The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-07
INA MY APPROVE
TEMPERANCE
PROGRAM

,Evidencfng the undiminished inter
est which the Hearst $4,000 temper
anee contest has aroused throughout
the nation, comments regarding the
prize winning plans are heard from
all quarters. Some Of the views
autographed today to. the New
York headquarters of the temperance
contest committee follow:
PIERRE S. DU PONT, intsrna.
tionally known as chairman OF thes
board of e. /. du Pont de Nemours
I Company, Wilmington. Del:
!: z 'eUndoubtedly the temperance plan
offered by Justice Hoyt is step to-
!. ward sane treatment of vexed ques
tion. II the people of the United
Z states can be induced to abandon the
use of distilled spirits and to suosu-
! tute beer and wine the health OF tne
community will not suffer and much
drunkenness and injurious drinking
will be avoided
However, it must be. remembered
that a great part of the whisky OF
gin used as a beverage is taken ny
those who mix it with water to
dilution as great as that of many
vines. Moreover, many of those VINO
now take their drink in the form OF
nundiluted spirits have come into the
habit ON account of prohibition, Tor
prohibition has made strong liquor
the most accessible and most readliy
consumed type of alcoholic beverage.
!. "a new generation has been
+ brought up to know nothing hut
(, strong drink. Will these citizens
: be satisfied with the offered VINE
!, and bser? l fear not. Neverthe-
\ less, a step in. the right direction is
i worth taking. We need not ex-
) pect to remedy our past follies at
: the first trial but an acknowledge
-sneYtt of error is the best prellm-
mary to its correction.
stsThe adoption OF Justice Hoyt's
MAN would undoubtedly lead to the
& final. satisfactory solution Of the
aiouor problem and to the promo
tion OF. temperance in the United
states,
THE REV. SAM w. SMALL.
veteran journalist and an associate
editor of the Atlanta (Ga9 Consti-
tuition. discourses whimsically IN
his daily column concerning the
trials and tribulations of a temper
ance contest competitor. E.r. Small,
who spent thirty.five years as
popular evangelist and Anti-Saloon
League lecturer, reproduced the full
text of his own plan, prefacing II
with the following remarks
81 submitted a plan in the Hearst
nrize competition for scheme to
better temperance conditions in the
nation. Some of my friends were
Gnickerins at me yesterday because
II turned out that I did not run
IA the money!
1'.Wen, to be absolutely honest
Ind frank about the matter, l did
nat EXPECT to win one of the prizes.
So 7 did not buy anything in aa-
vance depending on winning
Hearst prize to pay the bill. But
here is the plan-now laugh, dag
gone you"
HOMER ALBERS. dean of Boston
University law school:
ANY plan that looks at all
promising: is worthwhile and for
that reason am not opposed to
Judge Hoyt's plan. But ! am not
sure it goes far enough. For ex.
ample. there might well be added
to his plan Government control
of fermented liquors"
FRANKLIN w. WARD. adiutant
general. state of New York:
/. 1T am very much impressed with
Judge Hoyt's temperance substitute
for prohibition. While he was paid
S25 900 as a prize, at the rate of 325
a, word for his plan, If it is adopted
by the country and proves practical
it will be worth untold billions.
Judge Hoyt's plan is clear and
concise and in my estimation It Is
workable. Mr.. Hearst is to be COM
piimented for bringing out what may
prove to be the solution OF the So
called prohibition question"
r. HOWARD BLAND, president
Of the United States Fidelity and
3 Guaranty Company, Baltimore:
"I am convinced after deep study
8 that most of the present ills of the
United States have been caused by
Z the operation Of the Volstead law.
I have reached the conclusion that
any plan, based on reasonable and
sensible lines, to relieve the present
- restraint placed on the American
people in respect to the beverage
question would be of monumental
benefit to the country. The Hoyt
plan offers the beginning.
& ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER,
Washington attorney and an en-
trant in the Hearst temperance
: contest:
3 THE greatest weakness and most
SERIOUS defect of Justice Hoyts plan
Is that it will not prevent or stop
bootlegging Of distilled liquors,
which can never be displaced by
the nailder beverages proposed by
the distinguished Judge. Bootleg
gtng is demonstrated to be the
greatest evil Of prohibition. 1t is
the source and cause of practically
all the crimes under prohibition, and
i of the breaking down and the grow
ing disrespect for all laws and con-
stituted authority, and the corrup.
tion Of our social, political and Of
fetal life." -