Evening star., 1926-02-06
Andrews Backs Plea.

Assistant Secretary Andrews has
shown sympathy with such step and
also has suggested the need for a re-
vision of the law to permit more
drastic punishment in violations that
involve an element of conspiracy.
There also has been a movement,
commanding support from both vets
and drys. to place all prohibition
agents under civil service regulations.
Today Gen. Andrews conferred re
garding that phase of the prohSem
with Representative Hudson. Republl-
can. Michigan, one of the dry leaders
in the House.
Whatever the form of the Treasury $
final recommendation for revision of
the act. a long and lively controversy
in Congress is expected to result. Once
the subject is opened up on the floor
of Senate and House, the enemies of
prohibition will have a long
opportunity TO present in the open
various proposals heretofore smother
ed in committee, and ranging from
very minor changes in the law to
actual repeal.
Showdown Is Forecast
They expect to be able to force a
showdown on all of these subjects by
offering the proposals as amendments
to whatever revision bill the Senate
and House leaders bring out at the
instigation of the Treasury.
A modified prohibition system as
happy medium between the evils of
Volsteadism" and of the saloon era
will be proposed at the second face
the e-facts'' conference called by the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment.
The definite plan for Government
yoI %
hibition, designed to end the reign of
the bootlegger and abolish the other
evils" which the associations state
ment charged to the Eolstead law will
be proposed by William Phelps Emo
of Washington.
Pastor on Way Here.
With the Temperance Society's pro
nouncement being attacked and de-
Tended from many quarters. the Rev.
James E,mpringham, secretary of the
society, has left New York for Wash
ington. supposedly in connection with
the statement. The resulting con
troversy will be the subject of a ser
mon tomorrow by Bishop William 7.
Manning in New York.
Describing the coming conference
as a 'major offensive against Vol
steadism.' the association announced
that many prominent persons would
participate as members Of its various
committees. The speakers will he
Senator Edge, Republican. New .Ier.
sey; Senator Broussard. Democrat.
Louisiana; Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Dem
ocratic Representative from New Ter
sey; William Fl. Stayton, chairman of
the association, and possibly repre-
sentative of the American Federation
of Labor.
The general topic of the conference
is to be ''the complete failure of pro
hibition in the United States after six
years of the Folstead act as the en-.
forcing agency of the eighteenth
amendment Statistics bearing on
the subject will be presented, and
Canada's experience with modified
prohibition will he discussed by repre-
sentatives of that government.
Sees Dry Evils Growing.
The first face the facts, conference
was held a year ago and since that
time, the statement said, there has
been an alarming increase of evidence
against tolsteadism as a breeder of a
host of evils heretofore but little
known in American life. including
bootlegging, bribery, corruption. wide,
spread drinking among youths of both
sexes, and almost universal disrespect
tor law"