The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-16
RELIGIOUS FORCES
IN BIG DRY FIGHT
AmaIeamation Of Association to Main.
tain Battle In Support of
Prob. bition

. /. d H.
New York, March 16,-A consolida-
ton of the religious forces which are
fighting liquor for enforcement of the
Iprohibition amendment in this coun-
TRY and for worldwide campaign as
well was announced Sunday. Attic
Catholics have been bitterly attacked
recently by Anti-Saloon League Of
Fficials as allies OF the rum trade,
1.-THE Catholic Priests Prohibition
League Is among the organizations
which have joined forces. The Anti
Saloon League is not included
Announcement of the Capitalization
Eof the dry" campaign was made by
the Rev. DIR. Charles lScanlon, of Pitts
| burgh, general secretary of the Presby
]terian Board of Temperance and Nor
al Welfare, who heads the movement,
and is in the city to perfect plans for
getting it under way. Its work will be-
gin officially at once and will be di-
Frected by the World Prohibition Fed
eration, an international Organization
which has grown ont Of the annual
prohibition conferences of recent years
| Thee will be amalgamated with the
| Federation both the National Temper
ance society of the Federal Council of
Churches. Other affiliated organiza.
tons are the Good Templars, the Sons
of Temperance, the Prohibition party,
the United Society for Christian En-
deavor and the international Sunday
School Association.
The plan has the official indorse-
ment of the Conference of Foreign
Missions representing the missionary
boards of the various denominations.
All the powers and funds OF the first
two bodies named are to be turned
over to the Federation.
The sponsors Of the movement lay
particular emphasis on the inclusion of
the Catholic Priests Prohibition
League as showing the wide scope OF
the effort. This league is headed by
Father George Zurchner of North
Evans, N. Y, and Father J. ]. Curran, |
of Wilkesbarre. Pa. The sponsors of
the movement, while making no com
ment. called attention to the fact that |
the Anti-Saloon League is not included. |
Officers Of Federation.
The World Prohibition Federation |
was organized to give effect to work !
done by the International Congresses |
on Alcoholism and has had an Ameri- |
can section, headed by DR.. Scanlon, |
since last November. The associate |
officers are Governor Miliken of Maine |
e-president-at-large Representative |
G. Fl. Randall, treasurer. Stanley Hun |
ter, of the Christian College in India.
secretary, and Miss Annie e. Oldroy, |
of the National Temperance society, |
assistant treasurer.
DR.. d. Stuart Dodge, son of William |
L. Dodge, former president of the Pres |
byterian Board of Home Missions, is |
officially connected with it. 1t already !
has work under way in the following !
countries: The unitetnStates, France |
England. Scotland, Ireland, Finland, |
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico. Brazil |
Chile, India, China. Siam and Persia. /
The federation begins work with |
control of four publications. Ma
tienal Advocate 1.-The Youths Tenn |
perance Banner" THE Water Lily |
and "The International Record" print |
ed in London. A feature of it's work !
VIII be campaign among the foreign !
Speaking people of this country through |
the inter-racial committee, of which |
Colonel T. Coleman du Pont is chair
man.
1t also will have charge of the prepa- I
rations for the international Congress |
on Alcoholism, which will be held in
September 81 to %. Con- |
gress has appropriated 100000 for this I
congress and forty-one countries are |
expected to send representatives.
An appeal to former members of the |
A. K. F. to support the enforcement of |
dry legislation was issued Sunday in |
the name of William II. Anderson, |
state superintendent of the AntiJSaloon |
League. He declared that the former
soldiers and sailors who have opposed |
the dry campaign are brewery tools" |