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his message Of treason to Houston,
and this act alone would nullify any
party pledge" he shouted.
when AL Smith in his message TO
the Houston convention said that he
| would point the way TO modification
Of the liquor law, he then became a
traitor to the constitution Of the
United States. You talk about moral
| courage, why Smith is a man Of i'm
moral courage and unfit to be the
democratic nominee" Collins thun-
dered.
ut took Us prohibitionists 100 years
to accomplish cur purpose and il will
take Al Smith and mis- cohorts of nom
English speaking people q million
years 10 repeal the eighteenth
amendment. Their only Is
TO nullify the law. IL has been up
held by the supreme court, but lis
ten. most Of our high court justices
are aged men, and II Al Smith s
elected the next supreme court will
be an "Al Smith court" and they will
interpret this law the way Al Smith
wants it interpreted" Collins charg-
ed.
AbLnlNllAttS 4NlAANu
"a man who will strike down the
eighteenth amendment also VIII
/ strike down section three, article six
/ III the constitution-that which deals
with religious freedom Collins
shouted.
After the address Of Collias the
meeting went into permanent organ
i~zation. Dr.. j. D. Sandefer, president
of Simmons university, Abilene, was
unanimously elected permanent chair
man; Alvin Moody Of Houston, vice
chairman, and Mrs. Josephine Collins
of Dallas, official Of the Texas w. q.
II. w., secretary.
The committee on organization fol-
lows: G.. ". Armstrong, Arlington;
/ Marshall Hicks, San Antonio; b. ID.
! Sartan, Wichita Falls; Alvin Moody,
Houston; Mrs. ]. T. Boodworth, Fort
Worth; Mrs. T. A. Kindred, Mexia;
Mrs. Larry Mills, Dallas; Mrs, Nor
gan Cox. Dallas; @. r. Collins, Dali
las; Oak Mckenzie, Bryan, and K.
Aticus Webb, Dallas.
The resolutions committee was:
Bishop j. VI. Moore, Dallas; DR.. II.
G. Bowen, Fort Worth; o. b. Colquitt,
Dallas; DIR. j. 3. Cranfil, Dallas;
Mrs. Claude de Van Watts, Austin;
DR.. @. NJ. Rosser, Dallas. and DR.. K.
A. Newell, Colorado.
At the afternoon session the meet
ing will hear other speakers and
adopt a platform and resolutions.
DALLAS. July 17.-R1-Declaring
that any man who would strike down
the eighteenth amendment also would
strike down section 8, article 6, of
the constitution pertaining to reli-
gious freedom, former State Senator
". "A. Collins Of Dallas in his open
ing speech before the anti-Smith con-
v%ention here today urged every dem
o~cratic voter In Texas To vote for
Herbert Hoover for president and re-
pudiate "the powers of i~niquity."
II don't know If there still IS a Ku
Klux Khan organization in Texas"
said Mr.. Collins. "but IL they are OPP
posed 10 Al Smith | wish there were
10 million Of them in the state"
The speaker reiterated the fact
that the organization meeting today
was interested only in the forming Of
a statewide campaign to bring about
the defeat Of the democratic nom
inee. I'VE are not promoting any
candidate for state office" he de-
clared.
Mr.. Collins based his assertion
that Governor Smith would carry
only the counties nominally republi-
can upon his opinion that most OF the
voters in those counties were "wet."
The few republican counties in the
state have little voting strength, he
said. They are on the Mexican bor-
der.
"Anti-Al Smith Democrats" was
chosen as the official name of the
organization shortly before the noon
recess.