The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-02-25
Many Evidences Of comprehensive Plan to Break Down the
18th Amendment
VETS WELL ORGANIZED TO CHANGE LAW
ALSO ORGANIZED TO VIOLATE DRY LAWS
Systematic Efforts to Prove Prohibition Failure Being Made by These
Wet Organizations
ACTIVE AUTHORIZATION PROPAGANDA CONTINUES UNABATED

Smash Prohibition in five years. 1T
is becoming constantly more apparent
that this is the program OF the wet
interests in America. There can be
no doubtein the miiid of anyone ia
miliar with the recent developments
relative to the Eighteenth Amend
ment that the enemies of the dry law
are following out a well-laid, compre-
hensive, adequately financed plan to
overthrow Prohibition. While no
definite announcement has been made
it is certain that the objective has
been fixed and from the character OF
the wet campaign it is clear that a
time limit of approximately five years
has been agreed upon.
Plan of the Wet Attack
The activities OF the liquor forces
fall into three we'll defined divisions.
The first group OF wet enterprises
center around the campaign to secure
a change first in the enforcement
laws and then in the Constitution it
self. The second group OF wet or
ganizations is concerned chiefly i'll at
tempts to successfully violate the
present laws. The third group has
TO do with the carrying on OF a gigan-
tic anti Prohibition. propaganda cal
culated to support the two preceding
wet movements. That is. the propa-
ganda is designed both 10 influence
the securing OF a change in ihe pres
ent law and to excuse and encourage
\ iiuhor INV violations.
Work for Wet Congress
The national wet organizations are
bonbarding Congress at the present
time with pleas to amend the enforce
ment laws SO as to permit beer and
wine. The February number OF the
Champion OF Fair Play which is the
official organ OF the liquor interests
recently renamed and re-organized
as the Veterans OF Liberty says, "Our
members have been exceedingly busy
in having their petitions signed and
forwarded TO their Congressmen and
they have opened the eyes OF the
powers that be at the national Capt.
their campaign to petition Congress
in favor of beer and wine is given by
the Champion i'll an item asking that
petitions be sent direct to Washing
ton. ltasays that fully ten thousand
names have been sent to the Office of
the Champion to be forwarded. al
though it was originally requested that
all petitions be sent direct.
Other Organizations Active
The National American Issue re-
ports that ballot blank is being cir
culated throughout Missouri and Kan
sas seeking an expression on the
question, Are you in favor of light
wines and beer to be sold and used
for beverage purposes?" Similar bal
lots are probably being circulated
throughout the nation for the expla
nation is carried on the ballot that
it is being put out by the Good Eel
lows of America" This is one of
the more than dozen national wet
organizations formed since the ma
ton went dry.
New York Vets Gain Charter
Announcement is also made that
the National Order of Sphinx" has
been granted charter by the state
of New York. The attorney for this
organization is quoted in the New
York Tribune as follows:
"The National Order of Sphinx is
organized to battle vigorously for
personal liberty. 1t is secret fra
ternal body and it will be true to its
name of Sphinx and neither will it
disclose the personnel of its member
ship, its proceedings, nor its methods.
Its subordinate bodies, or cara
vans, will be organized in every con-
gressional district of the United
o'tates and its purpose will be to en-
- Sge in politics in non-partisan way
10 bring about the repeal of National
and to maintain, pre-
ser've and restore by all lawful means
TIE right and privileges of the citi-
zens OF the United States as vouch-
safed them by the Declaration of In-'
dependence and guaranteed to them
by the Constitution of the United
E>tates, and to remove by all lawful
ISleans all puritanical legislative re-