Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-26
ASK CORRECTION
ON D. C. DRY POLL
Ministerial Union Adopts Res
oIution "Resenting' Impll.
cation of Literary Digest.

The Ministerial Union of washington
protested against the Literary Digests
prohibition poll of the Washington
clergy for the second time at 4 i1eefina
this morning and formally called on the
periodical to print a correction.
Resolutions, drawn by Rev. w. S.
Abernethy, asserting that the implica-
lions OF the poll as Announced by the
Digest were resented" by the Protest
ant ministry Of the Capital and that the
ministers "repud1ated" the figures as
given by the magazine, were unani-
fn6tisly adopted. -
A letter of protest. prepared on behalf
of the union several days ago, and one
in reply received from William Seaver
Woods, editor of the Literary Digest,
Union at its meeting in the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church The let
ter from Mr.. Woods was held to be "en-
tirely unsatisfactory
The Digest recently announced that
2S4 votes were cast for repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment in It's poll of
the washington clergy.
LESTER Accompanies Resolution.
The Ministerial Union this morning
voted to send to the periodical, along
With the resolutions, the text of q
letter prepared by DR.. W. L. Darby,
secretary of the Federation of Churches
in washington, In which 1t was set
forth that q poll of the Protestant
ministers conducted by the union dis
closed that out Of 1913 ministers none
voted for repeal, only expressed
favor for. modification and that 1875
declared for strict enforcement.
In discussion of the resolutions and
letter Is was suggested that the union
go on record as expressing doubt that
as many as 234 Roman Catholic priests
were in the District of Columbia or had
voted in the poll, but the ministers de-
cided to make no reference to the Cath
ole Church, in the interest of Sim
plicity and brevity."
The explanation made in the letter
from Mr.. Woods was that the ministers
may have voted In the flrst poll Of the
Digest and then neglected to vote Ii
the separate poll Of the clergy.
The union found no fault with the
method by which the poll was con-
Quoted and conceded that some minis
tiers might not have voted In the third
or clergmen's, poll. Speakers said, how
ever, that the fact that the Digest con-
ceded the possibility of discrepancies
was q confession that the poll was In
accurate.
Hear McBride's Assistant.
Before voting on the matter the min
listers heard an address by o. @. Christ
gau, assistant to DR.. F. Scott Mcbride
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League. Christgau declared that Con-
gress is still three-fourths dry and that
the country is as dry as at any time in
the last 10 years notwithstanding "a
flood of wet propaganda that is dripping
from every nook and Granny In the
Nation"
He hailed the nomination of former
Gov. Pinchot in Pennsylvania as a dr.
victory and said that in five State.
which have held primaries recently mot
one dry Congressman has been lost ane
one dry Senator was gained"
The greatest danger to the dry cause
among the propagafdists Is found In tf1t
f1ctional magazines, Christgau assert.
ed. The wet newspapers are harmful
he said, but the fictional magazine,
ARE presenting liquor attractively In
stories that the young boys and girl,
read in the home"