Evening star., 1926-04-16
DRYS LAUNCH FIGHT
FORSTR|CTERLAWS
ANDREWS ASSA|LED
No Modification, But Better
Enforcement, Urged at
Senate Hearing.
DEMAND CHIEF EXPLAIN
STATEMENTS OR RESIGN
Anti.Saloon League Heads Attack
Officials for Making Jobs Harder.
Deny Beer Claim.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


With mo modification. but rather
better enforcement" as their battle
cry, "drys" took up the burden of the
night over prohibition legislation be-
fore the Senate judiciary subcommit.
tee at today's hearing on bills both
for modification and stricter enforce
ment laws.
A great array of churchmen and
laymen engaged in church and social
work, of physicians. college profes-
sors and leaders of the Anti-Saloon
League, the w. c. T. U. and other
temperance organizations was on hand
to take part in the hearings, which
are to run for % hours for the prohi-
bitionists. They already have used up
2 of the "a allotted them.
AT the same time that the prohibit
tionists were presenting their case be-
fore the Senate committee, individual
drys were issuing statements demand
ing that Gen. Lincoln c. Andrews
should retire as head OF prohibition
enforcement in this country because
of his statement to the Senate COM
mittee that the sale of non-intoxicat-
ing beer might aid in law enforce
ment.
Explanation Is Demanded.
William NJ. Forgrave, State super
intendent of Anti-Saloon League in
Massachusetts, and also a member of
the executive committee of the ma
tional organization. and DIR. A. G..
Graham, superintendent of the Ken.
lucky Anti-Saloon League, issued
statements regarding Gen. Andrews,
L, III
day that he was not advocating a
change in the prohibition law.
MFR. Forgrave said today:
Gen. Lincoln G. Andrews should
resign or else more satisfactorily eX-
plain his statement to the Senate
judiciary subcommittee, that the legal
sale of beer would assist in prohibi-
ton enforcement
"Oficials like Gen. Andrews and
District Attorney Buckner should do
more work and less talking, especial.
ly of the kind that encourages law
lessness. 1t is not the duty of a Fed
eral enforcement Official to amend the
law or to make rash statements that
make his Job harder. 1t is his duty
to enforce the law as 1t is, leaving
to the people to do the talking at
the ballot boxes, as they did two
days ago In Illinois, when every can
didate of the majority party Endorsed
by the Association Against the Pro-
hibition Amendment met defeat.
Beer Hurt Enforcement.
History tells us that in every
Stare where beer was legaliZed ii did
not aid, but rather hurt enforcement
of State prohibition"
DR.. Graham announced his organ
loA - I1v-ae
dent remove Gen. Andrews from Of
fee. He also quoted Mrs. U. Gray
Pickett, Kentucky State president Of
the w. c. T. u. as saying that her
orga niZation would take a similar
course.
When the Senate committee as
sembled TODAY il was announced that
Senator Harreld of Oklahoma had
been appointed by Chairman Cummins
of the judiciary committee as chair
man of the subcommittee on account
of the illness of Senator Means Of
Colorado and that Senator Gillett OF
Massa chusetts had been appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of Senator Means. Plans were
laid for four.hour hearings daily. the
subcommittee sitting from 10 to IL In
the morning and from 2 until in the
afternoon each day.
The presentation of the dry cause
is In charge of Mrs. E. A. Yost. Wayne
B. Wheeler, Edwin c. Dinwiddie. Clar-
ence True Wilson, Canon William >.
Chase and Bishop James Cannon, Jr.
The first witness called today was
DIR. William I. Haven, general secre.
tary of the American Bible Society or
New York. who presented the report
of the Federal Council of Churches, in
the absence of DR.. S. Parkes Cadman,
president Of the council.
Twenty-eight bodies composing the
Federal Council of Churches have
more than 45,000.o00 members and
adherents. it was pointed out.
The prohibition committee Of the
council. which had charge of the re-
port submitted today, consisted of DR..
Cadman. DIR. Mcfarland, Rev. Frank
Mason North, New York, Methodist
Episcopal Church; former Gov. Carl
E. Miliken of Maine. Bishop James
Cannon, jr., Washington, Methodist
Episcopal Church South; Mrs. John
Ferguson. New York, Council Of
Women on Home Missions: Rev. John
NJ. Moore. pastor Marcy Avenue Bap-
tist Church. Brooklyn; Rev. Charles
T.. Burton. New York, general secre-
tary. National Council of Congrega-
tlOnal CnOrcneS, ana LIT. ROBERT Il.
Speer, New York. secretary, Board of
Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian
Church AS former Gov. Milliken of
Maine is now collector of customs at
Portland, he could not attend the
hearing.
Calls for Legal Support.
THE call of the hour is for such
a thor6ughgoing work of moral per-
suasion and legal support as will give
the policy of prohibition an adequate
opportunity to demonstrate its full
value to the Nation and to the world"
is the conclusion of the statement,
which declares that modification
would make bootlegging more men,
acing."
The statement said. in part:
Limitation upon individual free
dom in matters affecting society is
the price that any people must pay
for the progress Of its civilization.
Personal liberty cannot rightly be
claimed for practices which initiate
against the welfare of others or the
interest of the community as q
whole. 1t is especially contrary to
democratic ideals and to enlighten
public policy to permit any citizen
to make profit from a business which
is detrimental to his neighbor.
This Is readily recognized by an
as sound policy in reEird to the