Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
OFFICIALS URGED
TOOBEY DRY LAW
w. C. T. U. Report Asks Ban
on Sale of Hip FIaSkS and
Still Utensils.

Strict personal observance of the
prohibition law by all Government Of
ficials, by governors of States and al
officials who have sworn themselves
10 loyalty to the Constitution" is
urged in the report of the findings
cnmmittee adopted today by the ma
tlonal w. c. T. L. conference in SEES
Sion at the Mayt|oWer Hotel. The
Idoption of the report concluded the
business of a thrae-day session at
1ebded by more than 600 delegates.
lt0lc ng hootleggers responsible for
the de 9Th of any person killed by
poison liquor is also urged in the re-
port. Another section declares in
favor of prohibition OF the sale and
manufacture of hip TASKS and utensils
used in distilling liquor.
Society leaders ought to make the
standards of society conform to those
of patriotic law observance 1t should
be bad form AT least to tiout the Con
stitution. Magazine writer's and en-
rertainers ought TO eliminate the idea
of drinking as essential to good
time The average American family
has nothing in common with the sort
Of life portrayed in many current
novels and upon the screen" the re
port said.
Dry Unit Chemist Speaks.
The report declared the problems of
prohibition are due to appetite. greed
and refusal to obey the law; deplored
the tone of many metropolitan news
papers and the lack of public Opin-
ion in favor of general obedience to
the law: urged that careful thought
be given to the appointment of law
enforcing officials, and declared that
better health and more prosperity
have resulted from the prohibition
law.
Unless it has been criminany
manipulated, industrial alcohol is not
intended or fit for human consump-
ton, DIR. J. NJ Doran, chief chemist
of the prohibition unit, told the dele
gates. He said substantial progress
had been made in the Government s
efforts to protect the public from the
abuse of completely denatured alcohol,
but warned that any weakening of its
industrial alcohol policy would re
duce industries to a state of doing
business on physicians prescrip-
tior "
Re said it was his belief that as a
result of the shortage of the raw ma
industrial alcohol the consumers will
insist that the industrial supply OF al
Cohol shall be adequately safeguarded.
lie urged patience with the work of
the Government chemists who are
seeking means of preventing the re-
moval of poison from alcohol.
Wants Jail Mandatory
Representative Stalker of New York
declared that Jail sentences constitute
the only deterrent to violators of the
liquor laws, and asked for active sup
port of his bill providing mandatory
Jail sentences for all commercial Vio-
lations Of the eighteenth amendment
Prohib N can be favorably COM
pared tC other reforms at the age of
years, he said. He said it's history
reveals, above everything else, how
slowly a time-worn custom gives
ground
Representative Cramton of Michigan
declared that the accomplishments of
prohibition for America are not only
for today but for always. He en-
phasiZed that the future will show
the read results of the law. Mr.. Cram
ton attacked the attitude Of the "un-
friendly metropolitan press" and
urged renewed activity by the w. {.
7. u. to combat it.
The delegates were received by the
President at the White House at 1890
O'Clock. Tonight at a banquet at the
Mayfiower 800 members of Congress
and their wives will be guests of the
conference. The guests will sit at
tables arranged by States.
Want Drinks With Kick.
People fighting the eighteenth
nn1prdrt1anf Gnn'4 Mt 4.
ing beverages; they want booze--a
drink with a kick in it," Senator Cap
per, Republican, of Kansas told the
conference. Compromise with this
point of view would mean defeat to
the advocates of prohibition, Senator
Capper added, suggesting that if the
people do not want prohibition they
may remove the amendment by the
same means they used To adopt it."
No political party dares TO go be-
fore the people in 1928 on a wet plat
form, he said. He put law enforce
ment as the biggest problem of the
Government today, and declared that
Ito refuse to obey a law because we
don't like the law is equivalent to
treason
Speaking Of violation the prohibi-
ton law, Senator Capper said: 1--WE
cannot ignore a campaign being
waged against the prohibitory amend
ment and the prohibitory enforcement
laws. Prohibition at this time sum
mons citizenship to the test 1t is a
challenge TO public officials, from
President to patrolmen."
There is no real, substantial use for
alcohol in medicine, DR.. Howard A.
Kelly of Baltimore declared in an ad-
dress at last nights session of the
conference. Alcohol, DR. Kelly said
often does a great deal of harm in it's
medicinal Use
THE best doctors. with few excep-
tons, would be glad to be rid of the
privilege of prescribing any liquor for
patients at any time DIR. Kelly as
serted
Senator Jones. Republican, of Wash
Angton declared disrespect shown for
prohibition by leading citizens is more
dangerous than Bolshevism and an
archy.
liberty Under Law.
This ii a land of liberty" he said,
but ii IL liberty under law" He
pointed - instances of people being
run do ! by drunken drivers, and
uph"fI prohibition as "a means of in
divioual safety"
What the opponents of the Vol
stead act really seek to do said
Senator Jones lis to defeat utterly
the enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment. To weaken it is
70 defeat the eighteenth amendment "
Leaving enforcement to the States
Senator Jones characterized as "nul.
LITIGATION pure and simple" Instead
OF seeking TO defeat the eighteenth
amendment by making enforcement
impossible, opponents of the amend
Oh feyE4
&c modification, he said
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