Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-14
Chaplain of TombS Praises
Prohibition at House
Hearing.
SMITHS DEFEAT is LAID
TO ISSUE BY CHICAGOAN
Committee Recesses Until Wednes-
day, When Friends Of Amendment
Will Continue Testimony.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Little old New York." as they
frequently refer to it on Manhattan
Island, today entered the picture Of the
House judiciary committees prohibition
hearing and one who has seen much
Of the ne'er-do-wells who drift along
with the rest of the millions testified
it was his opinion that as Americas
first city has grown bigger and bigger,
1t also has grown better.
The lights along the great white
way" sparkle just as brightly as a dec
ade ago, but, in the opinion Of John
Callahan, the chaplain at the Tonlbs
Prison, an amazing change has taken
place. He told the committee it was
a change for the better, and he at
tributed it to prohibition.
Hopes Law Stays on Books.
ST hope to God the dry law will stay
on the books and be more consistently
enforced" were the words he left in the
committee records to combat the pre-
vious testimony by the anti-prohibition
group that since enactment of the
eighteenth amendment crime has in
creased and conditions grown worse.
Often referred to as the Bishop OF
the Bowery," Mr.. Callahan said the dry
law had brought great good" to the
Bowery distinct, where, he said. 10
years ago there had been A saloons
Now, he added, conditions had changed.
Twenty-Five years as director OF the
Hadley Rescue Mission has given Athe
chaplain much opportunity for observa.
ton of those who do not walk on Fifth
avenue in fashionable clothes and he
said that he knew many men who 10
years ago had lived without God and
without hope" who now had homes,
families, radios and automobiles. Again,
he attributed this change to prohibition.
Chicago Social Worker Appears.
Callahan was the second witness of
the day. Before him Raymond Robins,
Chicago social worker, likewise had
Endorsed the eighteenth amendment and
made the assertion that Alfred e. Smith
had been defeated as Democratic presi-
dental nominee because Of his stand on
prohibition.
When Smith signed q III repeating
the New York State pl Edition en-
forcement act, Robins asserted, he be-
came the ''country's chief nullifier under
VAC nag.
The third witness was John r. Nc
Intyre, superintendent of the Whosoever
Gospel Mission of Germantown, Pa. He
also spoke in support Of the dry law.
He said the work of the mission showed
change for the better under prohibit
ton and that it no longer was neces-
Sary to pick up drunken men from the
streets and try to build them into self
respecting citizens.
Shortly after Mcintyre concluded the
committee recessed until next We'd
neSday, when friends Of the eighteenth
amendment viii continue presentation
of testimony.
Chairman Graham announced at the
outset OF this mornings session that
Mrs. Henry w. Peabody had examined
the committee transcript and did not
care for any change in the remarks at
trIbuted to her while other witnesses
were testifying.
Mrs, Peabody directed the appearance
Of the women who appeared Wednesday
IN support of the eighteenth amend
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