Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
v. c. I. i. MAY URGE
U. S. DRY SURVEY
Conference, Opening Tomor'
row, Seeks Official Light
Upon Prohibition Results.

Proposal for a Government survey
pf the effects of prohibition will be lald
before the National w. {, T. Z. con
ference on law enforcement, when
OPENS tomorrow at the MaytioWer Ito
Tel. The conference will continue
through Thursday. Preliminary SEES
sions are being held today More IMAM
900 delegates from every state are
expected.
The w. c. T. L. will seek 10 have the
Government institute survey ny
each Of its departments 10 ascertain
the effects prohibition has had on the
industries and activities with Wlllch
the departments come in contact
rho Departments of Agriculture, Com
merce and the Interior particularly
will be asked 10 cooperate. The Cd
iect is not O commission investigation,
but rather several independent sur
veys. the results of which would De
reported tn the President,
Mrs. Ella A. Boole of New York.
national president of the W. {. /. U
will sound the keynote OF the meeting
at the opening session tomorrow
morning at $50. Mrs. Boole has al
ready laid her proposal before the
President
Conference Aims Cited.
The aims of the conference. which
was called by Mrs. Boole, are 70
focus attention on law observance 10
st,,dv the problems Of law enforce
rnent and 10 promote legislation 10
that end" 1t already has been de
cided that the proposed survey would
ne the best means of bringing the re
suIts Of prohibition before the people
Education of the country to point
where the election of q dry fresloeh!
and other dry officials will be assured
Is one of the objects toward when the
conference will work.
Gen. Lincoln c. Andrews. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury in charge OF
prohibition enforcement, VIII speak
at the session tomorrow mornlhs'
Rear Admiral Frederick {. Blllafd,
commandant of the Coast Guard, also
win make an address. The meeting
will be opened with prayer by Col.
John r. Axton, chief of chaplains. U.
s. Army. and will include round
table discussion on Hold Fast" ana
a forum on the subjects of moblllza-
ton for law enforcement, legislation
education and young people.
Tomorrow afternoon the delegates
will visit the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington, where a service
will be held, and Mount Vernon. TO
morrow nights meeting Will lnciuoe
musical program and addresses by
Senator Willis of Ohio, Mrs. Nellie
G.. Burger, assistant recording secre-
1arv of the union. and Mrs. Ida Is.
wise Smith, vice president at large.
Roy A. Haynes, prohibition commits
sioner, will speak at the session We'd
nesday morning. Other speakers Will
be Representative Cooper of Ohio,
Representative Hudson of Michigan,
Miss Anna A. Gordon, president OF the
Worlds w. c. T. T., and Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attor-
ney General of the United States. The
forum will include discussions Of refer
enda, mandatory and non-mandatory.
Woman Executives Guests.
Woman executives in the Federal
Government and representatives of
national women s organizations will be
guests of the delegates at a luncheon
in the Chinese roonr.of the Mayflower
Wednesday.
At $3.50 a service in honor. of Frances
r. Willard of Illinois, one of the lead
ing spirits in the early work of the
w. c. T. T., will be held at the statue
Of Frances Willard in Statuary Hall
at the Capitol. Wednesday night, ad-
dresses will be given by Senator Jones
Of Washington, pr. Howard A. Kelly
Of Baltimore, Mrs. Mary Harris Armor
of Georgia and Senator Capper OF
Kansas.
DIR. j. NJ. Doran, chief chemist of
the prohibition unit, will speak on
poisoning of alcohol at the meeting
Thursday morning. Representative
Cramton of Michigan and Repre-
sentative Stalker of New York also
viii speak. Reports of committees
viii be given and the results of the
conference consolidated.
President Coolidge will receive the
delegates at the White House at
1890, and in the afternoon the
members of the conference will visit
the Capitol
A banquet at the Mayfiower
Thursday evening at o'clock will
conclude the conference. Members
of Congress and their wives will be
guests of honor and other guests
will be Gen. Andrews, Mrs. Willie
brandt, Admiral Billiard and Bishop
William F. Mcdowell.