The Washington herald., 1920-09-24
DRY CONGRESS AGHAST
WHEN OFFICIAL FLAYS
ANTLSALOON LEAGUE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

AON AANGED hOM EAbb OENhs
device of this person to turn the
prohibition movement in New York
State into an anti-Catholic and Jew
ish program should cause his ban
ishment from any civilized nation"
Scores Lax Methods.
Coler then turned for a few mo-
ments to his prepared speech in
which he quoted from a letter from
DIR. Mortimer D. Jones, medical su-
perintendent of Kings Hospital
New York. He also quoted from
the records of the Bellevue Hos
pital of that city showing that
while there has been a general de-
cline in the amount of alcoholism
since prohibition went into effect,
that lately there had been a. sudden
increase. Then, turning from his
paper with. the remark that that
will go into the record" he -ex-
claimed:
That is due 20 the utter freedom
with which liquor is dispensed in
the Borough of Brooklyn!
My complaint against the Inter-
nal Revenue Department is that
they are making no attempt to
catch people in high places" he
said. The Prohibition Commits
sioner. if he wanted to, could catch
governors, Senators, Congressman,
mayors,
Everybody Ducks
The city of New York could be
cleaned up in sixty days if the De-
partment of Justice and the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue could
work on the level together. Every
body has ducked Even the Anti
Saloon League ducked after the
convention, Both candidates for
President seem to be ducking more
or less.
We here have not heard any
thing from Senator Harding on or
% the porch. Gov Cox said il
elected he would enforce the law.
I would prefer it if he said he be-
lieyed in the law. It's up to the
Federal government right now to
be on the level"
Describing alleged conditions in
Brooklyn. he said that while the
hospital for the treatment Of a!co-
holism used only 700 gallons of
ri
hail saloon that. got its license
from the Federal officers to sell
liquor for medical purposes used
more in one week thar all the hos
pitfalls in New York used in enc
Year,
Get The Man Higher Up.
Il am prepared to take steps to
geet the fellow in the high places.
We want to get some bird who is
worth while if we've got to reach
into the heart of the government.
-Nt least. some of the departments
will have an opportunity to get
some Of OVr own people"
Edwin c. Dinwiddie, chairman of
the congress, introduced kramer
next. with the statement that every
body knows he is an honest man"
Kramer began:
' think you have listened to some
pretty plain statements from what
presume to be a plain citizen of
this Democracy. l enjoyed them
very much. They were along the
line / have been hearing for some
months past. l am thinking of
having an interview with Brother
Coler after I am through"
Stating that there were un-
dOubtedly crooked men in New
York, he exclaimed:
But if you know the crook ed
men in New York. tell me-Iu get
them"
Anderson Answers COIer.
The introduction of light wines
and beer. Kramer said. would mean
the end of prohibition.
william II. Anderson. State su-
perintendent of the Anti-SaIoon
League of New York. issued a
statement to the press following the
meeting. in answer to Mr.. COler s
attack. 1t read in part:
Anybody guilty of so gross a
breach of the ordinary COUrtesieS
and amenities as to inject Tammdny
politics and grievances into the
dignified deliberations of such an
International gathering as this, au-
tOmatically disCridits both himself
and what he says
At the evening session of the con-
gress. held in the auditorium of Cen
trail High School, DR.. c. W. Saleeby.
of London, chairman of the National
Birth Rate Commission and inventor
Of the trench helmet. outlined The
Verdict of Contemporary Science on
Alcohol in its Personal. National and
International Relations.
DR.. 4. =. Cook. of South Africa,
addressed the congress on The
South African Situation as Regards
Alcohol" and Rabbi Stetphen S.
Wise. of New York, in a speech on
Judaism in America in the Move.
ment Against Alcoholism" declared
that "'all that was necessary for the
rigid enforcement of the Eighteenth
amendment in New York was the ex-
preston Of such a desire from "a
popular government in Washing
ton ."