The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22

DECLAREDT0
BEAFAILURE
Association Against Prohibi-
tiOn Amendment Holds
Conference Today
MODIFICATION IS ASKED
Hundred Million People Will
Follow Our leadership"
Says Speaker

washington, FEB. %. N) "A new
and concerted bombardmcnt was di.
rccted at prohibition today and
mingled with the fire. Of general crit.
icism were demands for repea, or
modification Of the eighteenth
amcndmcnt
The guns were trained from tho
luncheon table set by tho Associa.
ton against the Prohibition Amend.
mcnt for its second "facc the facts
conference. The contention that sis
years Of prohibition under the y oil.
stead act has proved q failure provid-
cd the keynote Of the meeting, cou-
pied with the demand that light wine
and beer be legalizcd.
Addresses by, "a number of physi
clans. prominent in and out of con.
srcss. supplied the ammunition fo,
the onslaught ON prohibition, which
they described rs Immoral and in
defensibly stupid "dcspi,able
mockely and Hypocrisy" and as max.
ing "crime Of what most people dc
not even regard as a sim"
Facts Must BE Faced
Describing himself as zone who
has spent the better part of seven
years Of his life to bring about san.
ity and nationality in the matter OF
law enforcement" Senator Edward f.
Edwards, Democrat, New Jersey, de
clared in an address that '.the de.
spicable mockery and hypocrisy" ot
prohibition enforcement has become
"stench in the nostrils of righ,
living and right thinking people.
Whether we will it or not" he add
ed. "facts-cold, hard, indisputabl.
facts must be faced if America is
to maintain the respect and rcyarc
of her citizens"
Since the advent of prohibition, he
asserted, "fair-minded, honest ane
just Americans have tolerated tn,
Establishments, innuendoes, intoler
ance and autocratic exercise of su
perpowcr by an. ineonceivably small
minority seeking to, overthrow
tolerant but unassertive ajority.
But now "thc entire nation has
awakened to find itself beset or
every hand by false statistics, false
hopes, false promises and false en-.
forcement measures and regulation.
having to do with prohibitoIy re-
strictions."
"The eyes Of nation deceived
have been opened he said, and :
hundred millions of people are read,
and willing to follow our leadership.
2.75 Beer Not Intoxicating
An offer to prove, as Il physician
by profession, that 2.75 beer is, as I
scientific and legal act, not intoxi
eating was made in u messag,
read from Representative job,
Il esxI ~
York. II have made actual persona
experiments upon myself and others
he declared. (Which conclusiveI |.
prove that beer Of 2.75 per cent al
coholic content consumed by us /,
the full capacity of stomach wyul,
not and could not cause intoxication.
The contention that "thcy cry pro
hibition. prohibition, when there i
no prohibition" was expressed b,
Rabbi Morris s. La,aron Of Balti
more, who advocated repeal Of tn,
18th amendment or at least legaliza
ton Of beer and wine.
Rabbi F'avOrs Temperance
II favor temperance he said. '.bu
not the disgraceful self de fusion an.
hypocrisy which parade under tn
name; not the kind which makes ou
country kissing and a by-word.'
William H. Slayton, founder an,
head Of the Association Against tn,
Prohibition Amendment and Officia
Of the Anti-saloon League, exchang
ed ret0rts in statements last nigh
concerning the part George Wash
ington would play in the controvers!
where he alive today.
The league statement said the frs
president "would scarcely thank tn,
wet organizations opposed to tn
constitution for choosing his nat,
day for their meeting in Washing
ton to boost a new booze rebellion.
Mr.. SlaytOn countered with the dec
laration that if Washington wer,
living today his prayer would b
from King George the third an.
Wayne B. Wheeler, their oppressors
may the good Lord deliver u.s." Fl
referred to Mr.. Wheeler, genera
council of the league.
Mr.. Slayton has asked the attorne,
general for a ruling whether he ma,
legally read to the conference tn
| George Washington beer recipe, bu
had received no answer today. TIL
information that such act would b
, unlawful, however, has come fror
Mr.. Wheeler.
Feel Differently Now
Representative Sosnowski. Rcpubli
can, Michigan. told the conference
that those who advocated prohibition
seven years ago undoubtedly wer
sincere in their beliefs, but they nov
faced q different set of facts and I'd
not feel the same about it today.
"They want the Volstead act modi
fled, changed, or repealed in .orde
that its evils may end" he said.
The reason this country has pro
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