The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-11
'Blue-Law' Leagues
Latest Camouaage of
Wet Organizers
Smoke Screen to Hide Attacks
Against Prohibition


efforts to smash Prohibition. For a
while these unassimilated, un-Ameri-
canized, anti : Constitution forces
fought Prohibition with arguments
against the law. Actual trial of the
Prohibition plan smashed all their ar
guments. Then they lowered around
for while defending the personal lib
erty anarchists who got in bad" with
the government in connection with the
traffic in illegal liquor. In this they
were so near the borderlinc OF dis
loyalty that they drew aside for a
while to discover some new line of at
tack. Then some wet genius, mas
ter mind among the legions loyal to
liquor invented the "b1ue-law" DOGGY
man. Since then anti-blue law organ
izations have sprung up like weeds
and writer's in the public press hys-
terically raved against the mythical
blue-law crusade. The organizations
and the anti-blue agitators are all the
same old wet crowd. They are the
fellows who are blue about the dry
law. That is the only "blue-1aw"
foundation for their activities. By
shouting warnings against blue
laws" they hope to get rid of the dry
laws. They hope to scare the people
so badly with warnings about blue
law ghosts that the people will let
them sneak back the outlawcd evil
spirits. Here is the proof.
The Ohio Anti-Blue Law Bunch
In Ohio the blue vets got together
in Cincinnati The national edition
of the American Issue says:
"The first action taken by the so
called Anti-Blue Law Association of
Cincinnati after it was launched the
other day was TO pass resolution
protesting against the enactment of
the Miller bill providing for a state
bureau for the enforcement of the
Prohibition laws.
/ Pretty good evidence, isn't it, that
the old wet crowd is using the
trumped-up agitation against the So
called blue laws to cover its agitation
against the liquor laws.
THE truth is, the enactment OF Sun
day blue laws are not contemplated in
Ohio or any other state. There is no
movement on the part of any re-
ligious societies or great organiza-
tons like the Anti-Saloon League to
have such a law enacted, and yet all
over the country organizations are
being formed for the purpose of COM
batting movement which does not
exist, a ~ -.e s.a
ut is safe guess that the whole
scheme is being used by the vets for
the purpose of organizing their forces
under cover of a name designed to
deceive The public
Illinois Blue-Wets incorporate
Last week the Chicago papers an
nounced the formation of an anti
Blue Law League" in Illinois. This
is the way the Journal told the news:
Opposition to any attempt to suf-
fuse Sunday with the indigo tint is
the purpose OF the Attribute Law
League OF America, which has OBJ
tanned state charter
" 10 oppose the laws that infringe
on the personal rights of the people
OF America, reads the charter.
Those who petitioned for the char
ter are James ID. Robertson of the
J. d. Robertson Printing Company
5oS South Dearborn street; Ernest A.
l eieh OF lhe Il y. ie'ch q Co., feai
.S'ae' oo' oou'i i-aodiie street, ana
n. Ddnieis' secretary Oh the Man
"iae,'fers ana Oeaiefs assoc'atioh'
"iiieh mas represented iiquor inter
nope ioi 'oo'ooo members
ACCORDING 10 MI DdiiieiS' 'he new
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