Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-16
SCORE PROPOSED
SUNDAY CLOSING
District Business Men and
Labor Protest Plan at
House Hearing.

Spokesman for Washington bust
ness men. proprietors of places OF
amusement and organized labor pro
tested against Sunday closing legisla
ton for the National Capital whe!
the hearings or this subject We're r.
Sumed today before the judiciary sub
committee of the House District com
rnittee in the caucus room of tn
House Office Building.
Charles J. Columbus, executive sec
rotary of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, urged the
committee that 1t should investigate
propaganda of the Lords Day ALI
ance.
This Will be made the special order
OF inquiry at the next hearing, when
DIR. Charles ID. LongaCre. editor of the
official organ OF the Seventh BAY All
ventists. will be the principal M'tness
Called Class Legislation.
Frank ". Darling OF New York
president of the National Association
Of Amusement Parks, whose attend
ance is made up principally OF labor
ing men, protested that the proposed
legislation.is a prohibition of freedom
and is distinctly class legislation. II
does not prevent the rich man playins
golf, but does prevent amusement for
the poor man. he said, and warned
the committee that you can't enforce
n law unless 1t is backed by public,
opinion, and this legislation is not
hacked by public opinion"
Letters In opposition to the bill
from the Central Labor Union and
from the Musicians Protective Union
were put into the record.
Julian Brylawski. proprietor of the
Earle Theater said that in 1911 Dis
a~lo Zoo f,,,-l los a n 0S
a meeting of the motion picture men
and the Washington Federation Of
Churches, which resulted in an agree
ment that no moving picture shows
would open on Sunday until 3 pm,
where formerly they had opened at
10 am.
On the eve of reopening Of hearings
on the Sunday law bill, Charles s.
Longacre, editor of the Present Truth,
official organ of the Seventh-day Ad'
Ventists, yesterday sent to the House
District committee statement in
which he quoted the Rev. Henry l..
Rowlby, secretary of the Lords Day
Alliance, as saying that a powerful,
we'll financed lobby intends to work In
every congressional district in its ef-
forts completely to close up the Ma
uonal Capital on Sunday.
Those who had been invited to ap-
pear as witnesses at the hearings,
which are to be resumed tomorrow.
are Representative Dickstein of New
York, Represen alive Berger Of Wis
consin and representatives of the
Federation of Churches, Board of
Trade. Chamber of Commerce. Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton. Association Opposed to Blue
Laws Methodist Board of Temper
ance and Morals, International Re
form Bureau, American Federation of
Labor, Citizens Advisory Council and
Washington Real Estate Board.
To Emulate DRY" League.
In his statement, DR.. Longacre
quotes the Rev. Mr.. Bowlby as say
ing:
1--WE are well financed. Our lobby
at Washington will be an effective
and experienced one. We shall work
in every congressional uISCrlct Al
every State. We shall agitate and
spread propaganda an6 cause voters te
write increasingly to their Representa-
tives until no Congressman who comes
to stay in Congress will refuse to vote
for our measures. These We're the
methods used by the Anti Saloon
League and they were effective"