Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-12

/ as q writer, she was glad to under
write prohibition, the moral life in
surance Of our Nation" and pleaded for
sober judges, clear-headed statesmen
and an answering public to keep our
Nation from falling"
Louise Hill Liebert Of New York, in
ternational president of the Kings
Daughters and Sons, said the $4,000
membership of her organization in &C
States stood for prohibition, and de-
picted better living conditions in the
homes as a result of the 10-year-old
law She predicted that the boys and
girls born under prohibition would be
more able bodied and clear headed than
those of other generations.
In all, some three dozen women pre-
| sented their statements. Mrs. Vic Dona-
hey, the wife of the former Governor
Of Ohio, said that her State is "squarely
| for prohibition and law enforcement
| and will support and honor with high
ONCE only those who are willing to do
theix duty IN these important matters"
Mrs. James L. Laidlaw of the New
York Committee for Law Enforcement
expressed the opinion that young people
in the history OF the world.
| Representative Ruth Bryan Owen Of
Florida reafarmed the platform on
which she was elected to the House,
pledging herself to uphold the Con-
stitution of the United States and the
amendments thereto"
Representing the Federation of For
eign Mission Boards of North America,
Mrs. F. I. johnson said:
I'VE are not q church lobby We
are compelled, however, to combat the
persistent unending lobby Of men
pledged to the liquor trafnc for their
own gain or their own destruction"
The president of the Council of
Women for Home Missions, Mrs. Orrin
r. judd emphasized the necessity Of
preserving the SacredneSs' Of the Con-
stitution and laws, particularly as an
example TO aliens, Indians and Negroes.
Mrs. Robert y. Speer, president OF
the national board Of the Young
Women's Christian Associations, called
the committees attention to resolutions
adopted by that organization In 1924,
1926 and 1928, pledging support Of law
enforcement and emphasizing prohibi-
ton.
Mrs. Henry Marshall Kendrick Of
Washington, D. c., representing the
National Council of Federated Church
Women, declared for enforcement Of
the eighteenth amendment with no re-
peal and for the Volstead act without
modification"
Strict and impartial enforcement Of
the eighteenth amendment was de-
Scribed as q child welfare measure"
by Mrs. william Tilton, national chair
man of legislation for the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Mrs. William H. Alexander of Ohio
discredited charges that the eighteenth
amendment is responsible for crime and
lawlessness and said. We believe that
the success already attained in the
short space of 10 years in prohibition
enforcement is the greatest moral
miracle of the age"
From Seattle. Wash, came the state
ment of Bertha K. Landes, former
mayor of that city, holding that the
prohibition law can be enforced "rea-
sonably" In the same proportion as
other restricted laws. This, she said,
she knew from her own experience,
adding that "the failure of those in
power to carry on honestly and EN-
GENTLY Is the cause Of great deal Of
our present difficulties"
California Women Opposed.
The organized women of Southern
California are definitely opposed to re-
peal or modification of the eighteenth
amendment, Mrs. Manard F. Thayer,
vice chairman Of the woman's COM
mittee for Southern California, reported,
ao0mS tna5 ory sentiment was growing
also IN social and unorganized groups.
Resolutions In support Of prohibition
observance and enforcement adopted by
women's organizations of California
were presented by Mrs. Paul Raymond,
chairman Of the Woman's Committee
Of Five Thousand, San Francisco. One
said that, following In the footsteps of
the First Lady Of the Land, we refuse
invitations where we are reasonably sure
that the hostess will violate the prohi-
hition law"
II am a dry" explained Mrs. Ray
mond Robins of Florida, honorary
chairman of the Woman's Trade Union,
''as the result of living In the old sew
enteenth ward in Chicago with over 500
saloons in our ward of less than one
mile square, with innumerable bootleg
gers and speakeasies, called blind pigs
In those days"
A resolution sent by the Kentucky
Woman'S Committee for Law Enforce
ment set out that state control would
be q step backward to unsatisfactory
conditions" discounted the amount Of
crime credited to prohibition and re-
ported the benefits of prohibition Is
very great In Kentucky"