Evening star., 1926-12-02
GUST EMPR|NGHAM
FROM PROHIBITION
LEGISLATIVE BODY
Dry Leaders Also Delete
Episcopal Church Tenn
perance Commission.
CALLED UNSYMPATHETIC
WITH CONFERENCE WORK
Andrews Invited to Address Dele
gates Observation-Disclosures to
Ask No Open Questions.

Rev James Empringham of New
York City. enrolled as the official rep
resentatice of the Church Temperance
Society of the Episcopal Church, wa
ordered unseated as member of the
prohibition causes national legisla
tive conference by action of noted
dry" leaders of the United States AZ
meeting in the gray room of the
Raleigh Hotel today
After a spirited debate, the Nation :
most-noted prohibition sponsors. in
cluding Wayne B. Wheeler. further
ordered that the name of Mr.. En-
pringham' organization be deleted
from the list of 80 dry organiza-
tions cooperating with the National
Legislative Conference.
Andrews Invited to Speak
The unseating of Mr. Empringham
and the voting of an invitation to
Lincoln Andrews. in charge of prohi-
bition enforcement, to speak before
the conference tomorrow morning az
1890 o'clock were the high lights of
today's session, which resulted in the
adoption of a general legislative pro
Congress.
Upon explanations made by DR.. Ed.
swim c. Dinwiddie. secretary of the
conference. and Mrs. T.. A Yost.
chairman of the local legislative COM
mittee, that Prohibition Director An
drews would confine his talk tomorrow
to an explanation of what legislation
be believes necessary TO make pro-
hibition enforcement more effective. 1t
was agreed among those present not
to direct queries at him from the
floor. 1t was explained this precau
tion must be taken to save Mr.. An
drews from unnecessary embarrass-
ment
1t was voted by the conference that
no one will be permitted to ask Mr.:
Andrews a direct question tomorrow,
but if they desire to have him answer
anything in their minds regarding leg
islation they will write the question
out on paper and submit it to the
chair for presentation to the prohi-
bition administrator.
Wheeler Explains Views.
I'VE cannot let the bars down to.
morrow ~ Mr.. Wheeler told the repre-
sentatiVes I'VE must conf1ne our
questions to interrogations regarding
pending prohibition legislation. If we
asked him all he wanted to ask him
we could ask him 10000 questions
The dropping of Mr.. Empringham
from the conference committee follow
ed a long debate INDUCED in by almost
all of the representatives present. IL
was brought up by DR.. Dinwiddie,
who told the men and women that he
had taken upon himself the RESPONSE
bility of not sending Mr.. Empringham
an invitation to attend the conference.
He explained that the temperance
society's representative had plainly
shown that he is not in harmony with
the work of the conference and there
fore he should not be entitled to repre-
sentation. The fact that Mr.. En-
pringham early in the year had signed
and caused to be published a report
on behalf .of the society advocating
modification of the Nolstead act was
not mentioned.
1t was the sense of some of the rep
that while Mr.. Emprins-
ham undoubtedly should be unseated.
the rganization he represented
should be held as constituent unit in
the conference, and an invitation eX.
tended to il to send a new representa-
tive.
Both Finally Dropped
This proposition, however. did
not meet with general approval and it
was finally decided to drop both Mr..
and his organization. 1t
was made plain by the representa-
tives that their action intended no re-
fection upon the Episcopal church.
and it was voted TO take up with re-
sponsible Episcopal churchmen the
of a new representative
by their group.
Decision to support actively eight
bills pending in Congress. which it Is
believed would strengthen the enforce
ment of the Volstead act, was made
by the conference following the read
ing of a report by Mrs. Yost.
The bills are: Goff Graham bill. TO
eliminate illegitimate manufacture.
use and sale of intoxicating liquors.
the Salker bill. providing increased
penalties for liquor violations: the ad-
Reorganization BILL the
Cramton bill, placing prohibition
agents under civil service: the bill
authorizing the deportation of alien
convicted vlolators: the Hudso:.-
Jones bill, to establish border patrol
TO aid in the prevention of SNUG
Cling, the measure to amend the Har.
rison narcotic act and the creation Oi
a group of mobile Federal judges e..
sential to law enforcement
Bills Discussed Separately.
Having adopted the general legis-
lative program as submitted by MR..
Yost, the members of the conference
proceeded today to take up each one
of the bills for discussion and ind!-
vidual attention. 1t was made PLAIN
that they are looking forward to Mr.
Andrews address tomorrow before
making up their minds on some of
the legislative details.
The meeting today was presided
Of the conference. The organizations
at the conference follow:
League of America, Asso-
citation of Catholics Favoring Prohibi.
ton, Association in Support of Ma.
tional Prohibition. Board of Tenn
perance. Prohibition and Public Morals
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Board of Temperance and Social Wei
fare of the Disciples of Christ, Cath
olic Clergy Prohibition League, com.
of law enforcement Of the
Congregational Church, commission
on temperance and social service of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, committee on promotion OF
temperance legislation in Congress,
committee Of so on national prohibi-
ton. committee on temperance and
social service Of the Southern Baptist
Department Of Moral Vel
fare of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America, department
Of social service of the United Pres