The New York herald., 1922-09-22
DRYS SEEK Big SUM
TO WINN. Y.ELECTION
Anderson Warns Workers
of Activity of Vets and
Their Chances.
500, 900 TO $780, 900
Confidential Letter Mailed
to Churches Asks I'm
stinted Aid i'll Fight.
NATION POLL BELITTLED
Prohibition Leader Does Not
Believe in Literary Di-
gest's' Figures.
NATION POLL BELITTLED

The AntiSaloon League is prepar
ing TO spend money lavishly this fall
to beat candidates Objectionable to its
leaders. In New York State alone the
organized drys will have to have at
least 100000 and possibly s250,000,
and the workers of the league political
machine are to be warned that a des-
perate fight may have to be waged
against the apparent drift away from
rigid enforcement.
The admissions of new encourage
ment for the vets, of a necessity for
the use of cash by the league and of a
hard fight in prospect are not made
publicly by William G. Anderson, su-
pervisor of the league. On the con-
trary, they are embodied in a conf
dental circular meant only for the
eyes of pastors Of churches. indis-
pensible links, in many places, of the
Anti Saloon League chain.
When this circular was shown to Col.
Ransom II. Gillett, counsel for the AS
sociation Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, that leader of the vets denounced
Anderson for insistently dragging the
churches not only into politics but into
particularly vicious kind of politics"
At the outset of the secret memoran-
dun for minister's only Anderson attacks
the truth and accuracy of the Literary
Digest poll. which showed heavy ma
jority in 100000 voters for modify
ing the present rigorous enforcement act.
1t says that relatively few church peo-
pie of voting age participated in the
poll that reports from pastors and our
own staff covering about 100 churches
in New York state. taken at random.
Indicate that only to 10 per cent. Of
the adults Of voting age Of the congre-
cations present when the count was taken
received these Digest ballots, and that
only from per cent. to 20 per cent of
those having telephones received bal
lots"
As to the probable effect Of the result
Of the balloting as announced by the
publication. Anderson says confdentialy
to the ministers on the Anti-Saloon
League list:
This poll is the greatest encourage.
ment the vets have received. and 1t will
| take long time. much effort and the
expenditure of 100000 TO $25O.0oO In
tfllS Stdte dlOne 10 overcome tne ereCl
Of the dishonest use that has been made
of 1t unless we can get hold OF and put
out some facts. which we, are confident
exist. that fundamentally dscredit it.
This will knock the accuracy of the
poll into the proverbial cooked hat.
And by the way. IL you have not yet
done II, send in the voters lists quickly.
II may be desperately needed this fall.
From the league headquarters yester-
day a statement was issued to the effect
that the drys gained ono enforcement
Representative in the Republican nomi-
nations last Tuesday.
II am amazed at the frankness of
Andersons confidential memorandum TO
pastors" Col. Gillett said. 1T proves
what we have often charged, that the
Anti-Saloon League uses the doughbag
with the case and grace of Tammany
Hall, and 1t proves that the league, for
its own purposes. drags the churches
into politics-always an abhorrent
thing"