Evening star., 1927-11-27
DRY CLANS GATHER
FOR NEW CONGRESS
Anti-SaIoon League Opens
Session Here on De-
Cember q.

Prohibition forces of the Nation will
gather in the Capital this week. on
the eve of the assembling of the
SeVentieth Congress. heral3ing the
fight that is certain to be Waged on
Capitol Hill over the wet and dry
question. The international Reform
Federation Will open its thirty sec ond
annual meeting December >, and this
viii he followed two days later by
the opening of national convention
of Anti,Saloon League members.
which they term one of the most
important conventions in the history
OF the organization.
Discussion of proposed amendments
to the NolStead act. and recommends
1ion of special lines OF action for moral
reform during the coming year. VIII
be the principal issues under con
sideration by the Reform Federation,
while the league will have among its
aims the appointment Of successor
to the late Wayne r. Wheeler. former
general counsel. and discussion of inn
portant prohibition measures.
Supper Conference.
The federation will open its scs-
sions with n supper conference nj
the Church of the Reformation. adj
joining federation headquarters ut
200 PENNSYLVANIA avenue southeast,
during which John Il. hammond.
former chief of police of Dcs MoincS.
Iowa, who will conduct the confer
pnce, will deliver an address on
stopping the Loopholes in the Vol
stead Act
Mir Hammond has prepared tw"
bills for the amendment of the Vol
stead act to be introduced at the next
Congress and these will form the
principal topic OF discussion at the
opening session.
TO this conference have been in
vited several dry Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress, members ot
the National Legislative Council and
various representatives of civic and
philanthropic organizations. Assist
ant Secretary OF the Treasury Low
man. Assistant Attorney General
Willebrandt and Prohibition Commits
sioner Doran Will be guests. Repre-
sentative William c. Lankford of
Georgia also will he present To an
swer any questions concerning his
hill for a sunday law for the Dis
trlct OF Columbia.
Mass Meeting Planned.
After the supper conference. there !
Will be a mass meeting III the church, |
Rev. DR.. Robert Watson of Boston |
presidlng. At this meeting. Mrs. Rob
bins Gilman of Minneapolis. president !
Of the Federal Motion Picture Council !
OF America will speak on American
Motion Pictures Abroad and lnterna- |
tional Relations" and Clinton \. |
Howard chairman Of the united COM |
mittee. viii speak on The Ghost OF |
John Barleycorn."
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will be held at Calvary Baptist Church |
AZ 3 o'clock. under joint auspices of |
the Federation and the United Com |
mittee for Law Enforcement. Clinton |
y. Howard will be the principal !
speaker. /
The league will open its thirty-fifth |
biennial national convention with |
pre- convention mass meeting at the /
Mayflower Hotel at 2:30 O'Clock next !
Sunday afternoon. Among the speak |
ers will be Comdr. Evangeline Booth. |
Capt. Richmond p. HohSon, Assistant |
Secretary of the Treasury Lowman, |
Prohibition Commissioner Doran, Ad- |
miral F.. c. Billiard. Assistant Attor
nev General Willebrandt, Senator
Frank II. Willis of Ohio. Senator
Morris Sheppard of Texas, PUSSY
foot" Johnson and others.
To Open Monday.
The first regular session will be held |
day night at s o'clock at the May |
II and will be followed by other !
,ings Tuesday. Wednesday and |
Irsday. during which many notabies |
al deliver addresses. The conven- |
ton will close Thursday evening, De |
cember 8, with a banquet at the May |
flower, at which addresses will be de- |
livered by United States Senators, |
Representatives and other distinguish |
ed guests.
National officers OF the league for |
the next two years will be nominated |
"n3 elected at special meetings of the |
'tive committee and of the board |
tors Saturday and Monday.
! committee organized for the |
Includes Bishop William |
J. Rev. w. s. Ahernethy, |
T"v bbott. Rev. Walter II. |
T."C'.$ . c. ii. Butler. Edward S. |
J. -ar&. Rev. J. d. Buhrer, Charles |
j" ~ Butler. Rev. Bernard Bras |
famp. Arthur Bishop. DIR. Arthur c. |
Christie. Rev. G. s. Coale, Rev. r. w. |
Crosby. Rev. Lindley d. Clark. Rev. |
B. f. Conneriy. William Knowles |
Cooper, Rev. Homer J. Counci,or,
Judge William II. DeLacey, Rev |
George F. Dudley. Rev. George NJ Diff
fenderfer Edward r. Dunford, Rev.
w. J.. Darby, DIR. Everett NJ. Ellison.
Page Mex. Etchison, William W.
Everett. Percy s. Foster William +.
Galliher, Mrs. Isabel Iielmck. Theo.
dore A. Hostetler, Mrs. +. S. Henry,
Harry o. Iline, Rev. Eugene A. Han
nan. Rev. George r. Huddle, Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris. Rev j.
Phelps Hand. r. Hilton Jackson. &.
Clinton James, Rev. Cove G.. Johnson.
Rev. NJ. s. Kenworthy. Owen =.
kelar. John +. Larner, Rev. Charles
+, Longacre, Henry T.. Lowe. Lee -.
Latimer Norton NJ. Little. Rev Moses
r. Lowell, Rev. ". a. Lambeth. Colin
II. Livingstone, Rev Thomas II.
Lewis, Grant Leet. Rev. II. w. o.
Millington. Col. NJ. J. Maus. u. s. A..
retired; Judge II. r. Moulton. Rev.
James Shera Montgomery, John r.
Mahoney, Rev. S. r. Nicholas. Rev.
r. Y. Nicholson. Rev. Samuel Judson
Porter. Rev. L. G. r. Pierce. Rev. +.
W. Perkins, Deets Pickett. Mrs. y. N.
Pollock Rev. Jason Noble Pierce.
Mrs. Giles Scott Raftcr, Miss Georgia
Robertson. Mrs. Virginia White SpeeI
Rev. j. r. SiZoo, Rev. Paul Speiry.
Albert f. Shoemaker. Albert Stahler.
Rev. Harvey Baker Smith. Rev. John
Paul Tyler, James Trimble Rev. J.
il. Taylor. Judge ]. W. THOMPSON.
Hugh A. Thrift. Rev. Charles Wood.
Rev Earle Wiley, Andrew Wilson.
Harry S. Warner. Rev. Clarence True
Wilson, Dean George T. Woods. Dr.
Harvey w. Wiley and Mai. Samuel
Il Walker