency Of the churches, but. on the
contrary. practiced duplicity upon
churchgoers, made q fresh attack TO-
day on the league and its superintend-
ent, William II. Anderson.
In formal statement entitled ''The
December, 1919, State Workers Con-
ference of the Anti-Saloon League held
in New York City," the Clergyman gives
what he purports to be an inside view
Of the workings Of the league.
This conference, which Mr. Freeman
says was secret. was attended by Mr..
Anderson and lasted for two days.
The chief worry Of the leagues
workers, he said, as expressed at this
conference, was that, with the Federal
would lose their jobs.
Mr.. Anderson, he says, told them not
to have any such fear, az they would
be kept buster than ever during the
next ten years trying to mako the
whole world dry. And to cheer up the
dropping spirits Of the Anti-Saloou
League workers Mr.. Anderson held out
q promise Of an increase In salary for
all hands.
Given Option to Ignore Church
In an attempt to Justify his charge
that the league is not an agency Of the
churches, Mr.. Freeman declares that
at this conference it was left to the
various divisions of the league to de-
eide if they should ignore the clergy
and the churches in obtaining contri-
This, Mr. Freeman said, was deter
mined upon after two field workers
who had been unusually successful in
obtaining the contributions ascribed
their success to ignoring. the ministers
when they went into town and to get
ting, instead list Of the wealthy
widows.
The investigation of the Anti-saloon
League will probably get under way
before the end of the month. Mr. Free
man and seven other clergym
of whom are said to be directors of the
league-will be among the first wit
nesses called. All have volunteered to
testify.
Tells of Anderson's Program
In his statement Mr.. Freeman said,
in telling of Mr.. Anderson's handling
of the conference.
"'The New York State League will
engage ITSELF he said, 'in the enforce
ment of national prohibition by the
Congress Of the United States We
have also upon us, he said, the burden
Of the work for worldwide prohibition.
what was to be done within it's own
border following ratification is clearly
indicated in letter TO the Staff and
Members of the Force by the assistant
state uperintendent Of the league pre-
ceding the conference Commenting in
this letter upon the subject of law en-
forcement, he says: we aim to procure
the right condition and not merely get
convection. :. Our work will
consist not so much in hiring detec-
tlves and getting convictions as it will
in aiding the people to assert their
own rights and in leading them to the
view. that the remedy lies in proper
legislation plus the kind of police.
sheriff, attorney and judge who will
guarantee enforcement
lust reflect upon that assertion in
the light of the leagues assumption Of
agency of the churches The league
mas stated here program Of action
Tor 10Y itself, which; upon its theory Of
churches. And this, too, clearly fol-
lows that the churches must be deemed
TO have sanctioned officially the meth
ods which the league is adopting to
give reality to its program. No self
respecting church and no broadly
poised minister of the Gospel would
consent to an alliance with any such
program. The Church is too deeply
committed to the doctrine Of the DE-
veiopment of civic righteousness by
patient admonition to consent tn he.
come .;a1. servant of the doctrine of civic
righteousness by coercion The leagues
program of action linked in any way
with the churches cannot fail to lead
the churches into social conflict. from
which they cannot escape without the
permanent impairment of their highest
virtues
The league has not put into exercise
those elements of good will, that pa
tience of action, that poise Of purpose.
mat dignity OF mission which have
brought to the Church the confidence
the respect, the admiration and al,
Ieglance of the~mass of the neon1a
ine Church cannot stand for public
encouragement Of public achievement
us institutional cornerstone is an nm.
1oIdlng moral and civic Righteousness.
consistent with the sobered vision snS
progressive assimMative efsciencv ~
the worlds fold. 70
Explains Use Of "Meat Axe"
1T Is safe to say that the field work
yields larger revenue than the Snr-
Gay address. One small but represen-
satNe saa city Of the state yielded $500 or
e'Vo from a house-to-house canvass of
IL; ~ MS piece of work was unfinished
whe withdrew from the leapue h,t
1eei safe IN asserting that the total Of
the results of the Sunday services IN
,nat city does not reach by manv dol
lars the result of the house -tn.ho,s.. w.,
canvass. With these figures in mind
one can readily see something Of ~
enormlty of the leagues moneys whan
all of the cities of the state are thnr
oughly canvassed.
An interesting question was s,b.
mitted to the state superintendent st
the conference. He was asked whv hs
used the "meat axe" He answered yerv
promptly: 81 use the meat axe. he.
cause 1T is effective and because there
Is nothing else effective" He advised.
however. that no member Of the lea pa.r
force undertake the meat axe" mafSo.,
The public is beginning to under.
stand the significance of the words
meat axe" he added.
Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvillier. ono
OF the TAmmany dclera+iou hove - =