Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-06
DRY FORCES DRAW
| THIRD PARTY LINES
New Group Plans Organized
Campaign Within Two
Political Factions.

Coordination of the dry vote of the
Nation along the lines of the two major
political parties, with the lines of the
new dry organization reaching deeply
into the organization of both parties,
down even into the precincts, is aimed
in a plan informally explained today to
members of the new "super-dry" organ
ization, the National Conference OF Or
CARNATIONS Supporting the Eighteenth
Amendment, which met at the Raleigh
Hotel today for the first time since Its
formation here last Fall.
The movement, which will embrace
q national committee Of about 500, with
subordinate State. city, county, ward
and precinct committees, is being
formed by Oliver w. Stewart, president
Indianapolis. Ind, and his associates
and has temporary headquarters in New
York.
The movement was launched with in
vitations being sent to about 900 pronni-
nent drys of the country early this
week. and definite organization of the
national committee which Is to develop
the smaller committees In the States,
is expected to be completed by the end
Of next week, Stewart says.
Several Million to be Scattered.
When the complete organization Is
functioning, Stewart said today, there
will be several million dry voters dis
tributed throughout the population
centers of the Nation to keep the higher
ups in touch with the liquor situation
Of every district.
The National Conference Of Organ
nations Supporting the Eighteenth
AM In OF he
Raleigh this morning, and the develop
ments of the prohibition question were
being discussed in open forum by the
delegates from the 80 dry organizations
which make up the conference. The
conference. at its formation, became the
directing head for policies on legisla-
ton, education and other activities OF
dry organization for practically all OF
the active temperance organizations, in
GLIDING the w. c. T. u. the Ant!-Saloon
League, the Methodist Board of Proti-
bition, Temperance and Public Morals
the various church temperance bodies
and other similar organizations.
Barton Presides.
DR.. A. J. Barton, an official of the
Southern Baptist Conference for the
past IS years, who was elected president
Of the new conference. attended and
presided over today's meeting.
The business of the conference wal
expected to be completed with q briei
afternoon session.
While the new Stewart movement
which In effect has as it's aim the for.
nation Of q third party within thu
Democratic and Republican parties
which could be broken away from either
or both parties IL occasion demanded
the new organization n being formed a
a separate body without other thar
sentimental af1iliation with existing dry
organizations.
Therefore, Stewart said today, the
new movement was not formally ex'
| planned to the conference today, mol
was any action with reference to Stew.
| arts movement taken by the confer
ence.
Dry leaders all over the country
Stewart said today. are rallying to the
new movement.
Names Of some Of those whose &C.
eeptances. 1t was said, have reached
Stewart here follow: Clifford Pinchot
former governor Of Pennsylvania: Horace
.. Taft, WATERFOWL. Conn; j. B. Me.
Cornell. East Radiofd, Va; Mrs. Ger.
trude M. Pattengali, Augusta, Me-; Ber
D. Wright, Lockport, N. Y, ofiicial oil
the Good Templars: George G. Williams
Hartford. Conn.,; James A. stone
Reedsburg, Wis: Prof. II. q. Palmer
Harvard University: H. H. Aaker, Grand
Forks, N. OAK; 8. II, Braucht, Newkirk
Okla; A. III. Norton. president of Keuka
College, N. Y; Mrs. Mary p. Cheves
Macon, Ca, and Lewis M. Hale, Spring.
field. Mo.