The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-24
COLER LAUNCHES A BITTER ATTACK
 ON DRY WORKERS
Charges Open Violation of Dry Laws and DenounceS Head
 of New York Anti
 Saloon League
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 Washington, September g. Pr alibition enforcement officials, the Ner York branch of the Anti-Saloon League, and its superintendent, William H. Anderson. today by Bird S Coler New York com missioner of public welfare, in speech today before the International Congress Against Alcoholism.
 MT. Colers prepared address, although censored by officials of the congress to eliminate personalities, charged "open violation" of prohibition laws and ac- cused MT. Anderson of attempting to in- cite race and religious hatred.
 Prohibition Commissioner Kramer an- swered the attack on his bureau per- sonally; Mir Anderson, who was absent, replied in formal statement in which he accused Mir. Coler of injection of meeting.
 Mir. Coer explained as preface to his speech that when he reached the hall where the sessions of the congress arc being held he was informed by Chair man Dinwidde that he would not be per- mitted to deal with personalities. but that the remainder of the speech could be delivered. Launching into his speech, Mir. Coler leveled bitter attack on the mass of dry workers. particularly those associated with the Anti-Salool League, saying they were buck passers' and had not forced the candidates of either major party to take a definite stand as to retention and enforcement of the pro- hibtion lawSr AS for federal enforce ment of prohibition, the speaker de- manded that something be done right now"
 LIQUOR EASY TO BUY
 There was no reason for quibbling, he added because Everybody knows liquor can be bought at most places ana at most any time, if you've got the right look in your eyes.
 If the prohibition enforcement off eials don't take hold Of this situation quickly" MT Goler continued, there II be a worse scandal when this adminis- tration goes out than there was in the old whisky ring twenty-five years ago m tired of going after the poor little devil 1 want the enforcement corps to get somebody that eounts-even among their own numbers, in the very heart of the government
 II could give many names right nQ~ myself but they would know stF Ire lleft this platform that tnas ia pe sought.
 .lhe prohibitioT. esi 5se lsx wanted to, ANs oaa ee
 and coulf Cana tip sanAs9F@. Na fedora cess Ard sc@Ny 3t III violatlo pf tha liqna Ntsg vftss could be cleAaeI up 5N, da buft the departures el ia -,-e anu ! ht mers bure t ,ne sther acvl alAef5 ' department nave got to WI tes- gether. As it is. everybody's ffS The Anti Saloon League has eASM4as Even Cox and Harding have duel w F%r cept when heckled, and that's no SeE isfactory way to get assurances
 ADMITS PARTLY TRUE
 Replying to MT. Coler's char9sH ef violation of the prohibition laN #sx# Kramer said that Ito conside-aRS Se f1+ tent" they were true, but he insisf ~ New York commissioner should pFqSffs 4 pill of particulars" in order ta'AE taH small force of the bureau might5fn where to go on the trail of bootleggers. He told the congress he was doin aia 'level best" to enforce the laws bi planed that his force nlmbeIed aikE 1000, adding: Think of that ny policing 11000o,00o people, Tor th fa what it Is policing
 After officials of the congress ha Sr. clined to permit delivery of that pa M his speech referring to MT. Ande # Mr. Coler gave 1t out in the form * public statement. in which ne cn' fe8 him with an attempt ito gain sq ligions and races at each q Ff throats.'
 "The desire of this person to tur sA prohibition movement into an Catholic and Jewish programme, N statement said, should cause his AsN lishment from every civilized nation Atae derson uses the Anti-Saloon Leaglse pA New York to launch crusade otat F. otry which is nearer his heart than the cause which he is paid to represent. with saloons wide open under his own eyes he attacks another faith ana cries, Wolf, wolf? when there IS no wolf in order that hfs own failures may | not be known. He has destroyed tne responsibility of the league in the state of New York
 Mr Anderson, in his reply to the charges, said:
 "Any statement that l have made an attack upon any chuch is utterly untrue But fear of misrepresentation has deterred me from exposing anu thwarting the Tammany scheme 10 cap italize politically against prohibition the influence of a great church many of whose clergy and lay members nave been noted leaders in the right to de- stroy the liquor traffic. Although the two speakers cenci"aee their papers and arguments ar toSar ' session, the delegates wanted to nesf more of it and voted to open the twe ! papers for discussion tomorrow, meet ing an h sar earlier to avoid changes m the regular programme. | Cardinals Lay Foundation