The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-01
ANNUAL MEETING
REFORM BUREAU

Washington, Dec. 29.--The going
into effect of national constitutio nal
prohibition on January l6 Is to be
appropriately celebrated In the ma
tional capital by whole week OF
conferences, banquets and public
meetings. beginning January H. II
will be the time of the whole year
for moral reformers to meet their
great leaders In and out of congress
and agree what reforms they should
carry on" In 1920 as the best cele-
bration OF past victories.
Most of the organizations that will
participate have already held their
annual national conventions, and so
will hold only brief executive meet
ings on this occasion.
But two orga nizations that make
this week their annual conclave, the
National Temperance council and the
International Reform bureau, will use
for public meetings, without overlap
ping, about all the time In that week
when no other meetings open to the
public are in session.
The International Reform bureau
will begin its twenty-fifth anniversary
on Sunday. January IL, with meet
ings In the Foundry Methodist. First
Congregational and Mt Vernon
tSouthern) Methodist churches.
At these and later meetings sena-
tors and representatives who are on
the bureaus board OF directors and
other eminent reformers will speak.
On January Il, the bureaus super
intendent, DIR. Wilbur F.. Crafts, and
Mrs. Crafts will be at home" in the
bureaus own building. Just east OF
the Library of Congress, for personal
xrtf Id
On January l3, Ii and 5 the. bureau
will conduct informal institute studies
OF gam bling and the social evil and
Sabbath desec ration and law enforce
ment. at tho bureaus main Office and
in near churches, some of these
studies led by Henry n. Pringle. the
bureaus law enforcement expert. who
has secured 2.250 convictions for vio-
lations of laws against commercial
tied evils. and is expected to take a
great part an the head Of q new citi-
xens inspection bureau In keeping
local law officials in big cities up to
concert pitch in tho enforcement of
the newest article of the constitu-
ton.
The bureau will have two or three
lunch and supper conferences to bring
together In a war council the iegisia-
tors who sponsor reform bills and the
people who must drive" them
through by informing, arousing and
expressing public sentiment. 1t is
expected that next" III, the iesisia-
tive program of these reformers win
be the Sims and Randall Sheppard
anti-gambling bills to prohibit inter-
state transmission of gambling de-
vices and bets.
The only Executive meeting of the
bureau will be from 10 1880 on
January Ii, when the directors hold
their annual business meeting. The
bureaus final supper conference will
be at $3.50 on January 49, just pre-
ceding the prohibition amendment
celebration in which the week cul-
inmates.
The meetings of the national coun-
Gil and national legislative confer
ence, which are substa ntially the
same. each OF them representing all
the national hafarnh arga nixattnrs that
united to promote national prohibi-
tion.- viii be hcll on the afternoon
Of fhe i 9Th and tn both forenoon and
afternoon of the 10th. The program
promises to be of special interest.
Hon> John Il. Kramer, federal .prohi-
bition commissioner, is to give an
address. Expected speakers. present.
ing the viewpoint and method Of APP
proach OF racial groups. are Rev. +.
X. Hertxfeld. for the Jews; Rev. r.
\. Corradini. for the italians: Rev,
I0hn B0kineider, for the Russians:
Rev. Charles A. Tindlcy and Rev, %.
Dewitt TNrpeau. for the negroes;
William Hung, of the Chinese Stu
denu Pr4hibltton associatiop. for the
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