The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-06-01

| We wish in this Issue to announce
to our readers the retirement of
Superintendent Z. ]. Davis of the Chi
cago department of the Anti-Saloon
League OF Illinois.
Superintendent Davis has served in
League work for a period of twelve
years. The work in the Chicago area
has grown greatly during the years
that Mr.. Davis gave his time to this
fight. He has proven himself an in
defatigable worker. He poured his
life into the different campaigns of the
Chicago district He has established
among his associates reputation of
absolute sincerity. No one who
might have differed with him as to
policy, ever raised the question as to
the sincerity of Mr. Davis. Probably
no man ever in League work held
more tenaciously to his convictions
than did Mr.. Davis. He came into
Anti Saloon League work from the
position of volunteer worker in the
Englewood Law and Order League
and consequently saw the League
partly from the angle of general law
enforcement in the City of Chicago.
Carrying out this view point which
Mr.. Davis still possesses, he is now
engaged in building local organiza
ton entirely separate from the Anti
Saloon League in order that he might
specialize in those fields of activity
locally in which he is interested.
Some of these fields are OF broader
nature than the field belonging to the
Anti-Saloon League. Chicago is a
big city. 1t is only beginning to
grow. 1t has many problems to solve
and doubtless offers an opportunity
along the lines indicated,
Some Of the newspapers would
leave the impression that Mr.. Davis
leaving the League indicates that the
Anti Saloon is retiring its field of
activity in Chicago. Nothing can be
farther from the actual truth than this,
but to some of these papers, "The
wish is probably father to the
thought" Instead of the Anti
Saloon League retiring from the field,
we now have three district superin-
tendents where few years ago we
had but one. In fact it is not great
many years since Cook county was
but one OF more than a dozen coun-
ties composing the northern district Of
Illinois. Now within this same ter
ritory we have five district superin-
tendents with headquarters on the
same floor with the state Anti-Saloon
League. Three OF these districts con-
fine their efforts entirely TO Cook
county.
The Headquarters committee of the
Anti-Saloon League in order to in
tensify the law enforcement work, has
authorized the securing of an ad-
ditional attorney TO work under the
legal department and to give his entire
time in checking on enforcement mat
tiers in the Chicago area so that from
a legal stand point we can speak au-
thoriatively as to city, county, state
and federal enforcement. We will
also maintain the strong Women's or
ganization now part of the state
Anti-Saloon League and keep it active
within the city.
The program of the League being
what it has been from the beginning,
educational, law enactment and law
enforcement work.
AS has been said the new organiza-
ton being promoted by Mr.. Davis will
hold no vital relation to the Anti
Saloon League of the city or state,
neither will the Anti-Saloon League
relinquish any part of the work be-
longing strictly to Anti-Saloon
League work of the City of Chicago.
The Anti-Saloon League however is
organized for the one great purpose
of destroying the liquor traffic and If
possible will conform to this funda-
mental principle more rigidly than
ever or until the task is finished, CO.
operating with the National League
and as well the World League against
Alcoholism. We do, however, per-
sonally wish Mr., Davis every possible
success in his field of work and just
as we maintain friendly relationship
to all local organizations having for
their end better city, we bespeak for
the organization when effected sue
cess.
Below we give copy of the resolu-
tons passed by the Headquarters COM
mittee of the Anti-Saloon League Of
the State of Illinois in session May