The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-09-21
Future Fight Outlined by State Superintendent and Methods
of Work Weighed
WORKERS CONFERENCE REPRESENTS CHURCHES
in ACTIVE WORK AGAINST LIQUOR POWERS
State Board and Headquarters Committee Direct Operations Office and
Field Force
ILLINOIS LEAGUE PART OF NATIONAL AND WORLD DRY FORCES

On September the executive and
field forces of the Anti Saloon League
met at the Hamilton Club in Chicago
flor an all day conference. The coming
legislative campaign organizations for
law enforcement, cooperation with
enforcement officials and counteracting
wet propaganda were among the many
topics considered. +. Scott Mcbride,
state superintendent of the League,
presided and led the discussion of
various League problems. Depart
ment and district superintendents and
field workers brought up numerous
questions in connection with their own
particular fields. The conference re-
suited in clearer understanding of the
work to be done and renewed deter
mination to go forward to victory.
How Churches Fight
The League field force represents the
group that carries on the actual fight
ing in the organization OF the churches
and temperance bodies organized
against the liquor traffic in the forma-
ton of the Illinois Anti-Saloon
League. Each cooperating church
denomination is represented on the
state board of the League. This board
consists OF about one hundred plem-
bers. 1t meets twice year to formu-
late the program OF the anti-liquor
forces. The state board elects state
superintendent and chooses sub-com-
mittee OF ten, called the headquarters
seoinniitstc, direct tire detailed and
routine work of the League. Through
the state superintendent the head
quarters committee directs the work
of the League executive and field
force.
League Work Specialized
To develop the highest possible
efficiency the work of the League is
divided among League workers, both
geographically and according to the
tasks to be performed. The state of
Illinois is divided into ten Anti
Saloon League districts, each in charge
of district superintendent. In Chi
cago there are now four men each in
charge of specific section of the city.
In this way the entire Chicago terri
tory is thoroughly covered for legis-
lative and law enforcement work. The
state outside of Cook county is divided
into six League districts. Branch
Offices are maintained at Springfield,
Galesburg, and East St. Louis in addi
ton to the headquarters office in the
Security Building. The following is
list of League district superintendents
together with their headquarters:
List of District Superintendents
North Side, Chicago, c. E. Peter
son; South Side, Chicago, J. A. Little;
Northwest Side, Chicago, Warren G.
Jones; Southwest Side, Chicago, J. w.
Langley; Northern, Geo. McGinnis,
Chicago; Northeastern, H. H. Rood,
Chicago; Eastern, N. R. Johnson,
Springfield; Western, G. w. James,
Galesburg; Central. Geo. H. Yule,
Springfield; Southern, Leo Howard,
East ST. Louis.
All of the district superintendents
were present at the recent conference
of field workers with the exception of
N. r. johnson, superintendent of the
Eastern district, who was unable to
come on account of his severe illness.
Anti-Saloon League Departments
A special department for the organ
ization of women in support of pro-
hibition enforcement is in charge
of Mrs. Geo. McCown Mathes. She
is assisted by Miss Margaret Win
tringer.
The legal and law enforcement
work is centralized under the super
of Joseph H. Collier.
The educational work is in charge
Of o. G. Christgau. B. W. Ewing is
acting treasurer and business manager.
He is assisted by Miss Anna Al<ire.
James H. Danskin, as field attorney,
gives his personal cooperation and
council to officials as a representative
of the AntiSaloon League.
Additional League Workers
The field workers present at the
Chicago conference were: c. E. Dow
dell, stationed in the Western district
c. J. Andreen, in charge of the
Scandinavian work; E. E. Hudson,
who with Ralph Owen is presenting