Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-17
STATE CHURCH FEDERATION
 HAS ELECTED ITS OFFICERS

The office of the Connecticut Fedora tion of Churches announces the cleo tion of the following officers and conn mittee chairmen for tho year 1923: Hon. orary president, Rev. William North Rice, Middletown; president, Rev. Rock we'll Harmon Potter, Hartford; vice pres ident, Rev. Charles o. Scoyllle, New Ha- ven; vice president, Rev. David Porter Gaines, Waterbury: secretary, Rev. Nor ris E. Alling, Hartford; treasurer, Rev. Charles Snow Thayer, Hartford. Six members of the executive board in addi- ton to the officers: Rev. Hal T. Kearns, Bridgeport: Rev. Herbert Judson White, Hartford Rev. John F. Johnstone, Hart ford; William NJ. Curtiss, Derby; Ernest B. Rogers, New London; Charles D. AL ton. Hartford.
 Committee chairmen: Evangelism, Rev. James McGee, New Haven. Religious Ed ucation, Rev. J. Beveridge Lee, New London Rural Life and Work, Rev. Geo. B. Gilbert, Middletown; Legislation, Rev. H. B. Belcher, Middletown; Interdenom- national Comity, Rev. ". N. Rice, Mid dletown; Law Enforcement, Harrison B. Freeman, Hartford; Public Health, E. B. Hooker, M. D., Hartford; Social Ser vice, Rev. William P. Ladd, Middle town; Finance, Arthur J. Crawford, New Haven.
 The committee on law enforcement pre- scented to the annual meeting of the council of the Federation the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
 'In view of persistent attempts to un-
 dermine the enforcement of the Eigh- teenth Amendment by misrepresenting its purpose and it's effects, the Connecticut
 Federation of Churches calls the atten-
 tion of it's constituency to the following facts:
 We, therefore, urge those who are rep
 resented in the Connecticut Federation | of Churches to use such influence as
 they possess to secure:
 (a) The appointment of prohibition off, ] flcers with sole reference to their hon esty and ability to enforce the law. (b) The exclusion of all enforcement officials from partisan political activi- ity;
 /! (c) The imposition of adequate pen alties by the courts, state and national : | (d) The discourag cement of the use
 Of alcoholic I inks on social occasions
 even when such use does not involve i violation of the letter of the law. The committee on comity reported five local federated churches formed dur
 ing the year or in process of formation |:
 Middlefeld, Southbury, Mapping, Bloom
 field and West Hartland
 ] The secretary, Rev. Morris E. filling, reported that at the New England Con i ference of State and Local Federations
 Connecticut was represented as follows
 State Federation, Rev. A. B. Coats, D. D.,
 Hartford; Arthur J. Crawford, New Ha-
 ven; Rev. Morris E. filling, Hartford Bridgeport Pastors Association, Rev.
 Hal T. Kear1s, Rev. Maurice J. Dunk
 lee and, Rev. Charles. W. Simpson; Wa terbury Ministers Association, Rev Lawrence. Dry; New Haven Pastors Union, Arthur S. Kimberly; New Lon don Council of Churches, Rev, J. Bev. eridge Lee, Rev Henry W. Hurlbut i;
 Hartford Council of Churches. Roy S Hurd.
 T The purpose of the Eighteenth Amendment is to diminish certain recog mixed social evils, such as dependency icrirne, disease, and waste, by outIawins the liquor traffic.
 , II The experience of nearly three year; tproves that this can be done, and w,