The Washington times., 1923-10-13
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IT AGAIN
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Pennsylvania Governor Has
Backing Of Citizenship Con-
ference" in Liquor Fight.
By WILLIAM HARD.

Secretary of the Treasury Mel
len, of Pittsburgh, on the subject
of prohibition enforcement. He
has read it to Senator Pepper OF
Pennsylvania. He is coming to
Washington tomorrow to read it
to the whole national administra-
ton in the course of his speech
before the Citizenship Confer
ence," strongly manned and
strongly financed religious ma
tional prohibition enforcement or
ganization of which he is chair
man.
Liquor Was, Subject.
1t was liquor and it was prohibi-
ton enforcement, and It was not
merely Presidential national dele
gates, that formed the chief theme
of the famous recent interview be-
tween Governor Pinchot and Sec
rotary Mellon in New York City.
This was disclosed here today as
the Citizenship Conference" began
Its sessions.
Stories have been current that
Mr.. Mellon in the New York city
interview tried to dissuade Mr., Pin
chot from demanding an out-and-
out Pinchot delegation from Penn
sylvania in the next Republican ma
tional convention.
The fart is shat the interview was
primarily devoted to the matter re-
garded as underlying the matter of
the delegates. Mr.. Mellon seemed
to want to know how far Mr..
Pinchot was going in prohibition
enforcement. He learned. Mr..
Pinchot, in effect, told him tina:
the Pinchot policy of prohibition en-
forcement was policy which would
go to the limit
Told Mellon Other Things.
Mr.. Pinchot additionally, it is re-
liably reported here, pointed out to
Mr.. Mellon that Mr.. Mellon is Sec
rotary of the Treasury, that Mr..
Mellon lives in Pittsburgh, that Mr..
Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury
is chief head of all Federal prohibi-
ton enforcement, and that Pitts
burgh. nevertheless, bears the repu-
tation Of being very much wetter
than any other Pennsylvania town.
Mr.. Pinchot previously had poiIlr-
ed out to Senator Pepper that the
Federal prohibition enforcement unit
in Pennsylvania had contained mary
persons who, from the Pinchot
standpoint, left much to be desired
as prohibition enforcement officers.
It was Mr. Pinchot's view that
Senator Pepper Of Pennsylvania and
Secretary Mellon, in their influence
on Federal prohibition enforcement
appointments and policies, were not
living up to the Pinchot standard.
Other Developments Reported.
These views and actions were dis
closed here today as the following
further developments became also
known:
The citizenship Conference" is
going to make a permanent organ
ization which will not displace the
Anti-Saloon League in it's work be-
fore legislatures, local or national.
but which will devote itself to-
stirring up~the masses of the citi-
gems in their homes and schools and
churches.
Leaders of this organization are
not content to be interested in the
election of local legislators and of
national Congressman and Senators.
They have fixed their eyes also on
the election of delegates to the
national conventions of both par
ties.
PinchOt Gave Aid.
Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, was the
first public man to whom they re-
sorted for assistance in their plans.
They got this assistance and en-
couragement Immediately both f. IN
Mr.. Pinchot and Mrs. Pinchot. Both
Pinchots are equally enthusiastic
drys.
An outstanding element in the IA
tion-wide work which the Citizen
ship committee" has undertaken is
found in the women's national COM
imttee of one hundred for law en-
forcement," which brings together
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, the Young Women's Christian
Association, the Congress of Mothers
and Parent Teacher Associations, the
Federation of Women's Boards of
Foreign Missions, the Council Of
Women for Home Missions and the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union.
This amalgamation, representing
leading women from women's organi-
cations, having a total membership
of some ten" million, is by far the
largest concerted effort ever made
10 mobilize antiliquor women for
prohibition enforcement; and Mrs.
Pinchot will be as jealous and active
toward that end among women as
Mr.. Pinchot is among men, and she
Is regarded as quite his equal in or
ganiZing capacity.
Will Invade Pittsburgh.
Pinchot presently will invade
Pittsburgh, the home of Mr.. Mel.
Ion, and put on there a law en-
forcement drama as drastic as the
one with which he has attacked
Philadelphia.
The Citizens Conference" will
hold meetings in Pennsylvania and
IN every State in the Union i'm
order to back up and support such
active and emphatic methods of
chasing the saloon keepers and the
bOotleggers.
= These meetings and the per.
manent organization promoting
, them will not be content to have
the candidates for the next national
presidential conventions say that
they are for respect for law"
These candidates, in order to get
the support of this organization,