Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26
JUS. DEN|ESL|QUOR
| DRIVE in SCHOOLS
Prohibition Propaganda win
Be Sent Teachers Only on
Request, Officials Say.

Having made it clear that any CO.
operation which schools of the country
give in educating American children
to the benefits of prohibition viii be
entirely voluntary on the part Of the
schools, prohibition officials today
turned their attention to other phases
of the problem of dissemination of
facts with respect to the eighteenth
amendment dealing with prohibition"
Only a few hundred dollars have
been expended in printing form circulars
which the Prohibition Bureau will make
available for such schools as desire
them. The Prohibition Bureau has $50
900 appropriated by Congress TO spread
the facts" about prohibition and now
is working on plans for the best use
of this money.
Lowman Stands Pat.
Standing pat on the formal statement
issued late yesterday denying that the
Government would attempt to use the
schools as a propaganda medium" As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Low
man said that the next factors to be
considered were pamphlets describing
the economic effects Of prohibition and
the problem as TO whether to use post
erS.
The bulletins on the economic phases
OF prohibition, Mr.. Lowman said, would
be made available In like manner 70
the school bulletins, for the people and
organizations OF the country who de-
sire to make use of them.
The economic bulletin not yet has
been written. but is under way. The
question Of the posters still is an I'M
decided one. Both Assistant Secretary
Lowman and Prohibition Commissioner
James M. Doran have not yet made up
their minds as to whether they will use
some of the many sample posters al
ready submitted or whether they will
eliminate the whole poster proposition
Neither official, seems to be satisfied
with the posters submitted and they
appear to be somewhat in doubt as to
the feasibility of using posters at all.
Will Not Use Movies.
The Government will not resort to
the motion picture, nor to magazine or
newspaper advertising in the expendi-
ture of what they consider the relatively
such a sum could not go far in any one
of these fields.
The impression that the Government
planned to actively propaganda the
schools OF the country was corrected
last night by formal statement issued
following conference between Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Doran, Assistant
Secretary Lowman and Under Secretary
Of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills.
Miss Anna B. Suffer of the Prohibi-
ton Bureau will continue with her
plans to go to Atlanta the last of this
week to make available to teachers at
MOI
nual convention copies of the pamphlet
How Shall We Teach the Eighteenth
Amendment"
Smallness Of Fund Cited.
The statement issued concerning this
pamphlet and the denial that it will
be active propaganda, read, in, part, as
follows:
"A wrong impression seems to have
been created as to just what the Pro-
hibition Bureau is to do with this
money" said the statement, referring
to the $4,000
quiring that the effects of alcohol and
narcotics on the human system be
taught in the public schools" said Dr.
Doran. THE District of Columbia has
such law and such teaching is now
under way in the schools"
/ THE Bureau of Prohibition has pre-
pared limited number of pamphlets
which contain accurate information on
these subjects as well as the economic
phases Of prohibition and they are
available should they be desired. The
Federal Government Is not going 10
supply any teachers or lecturers for
this work. but upon request from the
regular constituted school authorities
the Bureau of Prohibition will furnish
such pamphlets and information as It
has available.
THE public school system is operated
under the control and authority of the
several State governments and the
curriculum in the schools is not SUBJ
ject to control of the Federal Govern
ment. The Treasury Department does
not intend to make suggestions to
school authorities or to attempt to use
the schools as propaganda medium.
The fact that but $4,000 Is avail
able makes it apparent to any one that
the Federal Government is not in a
position to carry on propaganda in the
public school system of the United
State, but is only in a position to fur
nish documentary statements Of the
workings of the prohibition law. In
fact, the amount intended for this pur-
pose will not exceed the insignificant
sum Of Few hundred dollars"
d. C. POLICY is "HANDs OFF"