Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1920-12-22
NO ATTEMPT TO
:. FORCEBLUELAW
'Egged on by Theatrical
Trust and Vets, Declares
DR., Crafts
GO TO-MISSOURI,
HE DECLARES

WASHINGTON. Dec, 22.-The entire
. country deceived by a few news
papers and the Theatrical Trust, +"
has been plunged into sens
panic Of fear over imaginary blue
laws merely because OF an announce
ment Of a meeting OF the Inter
national Reform Bureau,
made public by that Organization as
seris, Or, Wilbur F, Crafts, head OF
the organization, in this complaint.
tells Tile newspapers, which he re-
CARDS as the chief offenders In mis-
Stating Lhe objects Of the bureau, TO
90 10 MISSOURI, apparently bcneN ing
tiiat stale Is good synonym for the
name OF the place that no good re-
t0rnrr mentions outside tho pulpit.
Ihis tumble, started as new iit
Of delirium tremcns in New York
sanctumS which have been seeing
things ever since prohibition came,
now provides variations OF the song.
Inc Worst Is Yet TO Come" the
bulletin declares, and adds:
some OOngrcSsmen, Governors and
even ministers, with thousands Of the
rank and ilo Of our democracy. have
been Stampedcd by the howl about
blue laws raised by anti-prohlbi-
Non, anu-Sunyiay newspapers, egged
on by the Theatre Trust and some
other un-Amcrbcan forces.
I'm the program OF the lnterna-
honal Reform Bureau no sunday law
. Of any Kind was included, because
The only sunday law pending, a very
moderate one, for the national capital
was being taken care OF by the local
sOoety. The bureaus legislative pro-
gram. scheduled for discussion at the
meeting, included only the strength
cning OF enforcement laws relating 10
dope and drink. the suppression Of in
terstate gambling by messages and
machines and Federal regulation Of
q motion pictures.
No sane man would say these bills
are visionary. But newspapers, whose
present ubscsSiOn Is TO make prOdiDi-
ton ai.l all its hackers odiOus, either
maliciOusly or ignOrantly added to
this IrOgram a proposed Sunday rest
bill that was never introduced in Goa
greSs and was never Endorsed by any
reform organization.
. These papers declared that The bill
was being pushed by a secret trust OF
the International Reform Bureau, the
Lords Day Alliance and the Ant-Sa-
the whole land was singing in won
derful accord, The Blue Laws VIII
Get you II You Don't Watch out,
not without aid from the alarmed
Theatrical Trust. There Is a tragic
Side 10 this demonstration OF how
nearly the wfsfE press and the whole
people OF democracy can be fooled
by an absurd lie out OF whole cloth
III Tie thousands OF newspapers
that hare been deceived by a few
Into a S1Ost dance designed to pre-
vett enforcement OF real laws by my
thical pictures OF DOGGY bills had
ioined disappearing the antelope bill
we might have given It 70 the nation
and the whole world as a. Christmas
gift
II is not too late 70 do that n the
press Will rally quickly 10 the great
est patriotic duty OF the hour, 10 save
China and American business In
China. and the addicts OF our OWL
country from the curse OF the vicious
use Of morphine. heroin and cocaine
The worst poisoning case in the his
tory OF crime is the International one
OF poisoning China, mostly with
American drugs shipped by japanese
sThe Reform Bureau Is entitled n
-the amonde honorable from every
editor VINO has offended, who IS q
good sport and true gentleman"
The other bills, besides the anti
dope bill. in which re Reform Blu
reau is interested are the SINISTER
ing and anti-gambling bill and bill
10 regulate movies. which they says
are mostly unit for any day"