Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-25
ANDREWS FAvORS
MEDICINAL WHISKY
Tells w. C. T. U. 1t Is Vital
Need. But Should Be Gov
ernment-C Controlled.


omen markets in this country would
reopen the one source of supply III
most value tn hootleggerS. Gen. LIN
coin L, Andrews. Assistant secretary
NJ the Treasury In charge OF prohibit
ton Enforcement. told the national w.
L. T, L. conference nj the MaNhoWrr
Hotel today. He asked the nrEaniZl'
ton to support the bill nov before
Congress for establishment of Gov
srnment-Controlled corporation for the
manufacture Of medicinal spirits.
The medicinal whisky left all over
the country after the passage of the
eighteenth amendment created an
''impoSSihIe condition" Gen. Andrews
said. Now this supply is fast diSap.
heating. but Il is vital Ia provide
medicinal whisky where II Is needed,
he declared. and this must he done
without allowing distillcrieS Ia re
open"
His fight before the ways ami means
committee I'm behalf of his liquor plan
IS progressing none too happily"
Gen. Andrews said He said he was
not meeting "eagerness To get behind
law Enforcement" and urged a fight
70 rearouSe a sense of responsibility
TO the Government
Sees Less Liquor Struggled.
Rear Admiral Frederick &. Billiard,
rommandant of the Coast Guard told
the conference il was his belief that
the amount of liquor now being run
ashore on the North Atlantic sea-
board is not one-fifth what it was
when the Coast Guar:' began its opera
lions against rum runners. And we
propose to take care of the remaining
one-fifth in due course" he declared.
Rum row has disappeared and
there is practically no continued
harborinE anywhere near orr coast.
The Coast Guards operations have
driven the liquor ships far off shore.
where they now endeaVor To trans
ship their Cargoes outside of the
cruising radius III our patrol heats"
Today's session OF the conference
opened a three-day meeting. More
than 600 delegates from every State
in the Union have registered. This
afternoon the delegates are visiting
Mount Vernon and Arlington, where
service is scheduled at the tomb Of
the Unknown Soldier.
Drink Habit" Scored.
Miss Cora Frances Stoddard Of BOs-
ton, who followed Admiral Billiard on
the program, declared the drink habit
comes under the head OF the Vic
torian' customs so much loathed by
the youth of the country. 1t is one
of the ''old-fashioned notions so
much despised today, she said. Miss
Maude b. Perkins. general secretary
of the Young Peoples Branch of the
w. c. T. T.. denounced the constant
reiteration of drinking among young
people" of the Observation-Disclosures as
a sinister form of mental Sugges-
ton" Mrs. Sarah H. HOge of Rich
mOnd, Va, led the round table dis
cussion.
Takes Fling at Hip F'Iasks.
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national presi-
dent of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union. in her keynote address
took fling at hip TASKS. current nov.
els, motion pictures, and society ma
irons who serve wine to their guests.
Reviewing the progress. of prohibit
ton legislation before enactment of
the eighteenth amendment, Mrs Boole
declared that mo other amendment
adopted by the people of the United
States was ever ratified by so many
legislative bodies
Federal prohibition became the law
of the land" she said. 1T has been
sustained by the Supreme Court, both
as to the method of adoption and the
provision of the enforcement code"
Charging the liquor traf' a hav-
ing been arrogant in /; and
designating the saloon as center
Of mental and moral degeneracy,"
Mrs. Boole said the United States lis
not deriving full benefit of prohibition
because certain classes refuse to obey
the law
Some Newspapers Criticized.
We charge" she continued, that
even some reputa BILE newspapers,
through their editorial and news col
umns and cartoons, are contributing
to disrespect for the law and are re-
sponsibie in large measure for the
situation which we now meet to dis
cuss. We charge that some society
leaders who continue to serve wines
and champagne to their guests set a
pad example to the rest Of America
The claims that they serve pre.prohi.
bition stuff cannot always be proved.
and at any rate the very act Of serv.
ing is keeping alive the appetite for
drink and fiouting the policy of the
Government.
we charge that the manufacture
and sale of hip TASKS has no other
purpose than to provide for the trans.
portation and the use Of beverage
liquors.
We charge that old grads who
carry liquor back To college functions
are setting the wrong example TO the
younger generation.
We, charge that many social clubs
Whlch disclaim responsibility for pro.
noting law observance are continuing
the old habits and pre- prohibition Gus.
toms.
Disrespect Of Law Cited.
I'VE charge that leading magazines.
nj vol
which depict society high and low, as
dependent on liquor for a good time,
are contributing to disrespect of the
law. The hootlegger flourishes because
patrons buy"
Enforcement officials are crippled
because of lack of public co-operati ton
and the difficulty of securing legal
evidence. Mrs. Boole observed. She
conceded that the publicity of the
vets is well organized. and charged
that violations Of the law were con
sidered as news and published with
headlines. whereas the benefits of pro-
hibition appear in small print and are
ignored in many publications"
Election Misinterpreted.
Charging that the recent election
results were grossly miSreDreSented,
Mrs. Boole continued
''As good soldiers we refuse to re-
treat at the demand of those who defy
the law. We insist prohibition should
have fair trial which 1t has not yet
had; that enforcement should he In
the hands of it's friends. and that a
real effort should he made by pulpit
press and public to enforce the oh.
servance. We refuse to follow the
lead of the vets.
They suggest increasing the alco.
hOlic content of Intoxicating liquor
They suggest a referendum. They
suggest the Quebec plan They mean