The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-05
Lady O The Land Cares More For Her Home Than M Society

of wet affiliations. Representative Walter l.. Lineberger of California made in his charge in speech on the floor of the House and asserted that the effort succeeded only In the case of Congressman Gensman Of oklahoma. He read into the record the correspondence between himself and the manager of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Efforts of the "Anti' Association.
 The association had sent him copy of it's platform and asked an expression as to how he stood Win regord to it. He had replied; The only portion of the program of your organization in which l can acquiesce is Article III, i. e., 50 long as the prohibition amendment and the vol stead act are the law of the lana they should be obeyed.' Otherwise l am opposed to your program The knowlodged this letter by writing T thank you for your letter and note your are not in sympathy with our platform"
 Notwithstanding this, the associa- tion later sent letters into the dis trict, saying that "Lineberger will probably come out openly in favor of our platform" MT. Lineberger demanded a retraction. In spite of that" he asserted in his speech in Congress, "so far as l cciilc ascer- tain the organization did nothing to correct the situation created by the standardization of its letter."
 The Association Against the Pro hibition Amendment has been active in everyp effort in the states to re- peal enforcement laws. After the New York repeal bill was signed, the head of the association announced that repeal will be sought in the leg islatures of practically every indus trial state. He announced that Mas sachusetts and California will he sure to line up with New York and that the association confidently looks for the success of repeal bills in Rhode Island, Tennessee. Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey and Ohio.
 Certain 1t is that some of the lead ing members of the Association l Against the Prohibition Amendment do not believe that the Volstead law should be enforced. man whose name appears on the letterhead of that organization-an honored man prominent through long life wrote all article which was printed in New York newspaper. In it he said such things as these:
 "The Eighteenth amendment, by robbing us of our personal liberties guaranteed in the Constitution, vio- lates and breaks od-ordained and sacred law, and he who chooses to disoTey the Eighteenth amendment and who chooses to disobey the Vol stead act or any act against personal liberty is still obedient to natural law and the law of God, and he is furthermore. abedient to the funda- mental constitutional laws of this country put there to safeguard our liberties.
 .'The Eighteenth amendment has already been repealed. It is repealed by the majority opinion of the Amer ican people. It is repealed by the universal disobedience and contempt of the people.
 ."The proper answer to prohibition is being given by the people, It IS disobedience."
 q am a lawbreaker, and I am proud of it."
 A Fsmeus Man of Candor.
 The Association Against the Pro hfbition Amendment may or may no' approve the utterances of this Ia nous man. It carries his name on it's stationery because 1t Is dis tinguished name and calculated to carry weight with the young men Of the country. His utterances gre in direct conflict with the puhnsPed platform of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, but in absolute accord with the conduct or that organization. He is. however, perfectly candid.
 Forty two organizations, many Of them claiming to ~Ae national in scope, are reported to be issuing propaganda against prohibition.
 Each of these AZ organizations se- cures the sinews of war in a way more C., less peculiar to itself. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment is reputed to have practical monopoly Of the fiuancia! support of the old organization or lfuuor manufacturers and dealers. No doubt asistan e from that source goes to consid erabie number Cf the others for aucclll TdTrosfs no" and then, but tn: ana ic:-oS"iZtG ry the former liquor forces as it's ap- proved propaganda outlet apparently