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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 90 modification
Of the liquor law. he then became q
traitor tO the constitution of the
United States. You talk about moral
courage, why Smith is n man OF inn
moral courage and unfit 70 be thc
democratic nominee" Collins thun-
dered.
1T took us prohibitionists 100 years
20 accomplish our purpose and II viii
take AL Smith and his cohorts Of nom
English speaking people a million
years 20 repeal the eighteenth
amendment. Their only recourse rs
20 nullify the law. 1t has been up
held ny the supreme court, but lis
ten. most Of our high court justices
are aged men. and III 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.
Committees Named
- man who viii strike down the
/ eighteenth amendment also will
strike down section three, article six
Of the constitution-that which deals
with religious freedom Collins
shouted.
After the address Of Collins the
meeting went into permanent organ
i%zation. DR.. j. ID. 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. &.
II. Ill.,, secretary.
The committee on organization fol
lows; q. VI. Armstrong, Arlington;
Marshall Hicks. San Antonio; b. d,
S~artan, Wichita Falls; Alvin Moody.
Houston; Mrs. !. L. Boodworth, Fort
Worth; Mrs. n. A. Kindred, Mexia;
Mrs. Larry Mills, Dallas; Mrs. Nor
gan Cox, Dallas; q. n. Collins, Dali
las; Oak Mckenzie, Bryan, and +.
Aticus Webb, Dallas.
The resolutions committee was:
Bishop J.. NJ. Moore, Dallas; DR.. II.
| q. Bowen. Fort Worth; q. u. Colquitt.
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Mrs. Claude de Van Watts. Austin F;
DR.. G. NJ. Rosser, Dallas, and Or. Z.
A. Newell. Colorado.
At the afternoon session the meet
ing will hear other speakers and
adopt a platform and resolutions.
DALLAS. July 17.-tP-Declaring
that any nan who would strike down
the eighteenth amendment also would
I strike down section 81. article q, OF
the constitution pertaining to reli-
gious freedom, former State Senator
v. A. Collins Of Dallas in his open
ing speech before the anti-Smith con-
~vention here today urged every dem
/ o|cratic voter in Texas % vote for
Herbert Hoover for president and re-
/ pudiate "the powers Of iniquity.'
II don't know IL there still IL a Ku
Klux Khan organization in Texas
said Mr.. Collins, "but IL they are op-
posed 20 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. "We 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 Dor.
der.
"Anti-Al Smith Democrats" was
chosen as the official name OF the
organization shortly before the noon
recess.