The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-12
Prominent Women
a Prohibition
Views on Records

liquor statutes and the conditions
which they attributed to them.
Under the leadership, for the day,
Of Mrs. Henry w. Peabody of Beverly,
Massachusetts, the chairman of the
woman's national committee for law
enforcement, the claim was present.
ed that 1 1900, 900 women favor q con-
tinuance of prohibition.
Witness Threatened
A prominent witness vas Mrs. John
F. Sippel Of Baltimore, president of
the general federation of women's
clubs, who had received an anony-
nous telephone call threatening her
With harm should she appear In fav-
or of the dry laws.
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Edison agreed
In favoring prohibition.
II stand for the law that has prov
ed a blessing for one station In life
and would be an equal blessing to
those enjoying greater privileges in
this world If they would give the law
a fair chance" the inventors wife
w1ote.
4 am heartily in favor Of the
Eighteenth amendment without mod
tfication," Mrs. Ford's statement read.
1T Is a law of the United States and
should be observed by all of us. In my
opinion 1t has been of untold benefit
to the women as well as men Of our
country In improved living conditions
and a more prosperous nation" y
Represents 12yO00.o0 0
Mrs. Peabody explained that her
organization vas affiliated with or
CARNATIONS having an aggregate
membership of Il ,0O0, O0O.
Opponents of prohibition among
women do not ring true in state
ments regarding their sudden dis
covery Of the awful menace to youth
through alcohol" she continued, land
their inconsistent demand that it
therefore be restored to a legal status.
Youth has not changed essentially.
We have always had flaming youth.
the flame increased by alcohol. To-
day We have a new type, flying youth
the finest yet and most likely to
dispense with alcoholic stimulants."
Mrs. Sippel's statement said:
THE general federation Is an or
ganizzation of 14.500 clubs in $500 of
the 5000 counties of this country"
she said, land I am expressing the
will Of this group when I say they
wish the Eighteenth amendment car
ricd out"
Club Women Back It
Mrs. Peabody presented to the COM
mittee statements from many prom
inent women who favored the Eigh-
teenth amendment. Among them
were Representative Ruth Bryan
Owen, Democrat. Florida: Mrs. Percy
v. P~ennybacker of Austin, Texas,
former president of the general fed
Grafton of wo1nen's clubs, and Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, the New York
~suffragist.
Mrs. Gait said:
Il give my testimony that in my
own considerable circle OF acquaint-
ances and friends. with two excep-
lions. I have found no man, woman
or child, who drinks, brews. smuggles,
purchases, sells or distributes any
form OF alcoholic liquor. These enor-
nous dry circles, strengthening from
ocean to ocean. appear to me to rep
resent the climax Of normal civilized
growth.
Those who still crave alcohol must
acquire self discipline before they at
tain the civilized standard. There
fore, for them prohibition is neces-
sary."
Wants No Modification
MARY E.; Woolley, president of
Mount Holyoke college, wrote that she
believed lin the eighteenth amend
ment without modification of the
volstead act in favor Of wines and
beer"
Mrs. Clarence Marshall Busch Of
Miami, Florida, president Of the Ma
tional League of American women,
said that as a writer she was glad to
"underwrite prohibition. the moral
life insurance Of our nation" and
pleaded for sober judges, clear-head-
ed statesmen and an answering pub
lie to keep our nation from falling"
Louise Hill Liebert Of New York,
international president Of the Kings
and Sons, depicted better
living conditions In the homes Is .
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