The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-14
CAMP AfCN IS
 TO PUT OVER
 REAL BLUE LAW

Washington, July 14.---Active aei- tation for Nationwide blue laws be- gan here yesterday. It is proposed to procure legislation the most drastic has been suggested or known The proposed bill provides:
 Thereafter it shall be unlawful:
 For any person in the employment or the United States to work or carry on his ordinary vocation on Sunday.
 For any person or corporation to operate on Sunday any freight or pas senger train, or mail train ,or any other train or part of a train in the carrying on of interstate coumerce trade or traffic of any kind.
 For any Post Office to be open on Sunday or to deliver mail on Sunday for any mail to be carried or deliv- cred on Sunday by any employee of the United States. whether in city or country
 For any newspaper or other paper or publication published or purport- ing to be published on Sunday to be received, carried or deivered as mail by any agency of the United States in any Post Omce, or over any Eoute under the jurisdiction of the United States
 For any person or corporation en- gagged in interstate commerce or car rying on any business or vocation un- der the laws of or with the permis- sion or license from the United States or any of its agencies to do or carry on any ordinary vocation or business on Sunday, this purpose of this act imitation to 1onor the Sabbath Day and keep it holy, as God commands, thereby securing for all that opportu- nifty for spiritual and bodily refresh ments decreed by our Lord for the happiness of all men and the safety of all nations.
 Any person who does any of the things above declared unlawful or ing any of the things above declared unlawful, shall be guilty of a m1sde- meanor and punished upon conv1c- ton by a fine of not under $10o nor Imprisonment for not over SIX months if the discretion of the court
 Any corporation that does or a1os in doing these forbidden things shall upon conviction be fined ed not not less sh ,nan af1 fense, and upon conviction as second time for like offense shall forfeit It's charter and franchise and be enJolned from operating in interstate com marce, provided, however. that emer- sency instances of charity and neceS- sitv are not included nor punishable under the provisions of this act" Noah W. Cooper, Chairman of the Southern Methodist Sabbath Saving crusade, is here with a. committee o1 twe1ve-five who will aid him in urg- | ing speedy and effective action by l Congress A petition, printed in pam | phIet form, entitled, Appeal to oul 1 President and Congress for Nationa | Sunday Laws. by Southern Methods | Conference", is being distributed tt 1 all members of Congress. Senator | McKel1ar presented a copy just be. fore adjournment this evening. At tn | same time, he declared, he did no
 subscribe to the declaration set fortl
 and could not indorse the Legislation proposed.
 1 het- -t,4;.r +I,o+ -o,-o f1o-, 2 nm 900 people are represented in the pc
 tition, it is declared:
 we have hundreds of nationa
 laws to prevent the stealing and de
 struction of property and life, but al
 paost no national law to prevent tn
 destruction of the Sabbath. Our Ma
 ton licenses our interstate commerce the biggest in the world, to run it
 Sunday train. newspapers and othe
 business for profit in open vio1adio of Gods commandment.
 l "Our Nation permits and require many postal and other employees t
 work on Sunday.
 5 strained or led through our Sabbat breaking interstate commerce int , the terrible habit of Sabbath break l ing.
 "Our present pace kept up will i
 twenty-five years put us like Israe , into Babylon, like Sabbath breakin Europe into ruin.
 3 Mr. Cooper, Wno heads the move ment is a wealthy lawyer, of Nasf l vile and a brother of Wade H. CooI S CT, the banker of this city. He sa: l many representatives today and whi = circulating about the House gave ol
 this statement:
 tsWe represent the sentiment of 10 :. 100000 protesting Christians of th Q South, who wish our Nation save f from destruction. If Senator wei to sell our Governments secrets to
 | foreipp foe we would punish him fS
 treason. We won't stand for ar !. | movement that openly speaks to d. a stroy our Nation Yet Congress licensing treason far worse tha s licensing of our insterstate commert :. to po1lute and destroy the Sabbat
 This is treason to God. to our for
 fathers, to GIT independence and
 l our highest dut1es.
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