Evening star., 1926-04-19
Patronage, Leakage and
Propaganda Spread Blamed
by Mrs. BooIe.
NO ACTION YET TAKEN
ON ANDREWS TESTIMONY
Enforcement Chief to Return to
Stand and May Be Asked
/ About Beer Statement.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Enforcement has never had fair
trial" declared Mrs. Ella Boole, presi.
dent of the National Woman's Chris
tlan Temperance Union. appearing to-
day before the Senate committee at
the hearings on proposals to modify
or strengthen the prohibition laws.
Political patronage, leakage through
the permit system, connivance in the
violation of law, and spread of propa-
ganda that it is not obligatory to obey
law unless you believe in it." were
some of the reasons given by Mrs.
Boole for her statement.
The witness took a shot at Gov. AL
Smith of New York and other officials
OF the Empire State during her testi-
mony. Her home. she said is in New
York.
No State Code.
Much testimony has been offered
concerning the intolerable conditions
in New York City and State" said Mrs.
Boole. I'VE call attention to the fact
New York has no State code, and that
the governor of the State and the
mayor of New York City are both ac-
tive opponents of prohibition and sup
porters of the movement to legalize
the sale of beer and wine, and that not
withstanding all the evidence present
ed, there are officials who are doing
their duty and thousands of good citi-
Zens who are obeying the law. and
even New York is reaping some of the
benefits of prohibition"
Other witnesses put on by the drys
at the hearings today were Bishop
James Cannon, jr., chairman of the
commission of temperance and So
cial service of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and Philip King of
Washington, famous Princeton foot
ball player of more than quarter
century ago. who appeared for the
committee on publication of the
Christian Science Church.
Drys Have 13 Hours Left.
At the outset of the hearings SEN
ator Harreld of Oklahoma. chairman,
announced that the drys still had 13
hours and Is minutes in which to pre-
sent testimony and the vets two
hours and half
The legislative committee of the
Anti.Saloon League for an hour yes
terday considered the testimony given
by Gen. Lincoln c. Andrews. head of
prohibition enforcement. during the
wet hearings. but decided to make no
statement regarding Gen. Andrews
testimony at this time. A number of
drys in and out of Congress have de-
manded that Gen. Andrews resign or
be removed from Office, alleging that
his testimony regarding the sale Of
Notwithstanding beer for consumption
in the home and in bonefide hotels
had been inimical to the law.
Gen. Andrews is to return to the
witness stand at his own request.
His purpose is to explain in detail
the provisions of the administra ton
bill designed to strengthen the en-
forcement law. which has been in
troduced by Senator Goff of West
Virginia. 1t Is proba BILE that Gen.
Andrews will be questioned as to his
previous statements regarding the
sale and use of non n-intoXicating beer
when he takes the stand.
Mellon Behind Andrews.
Secretary Mellon. 1t was learned
through officials of the Treasury De-
partment. will stand firmly behind
Gen. Andrews.
Both Bishop Cannon and Mr.. King
told the Senate committee that the
churches for which they spoke were
strongly opposed to the modification
of the prohibition laws and stood
suuarely behind the enforcement of
the law.
Bishop Cannon said that he ap-
peared as the representative of the
third largest Protestant denomina-
ton in the country. with a member
ship of over 100000, and with over
100000 Sunday school scholars and
with about 100000 members of young
paoy11es' SocietieS He said
"The eighteenth. commonly called
the prohibition amendment, cannot be
considered or understood apart from
the legislation which preceded It. 1t
is the hfghwater mark obtained after
rs years of effort by the American
people to reduce to a minimum the ad-
nitted evils from the tre.ffic in intoxi-
eating liquors.
Quotes Constitution.
THE one and the only purpose of
the eighteenth amendment is, to quote
the words of the preamble to the
Constitution, ito promote the general
welfare" by the restriction of the
activities of the individual citizen in
the manufacture, the sale, the trans
portation, the expectation and the
importation of intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes.
'"The fundamental question, there
fore. before this committee is whether
the eighteenth amendment and the
enforcement act, commonly called the
Volstead law, do promote the general
welfare. II not, will the legislation
under consideration by this commit
tee, if adopted, assist in that purpose?
mo proper answer can be given to
this question without some consider
alton of previous conditions and of
mast liquor legislation. 1t Is difficult
for the younger generation to visu-
alize, or indeed even to credit. the
actual conditions which existed in the
good old days when men put their
feet on the brass rail and blew the
foam off the glass.
Distilleries Running Full Blast.
a. In those days great distilleries
and breweries were running openly
and legally fully blast, manufacturing
hundreds of millions of gallons of in
toxicants; saloons running up to the
tens of thousands (over ITS, 900 in alb
were found on the prominent corners
of every village, town and city. and
intoxicants were sold and drunk pub
licly by men and women in hotels,
high and low, intoxicants were sold
in city and country clubs and were
served at practically all public din
ners and banquets. To drink until
/ z.,o moe q cillv fool or ilnder the