New Britain herald., 1926-02-22
FACE THE FACTS
 CONFERENCE HELD New BOmbardment Of Prohibi-
 tion Law Opened Today MODIFICATION DEMANDED
Senators, Congressmcn And Citizens Unite In Washington In General Criticism Of Eighteenth Amend ment And Its Results,
MODIFICATION EXPONENTS ASKED TO MEET MARCH 1

ASKED TO MEET MARCH
 Washington, Feb. 22 P(--
 Authors Of measures for modifi-
 cation of the Volstead act were
 invited today to appear next
 Monday before the senate judi
 ciary committee for confer
 cnce as to procedure.
 Senators Edge, republican and
 Edwards, democrat New Jersey
 and Bruce, democrat, Maryland,
 were the senators invited to the
 conference. They desire public
 hearings on the question at
 which both sides can present
 their cases fully.
 Washington, Feb. 23 Pl--A new and concerted movement was di- rected at prohibition today and mingled with the fire of general criticism were demands for repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment.
 "Face The Facts" Luncheon
 The guns were trained from the luncheon table set by the Associa- ton Against the Prohibition Amend ment for its second "face-thefacts" conference. The contention that six years of prohibition under the Vol stead act has proved failure pro- yided the keynote of the meeting, coupled with the demand that light wine and beer be legaized, Addresses by a number of persons prominent in and out of congress, supplied the ammunition for the on- slaught on prohibition which they described as immoral and inde- fensibly stupid" "despicable mock cry and hypocrisy" and as making a "crime of what most people do not even regard as sin"
 Edwards Leads Drive
 Describing himself as "one who | has spent the better part of sever 1 years of his life to bring about san fly and ratitnality in the matter oi law enforcement" Senator Edward J. Edwards, democrat, New Jersey declared in an address that "th' despicahle mockery and hypocrisy of prohibition enforcement has beer a, "stcnch in the nostrils Of righ living and right thinking people. "Whethcr we will it or not h' added, "facts-cold, hard, indispnt able facts--must be faced if Ameri ca is to maintain the respect an' regard of her citizens
 Ruled By Minority
 Since the advent of prohibition, h asserted, flair minded, honest an just Americans have tolerated th establishments, innuendoes, intolcr apce and autocratlc exercise of supe power by an inconccivably sma minority seeking 10 overthrow tol erant but unassortlVe maJorll!'
 But now, "the entire nation ha awakened 10 find itself besct O every hand by false statistics tals
 hopes false promises and false en
 forcement measures and regula'loH
 having to do with prohibitory It
 strictions."
 "The eyes of nation decciN .
 have been opened" he said. and hundred millions Of people ar ready and willing 10 follow our leal
 rrship.
 Defends 2.75 Beer T An offer to prove, as a physlcla ! bv profession, that 2.75 beer is, as scientific and legal fact, not intoN , eating was made by Representatl' John l.. Kindred, democrat, Nc York, q have made actual persol al experiments upon myself ar n others" he declared, (which concI'
 siyelv prove that beer Of 2.Io D t cent alcoholic content consumed
 us to the full capacity of the s'oh . 'ach would not and could not eau =, intoXication.' u Contention that they cry prohlt
 ton, prohibition when there IS : prohibition" was expressed by Rap u Morris Lazaron Of Baltimore, WI e advocated repeal of the 18th amen '- ,nent. or at least lcgalization ot be N and wine.
 . Temperance, Not Hypocrisy K "I favor temperance" he sal n "but not the disgraccful self-d n fusion and hypocrisy which para 'f under the name. Not the ki d which makes our country q "hlssi
 and by-word." What is this loal 1T some spirit which has possessed O n neople, which makes them conte % 10 live under lie and give the Sh d ter of the constitution of the repu Id Iic to 4 shameful falsehool. If u .p he temperance, I'll have none ot l lc William II. Stayton, founder a S. head of the association against | ed nrohibition amendment, and OHIO a of the Anti-Saloon league eXchahe oy retorts in statements last night cc
 corning the part George Washlng' lg would play in the controversy w as he alive now.
 s- Gives Wheeler a sap Ii-. The league statement said the fl hi president would scarcely thank to wet organizations opposed to ITS constitution for choosing his ma nj day for their meeting in Washing re to boost a new booze rebellion. re Stayton countered with the decla h. fion that if Washington were liN
 today his prayer would be TIT ed King George the Third and Wa,
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