The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-05
NOT A WET" POLL.

Dry law enforcement is failure, Prohibi- ton as administered in the Volstead Act has corrupted politics. hampered the medical profess sion and made the underworld sem-respectable, thereby setting bad example to the young who are receiving their training in character This is not the conclusion of the Association Against Prohibition any other of the organizations branded as professional vets by the Anti-Saloon League etc It is the concensus of opinions ex- pressed by 1904 Episcopal clergymen out of 1905 who took part in a poll conducted under the auspices of the Church Temperance Society of the Protestant Epscipal Church
 In that poll, which nationwide, answer ing the question "Is Prohibition Success?' only 5O1 voted yes and 1904 voted Other ques- tions asked and the answers were: Have we had the law long enough for a fair trial?' Yes 1929. No, 75s. Regardless of ones attitude toward the use of liquor, do you believe Pro hibition law offers the best solution of the prob lem of intemperance?" Yes, 64S. No, 1901 sshould the volstead Act be modifed?" Yes, l. 3S9 No G73. Should the Eighteenth Amend ment be repeaed9" Yes 953. No, 9S4 Are you willing to cooperate with the Church Tenn ance Society in campaign for more practical legislation in the interest of temperance and morality" Yes, 1,521. No 502. .tsesActng on the basis of this poll, the Diree- tors of the Church Temperance Society adopted q 
 ngston of .setauket, L. l., as follows intpart.f <
 Whereas, The attempt at Prohibition
 as embodied in the volstead act has
 hampered the medical profession, cor
 rupted politics and made the under
 world semi-respectable, thereby setting
 bad examples to the young who are re-
 ceiving their training in character.
 Therefore be it resolved, That
 record confidence in the timehon-
 ored constitution of the Church Tenn
 vo1n ptarv ton.
 perance by moral education.
 Be, it further resolved, That, inas-
 much the Church Temperance So-
 ciety the first organization to hold
 nationwide referendum Prohibi-
 ton within communion, we lend
 support to the plan of the Assoca-
 tion Opposed to the Eighteenth Amend
 nient for national referendum the
 subject of the Eighteenth Amendment
 to the Constitution and of the Volstead
 The Society, two years ago, went on record as favoring modification of the National Pro hibition Act thereby causing controversy within the church. At that time Bishop Man ming declared the Society was voluntary or ganization and possessed no official authorization to speak in the name of the church. Since then the Society organized and conducted it's nation wide poll of the Episcopal clergy. It announced it received hundreds of letters from bishops and rectors in virtually every State in the Union The more important of these communications will be published in a book. It is said a vast majority of the ministers hold that Prohibition IS wrong in principles contrary to the Scripture and even if 100 per cent enforcement could be obtained it would be failure.
 Any unbiased student of current affairs who has investigated social conditions must agree with the Society in it's conclusions as to the effect of the Volstead Act. Its demand for nation wide poll is timely and we'll taken