Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-07
Circulation livery 1CO01
Evening Yesterday i COOA
THURSDAY, APRIL :, 1921.
PLEASE

>FIF.pETERMINA ALTON. PLEASE'
Tho Anti-Bluc League of America,
Incorporated. has been granted a Della
W.r, charter. and its officers announce
that they intend 10 wage war against
me enactment 81 so-callcd blue laws"
either IN the respective states. or by
M Nation.
Nccordine 10 q statement given 70 the
buc. thc gentlemen sponsoring this
aeuc intend 20
..ate,t tile. American sunday az a
ate af lr-t. religion ard recreation,
.pt.u~,d ahhc a. tho open Cont
r,rt.I SUNDAY and 10 the austerc
ruritanic sunday ~ the seven
J,,t.th Century. both bciug foreign
and am American
t,,ncr.lIy a. voice conservatism
t44n~t tho extremes of tho present
Ut. rforaEand1. which would dc
tr1 uh,rty with lbcrtnisn on the
tt hand aud with the purcatrrdI
t.,--lou on thu ether.
I. stand mpTnmisiuSlN Tor
t-,.r,atlNc government ob"di-
t IT, law and respect for those
Ell authority
TU I.agu, ,hartcr states that i
an rronzattnu fir profit and
u.r ,ao,, wilI - n. capital stock. An
having attained tho age r y
u~ lut,us II the United states ana
m,mucr- u any organization favor
ra the overthrow of conservative gov
.rnucnt Ot the destruction of private
property, shan b. eligible as members
Fl this corporation. the public is in
formed - yes. there is tho little mat
ier Il au,s-SIe 3 year TO bc subscribed
+, sustaining members and 81 a year
b hoi-p pollol * IS not known where
ms money will 90. but it Is presumed
mat il will hc used for tho cause"
Tho initial announcement Of the
Anu-rIuc League ~ America, Incor-
poratcd. i interesting. but it docs not
answer many questions which naturally
ARISE. and IL which The public viii
eventually L. Interested. First. one
m.rht ask who arc the people behind
thr Anu-Bluc League ~ America. In
.arporatod. We know the mon who
are agtatng for strictcr Sunday OBJ
seryancc: they are mainly ministers Of
national note and regardless OF the
merits o. dement's - their contentious
the, have boon exceedingly frank in
stating thcir purposes aud in giving
.a, names d The mon who indorsc their
,alons
.lt wha, q The Anti-Eluc League OF
tm,uea incorroratcde tt, officers
..J ~, rot nationally known with
...s~J, aae eN-er,.ur ,he> are "un-
eoevu- il - rather strange that
eraHt ~ ouHEnovns haAne from New
prI,sus. IA L.a,enworth. Kas.. Gin
einuau ohio. s. Louis. Mo Pittsburg.
ia and D,haue, ONO should suddenly
orraml, ir Tins manner.
lar d, t from Every Evening to i'm
uu-n tho motives ~ tho gentlemen who
- Ura1rly u!s., then names before the
eubae~ eaa, Thus is grand. glorious
uua Gree country. and Il there is room
for Hae nv advocates in our fair
.a.r.- there certainly should be space
Jpr the mcmbers Of the Anti-Blue
laruo ~ America. Incorporated. But
au, naturally wonders il certain liquor
iorcts or motion picture groups or
.thcrs which have been planning 10
sput Sunday into several different kinds
- smithereens. are hiding behind the
curtain
Every Evening. together with other
newspapers and individuals. appreciates
the efforts which these distinguished.
though unknown persons are going to
make IN our behalf But is it not pos
sible that this league may IN time be-
come even more dangerous 70 our lib
critics than amy group Of blue loscs"
ever could
Suppose that the residents in q noun
tain town u Tennessee should decide
that they did not wish baseball played
within the corporate limits on Sunday.
and passed an ordinance 10 prohibit
such desecrauon. Would il BE- quite
proper for the SIX officers Of the Anti
Bluo League of America Incorporated
o. descend upon that hamlet. and de-
mand that baseball bc played in the VIII
lage churchyard while the parson
prayed? Would not such action be as
illogical as the efforts Of a clique Of
Boston 'bIro noses" TO close up say. the
roo in Wilmington. because our resi-
dents honestly enjoy strolling there
~ sabbath afternoons?
Eyrry Evening does not endorse the
blue law' movement nor the Anti
Itac League II Au..r.sa Incorporated;