Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-06
VETS TO MEET
AT WASHINGTON
Fight for Modified Pro-
hibition to be Laun-
ched Feb. %
lBv The Associated Press.1

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. Ga mod
flied prohibition system as a happy me-
dium between the "evils" of "Volstead-
ism" and the saloon era will be pro-
posed at the second face the facts" con-
ference called by the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment to meet
here on George Washington's birthday.
THE definite plan for government
control under a modified form of pro
hibition, designed to end the reign Of
the bootlegger and abolish the other
evils which the associations state
ment charged to the Volstead law, will
be proposed by William Phelps Emo Of
Washington. The call for the conference
came as new impetus for the perennial
debate on prohibition and it follows
closely the declaration of the Church
Temperance society Of the Protestant
Episcopal church for modification.
With the temperance society's pro-
nouncement being attacked and defend
ed from many quarters, the Rev. James
Empringham, secretary of the society,
has left New York for Washington, sup
posedly in connection with the state
ment. The resulting controversy will
be the subject of a sermon tomorrow
by Bishop William T. Manning in New
York.
List Noted Speakers
Describing the coming conference as
a major offensive against Volstead-
ism" the association announced that
many prominent persons would partici-
pate as members of its various commit
tees. The speakers would participate
as members Of its various committees.
The speakers will be Senator Edge, re-
publican, New Jersey; Senator Bros
sard, democrat, louisiana; Mrs. Mary
I. Norton, democrat representative from
New Jersey, William H. Stayton, chair
man OF the association, and possibly a
representative of the American Feder
alton of Labor.
The general topic Of the conference
is to- be "the complete failure Of prohi-
bition in the United States after six
years of the Volstead act as the enforc-
ing lagency of the eighteenth amend
meHt"
Statistics bearing on the subject will be
presented and Canada's experience with
modified prohibition will be discussed
by representatives Of that government.
The first face the facts" conference
was held year ago and since that time,
the statement said, there has been an
alarming increase of evidence against
iVolsteadism as a breeder Of host Of
levils heretofore but little known in
american life, including bootlegging,
! bribery, corruption, widespread drink
ing among youths Of both sexes, and all
most universal disrespect for law"
Signs Encouraging
Comforting instances of greatly in
creased recognition of these facts =
are found, it said, in the recent reports
Of the federal council of churches and
the protestant Episcopal church tenn
perance society. In both reports, it ad-
ded, "the present methods of legisla-
tive enforcement were weighed in the
balance and found wanting"
Washington's birthday was selected
for the meeting as significant of a re-
turn to the spirit of true and tried Am
ericanism exemplified in the life of the
father of his country, who was opposed
to the evils of drink and to every other
form of intemperance, yet was dis
tiller of whiskey and left behind an ex-
cellent recipe for making excellent
beer"