Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-24

position of saying the young men with
whom he was associated were any worse
than those elsewhere.
Kitchener wanted Eyes and no.
answer on conditions at Princeton.
II want to say" Roper replied, that
I do not claim that there is much more
drinking among young people, but 1t is
the vicious type of drinking"
Under further questioning, Roper said
the conditions of which he spoke had
been found outside of Princeton.
1T have been worker for prohibi-
tion," the coach said. "Since I don't
where liquor might be served. ! have
tried to set an example,"
Kitchener wanted to know II his con-
tention was not that there was more
drinking.
IT would be foolish" Roper replied,
"to say that there Is more or less drink
ing among young people. All I can say
Is that It is more vicious form Of
drinking"
"Then what you want is something
to improve the situation?" asked
Kitchener.
YES" replied Roper.
The witness said he knew little Of
drinking in the stands at big foot ball
games as his place was on the side
lines.
81 do know" he went on, shat
groundkeepers have told me Of finding
bottles in the stands"
'You know that those were brought
by spectators and not students?" tn
quired Kitchener.
"All know. Is that the bottles were
found" the coach answered. THE
temptation was before the students"
Roper said he had travelled the collu-
try preaching temperance in high
schools. q
Speaking for the Riis neighborhood
settlement in New York, Mrs. Jacob A..
Riis declared in letter put into the
record that "the impossibility of en-
forcing an impossible law was having
demoralizing effect among the poor
of the great city.
In the past year six speakeasies have
opened in the blocks Immediately ad-
jacent to the settlement" she wrote.
One at So Henry street, next door
to us, reopened three times. Another
was few doors further down the street
and one was almost directly opposite
us. In conjunction with other welfare
groups In the neighborhood, were sue
cessful in having them closed. We have
been helping in this way to close speak
easies for the past six or eight years
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ones Immediately open up,
We see drunken men on the streets
of the neighborhood now-several a
month; but We see at least one and
often two or three on the subways and
elevated virtually every night. They
appear to be suffering from the effects
of excessively potent liquor. We know
that the liquor sold in the speakeasies
is of very bay quality. We have had
employees in the settlement whom we
had to discharge because they drank
so heavily in the speakeasies of our
locality.
Drink has always been q problem
in our neighborhood. In the old days
it was a problem. It is still as heavy
problem as it was 20 years ago. be-
lieve that the impossibility of enforce
ing an impossible law has demoraliz-
ing effect on our neighborhood young
people. -
Prohibition cannot fairly be said to
prohibit drinking in our section. The
first two years after the amendment
was adopted did show some improve
ment, but since then conditions have
become markedly worse"
Members of the committee do not ex-
pect to report ANY legislation to the
House as result Of the inquiry.