Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-10-21
.VOLSTEAD CHANGE
WILL Be FOUGHT
OPPONENTS OF PROHIBITION
AMENDMENT PLANNING AN
Tl-BEER BILL CAMPAIGN
Society VIII Enter Home Fields OF
Senators Who Vote For Bill And
Present Matter to peo-
pie Direct

Washington-The troubles Of Mr..
volstead and the proponents of the
"antibeer'' bill will be far from ended
when that measure is enacted int. Jaw.
according to Captain william II. SHY
ton. founder and executive vice .presi-
dent of the National Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
who In q statement Sunday, said that
II the bill passes the senate ana Is
signed by President Harding, his SOC
iety will Immediately bring suit to test
its constitptionality. and will carry the
case to the supreme court, IL It becomes
necessary.
"This litigation" Captain Stayton an
nounced, twill be In charge of com
mittee Of prominent lawyers, doctors
and laymen who are members or the
association. After the law has been
declared unconstitutional, the assocla.
ton will go into the districts Of the
senators and congressman who voted
for It and will point out to their con-
stituents that they were duly warned
of the unconstitutlonallty Of the bill,
and that In spite of the warning apd
under the lash Of the Antlsaloon league
they sacrificed the Constitution of the
United States and voted improperly"
Captain Stayton announced that his
association is forming state and local
branches throughout the United States
with offices conveniently located In
large cities. and that in addition II Is
conducting huge mail campaign from
its principal offices at Washington.
"Every one of our offices is humming
with activity" he stated. ave have al
ready absorbed the memberships Of
several of the smaller liberal societies
that have been formed In Various parts
Of the country during the past few
years, and are this fall launching ma
tion-wide campaign, which we hope
will crystalline and make potent the
widespread and rapidly Increasing sen
timent against prohibition"
According to Captain Stayton, the
present membership of 100000 only
marks the beginning Of the work Of the
association. He expects that more
than a million voters will be enrolled
by the end Of the year, and said that
the necessary machinery Is now being
prepared to organize this voting
strength into an effective machine for
combating Antisaloon league candi-
dates and influence.
The literature of the association an
nounces that ii Is "a nationwide soci-
ETY. of reputable citizens who are work.
ing to repeal the Volstead law, to
curb fanatcism and rule by the minor
ity, and to restore liberty, prosperity
and self-respect to America" and that
brewers and distillers are debarred
from participating in its campaign,
The association does not advocate the
return of the saloons.
Among its prominent members are Il.
Dewitt Cuyler, Henry Il. Drayton, DIR.
Charles ID. Hart, the Rev. Archibald
Campbell Knowles, DIR. Collier f. Mar.
ton, DIR. Charles b. Penrose, DR.. j. N.
Beaver and William jefferson Guern'
sey Of Philadelphia Stuyvesant Fish,
Charles Sabin, Archibald Il. Roosevelt.
Kermit Roosevelt, Harrison Grey Fiske,
Vincent Aston and Albert ii. After
bury of New York; II. l.. AgasslZ, l.,
A. Coolidge and Charles S. Rackemann
of Boston General Felix A. Agnus, DR..
julius Friedenwald and Waldo New
conner of Baltimore