The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
UPLIFTERS HOPE
FOR PASSAGE OF
BROAD REFORMS
Gambling, Narcotics, I'm
pure Movies and Divorce
Are Among Subjects.
WANT PURITAN SUNDAY
Effort Also Made to Get Ma
tional Law Passed AbOl-
lshlng Racing.
WASHINGTON SCEPTICAL
Plan for Driving Programme
Through at Short Session
May Get Rude Jolt.
WASHINGTON SCEPTICAL
special Despatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C.. Nov. -.

Professional reform organizations,
some of which centre here, are count
ing on the coming short session OF
Congress to try to have enacted into
law some of their programme for up
lifting and purifying the American
people.
Blue law" Sundays, the elimination
of gambling, enforcement of prohibi-
ton, breaking up the dope" trade,
uniform divorce laws for the whole
country. censorship of motion pictures
that the young may not be led astray,
and other objects are embraced in the
big programme the various reform or
ganizations contemplate.
Many Separate Movements.
1t was emphasized here to-day that
there is no federation between the or
ganizations. While many of them CO.
operate where their aims happen to be
the same, there is no concert of action.
For instance. the Lords Day Alliance
OF the United States has for it's primary
purpose the institution generally of a
Sunday where commercialized amuse-
ments will be banned-carried to its ex-
treme, a Puritan Sunday. The Interna-
tional Reform Bureau, with headquar-
ters here. has some ideas about reform
ing Sabbath observance, but this is not
by any means one of its foremost aims
The enforcement OF prohibition right
now is the main problem with which this
n,a Aizsat
f. Crafts. head of the organization since
It's foundation nearly twenty-six years
ago made this plain to-day.
The Methodist Episcopal Board of
Temperance Is another organization hav-
ing programme mapped out This or
ganization. of course, Is mainly inter-
ested in temperance and enforcement of
the prohibition amendment, as its name
implies. Those interested in 1t have
more nj .derate views on the subject Of
Sunday observance. As It was ex-
pressed to-day, they want an American
Sunday" rather than a Puritan Sunday.
The International Reform Bureau
claims credit for the passage of eighteen
laws i'm the twenty-six years of its ex-
istence. DR.. Crafts cited to-day among
the organization. the passage OF
divorce law for the District of Columbia
similar to that in effect in New York
state which the doctor elieves to be a
good one; the elimination of divorce
colonies in what formerly were terri
tories of the United States: passage of
the Red Light" injunction law extend
ing the law covering transportation Of
obscene matter in foreign commerce OF
the United States, as well as in inter-
state commerce, as was formerly the
only prohibition: passage of a national
anti-betting law. such as is now in force
in the District of Columbia. which re-
suited in the abolition of the Benning
race track for regular meets.
Claims Credit for Dry LAW.
DR.. Crafts takes credit for the origin
OF the wartime prohibition enactment
with some aid from the Capitol, he said,
his bureau drafted the law. which In the
hands of Senator Sheppard (Tex) and
the President was slightly changed and
put on the statute books.
Another reform instituted by the In
said. was securing the action which
forced the St Louis and jamestown
worlds fairs to close on Sundays.
DR.. Crafts pointed out to-day that the
International Reform Bureau would last
as long as the Capitol itself lasted Once
prohibition really Is enforced. IL this rs
possible, there will be no reason for con-
tinuing the life of the Antl-Saloon
League. for instance. However. the In
ternational Reform Bureau. with its
four sided crusade against intemper-
ance. impurity. gambling and Sabbath
breaking. expects that 1t will find work
TO do along one or more OF the lines for
a great many years to come.
The organization OF the International
Reform Bureau comprises only little
more than dozen actual workers Dr.
Crafts said. Most Of these are here. DR..
Crafts said. One man Is In Peking.
China. engaged in trying TO check the
trade in opium and its derivatives. An
other man Is in Boston The Rev Rob
crt Watson of New York city Is connected
with the bureau Canon W. $. Chase
OF Brooklyn likewise Is connected with
the bureau. according TO DR.. Crafts.
Canon Chase particularly dcvotes himself
to propaganda and work directed against
professional pugilisni.
The Rev. Henry y. Pringle, assistant
superintendent FOR the Reform Bureau. Is
one of the most active agents of the
organization. Or. Crafts recounted his
recent deeds in Norfolk where the as
sistant superintendent Carried on almost
single handed a drive against whiskey
selling and supposedly immoral dives.
This resulted in many arrests, fines and
prison sentences.
The International Reform Bureau is
financed entirely through gifts. Or
crafts said There are some $4,000
members. and in addition many or the
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