Evening star., 1928-11-17
DRY LEADER URGES
PUBLIC Be TAUGHT
Tells W. c. T. U. "EnIight-
ened Conscience" Ultimate
Hope of Prohibition Forces.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
BOSTON, November 17.--A plea fol-
an enlightened public conscience" as
the ultimate hope of prohibition forces
was made today by DR.. M. Len Hutch
ms, director of the Department OF
Medical Temperance of the National
Womafs Christian Temperance Union
before the fifty-fourth annual conven.
ton OF that body at fremont Temple
here.
"One does not expect those who
drink to see things clearly because
their reasoning power is impaired; one
need not expect those brought up ir
bootleg environment to rise above II
suddenly and work for prohibition, anc
one hardly dares to hope that a con.
scienceless creature will desist in pur.
suing trade so renumerative, but il
does seem reasonable that we'll mean
ing people of even ordinary intelli-
gence have had such opportunities fol
knowing that they should sense this
thing in its right relation and realize
that the fight against it demands THEN
cooperation.
"The Greatest Problem"
Incredible as 1t seems, we must con-
clude that there are many thousands
Of people who never have contacted the
subject In way that enlightened them
So tor this reason, people must be
taught the injurious effect of alcoho
and that 1t is just the same whether
self prescribed from flask or a medi.
cine bottle, and the same whether self.
prescribed or taken on the advice Of
doctor This Is the greatest prob.
lem of the w. C. T. U. today.
For 80 years or more the great
movement against alcoholism consisted
chiefly in education. For 10 years OF
more now the pendulum has swung
nearer legislation, causing no end o.
mix-up because entailing the deviou!
chickering's Of politics.
But we have learned that no mat.
ter what attempts at legislation anc
enforcement, the ultimate realization oi
our hopes must come from an enlight.
ened public conscience that obeys the
law because it appreciates and delights
In it. And this comes only from being
taught"
Dr. Hutchins criticized the increased
production and sale of wine tonics ir
California, which, he said, was literally
flooding the market. He declared thai
the methods of distribution employed
made the tonics smack strongly of use
as beverage" and asserted there was
no reason why they should not be sc
classified, since they contained % pei
cent of alcohol.
Relief to Grape Growers"
Commenting on the fact that the
tonics were manufactured under Gov
ernment permits, DR.. Hutchins said:
This must be the relief to the grape
growers promised by the Government
some months ago."
In another address before the morn
ing session of the convention, Mrs.
Stella G. Steimson Of Terre Haute, Ind.
director Of the department Of citizen
ship, pleaded for education of self, Our
own membership. OF youth. of the un-
der-privileged Of the community, not
as the best method for eliminating the
curse, but also concerning government,
what it is, what 1t should and could
be, local, State and Federal.
There Is plenty Of law, constitutional
and statutory. Law abiding law OBJ
serving public officials is what is needed
most, officers qualified by integrity of
character, by intelligence from study
and knowledge of government past and
present, by ability born and acquired,
to discharge the duties of the Office help.
such officers would be a terror to
lawbreakers, even those who think they
can safely disregard the eighteenth
amendment to the Constitution and yet
have the protection of its Bill OF Rights.
The eighteenth amendment means life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness to
lions yet unborn"