Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-21

uel McCrea Cavert. general secretary
of the federal council, tonight issued
statement in which he emphasized the
need of a revival Of church effort OF
behalf Of dry country.
The report on the social study OF
the consequences Of prohibition by the
research department of the Federal
Council of Churches comes from
friends of prohibition" said Mr.. Ca
vert. IAN effort was made to find the
facts SO that they can be frankly raced.
The churches cannot work intelligently
unless they have an exact and thor
ough knowledge Of the conditions that
confront them.
1.-THE report does not pretend to be
conclusive, but to show unmistakable
trends. It has no relation whatever 70
the policy of the Federal Council OF
Churches or to its official attitude TO-
ward prohibition. The great bulk OF
the churches composing the federal
council, as we'll as the council itself,
, are clearly on record as favoring pro-
hibition.
I'm initiating and furnishing the ad-
ministrative staff for the citizens COM
mittee Of 1000. the Federal Council of
Churches during the past IS months
the challenging task of developing pub
lic support for the 18th amendment.
The hour has struck for following up
these steps by means Of constructive
program for temperance education IN
all churches.
with the coming of national prohi-
bition there has been tendency 10
RELY on legislation alone and to relax
educational efforts as to the evils OF
alcohol, and the moral meaning OF
temperance. A survey Of the meth
DDS of religious education now IN use
in the churches shows that training
and habits of temperate living nave
made little or no progress in recent
years. Such a situation, If long con-
tinued, would be fatal.
"This was one Of the reasons why
the research department undertook
survey of the present status OF pro-
hibition. It is believed that one OF
the results will be a movement TO
reinstate a program of thorough tenn
perance education in the Sunday
schools adult classes and other or
carnations of the church.
"The research department OF the
Federal Council of Churches Is under
i the direction Of the Rev. F. E. Ernest
Johnson, a Methodist preacher with
special training in research work.
The Rev. DIR. William Adams Brown
of New York Is chairman of the COM
mittee. The money necessary for the
study was given by some of the best
friends of prohibition in the United
States.
"The research department was es-
tablished by the Federal Council of
Churches because of the strong con-
viction that If the churches are to
deal effectively with the difficult
problems in the social and inter-
national realm, they must thoroughly
understand the facts of the modern
world. The development of the de-
partment of research and education
over a period of several years is an
attempt on the part Of the council to
secure and publish the necessary data
from which correct moral judgments
on present-day issues can be formed,
the research department was given
official sanction by the council at its
quadrennial meeting in Atlanta, Ga,
last December.
1.-THE present piece Of research is
no novelty. 1t is the fifth in series
Of studies on social questions made in
the last three years and a half.
I'm carrying on this program of re-
search. the procedure Of the federal
council is to authorize the making Of