The Washington times., 1930-03-12
PROHIBITION AID
PLANNED BY
WOMEN


the committee to escape cross
examination.
."He was afraid to face IT,"
said LaGuardia.
That's not true," shouted
Representative Sparks (R0 Of
Kansas. "Mr. Taber said he was
ready to answer questions when
the chairman adjourned the
meeting"
Mrs. r. J. johnson, president
Of the Federation Of Woman's
Boards Of Foreign Missions, read
statements from Superintendents
of Denver, Springfield, nls.; Ia
coma, Wash; Evanston, 1ls., and
Harrisburg, Pa, declaring that
high-school drinking is not wide
spread ana Is decreasing.
College Drinking Less
Mrs. Frank c. Porter, Of New
Haven, Conn, asserted that "Cld
Yale graduates returning declare
that the drinking on the campus
Is not q circumstance TO what It
was before prohibition"
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, Of
Maryland; president Of the Ma.
tional WorAan's Democratic Law
Enforcement League, denounced
New York as IAN outlaw State
because 1t has no State enforce.
ment act and attacked all nullifi-
cationiStS.
Messages from prominent
women in q dozen States were
rad before the speakers took the
floor. Among them were mes
Sages from Mrs. Henry Ford, wife
Of the auto rnagnate; Mrs
Thomas A. Edison, wife Of the
inventor; Mrs. Vic Donahey, wife
Of the former Ohio governor, and
Mrs. James Lees LAidlAw, Of the
New York committee for law en-
forcemert.
II am heartily in favor Of the
Eighteenth Amendment without
modification" said Mrs. Ford.
ut is . law Of the United States
and should be observed By al
Of US. In my opinion 10 has been
Of untold benefit to the women
as well as the men Of our country
in improving living conditions
and o more prosperous nation"
Calls It q Blessing
Mrs. Edison labelled prohibi-
ton 20 blessing and MRS. Dona-
hey declared that ,"the. great state
Of Ohio is sqHarely for prohibi-
tion and law enforcement"
"The battle is. of1--primafily o
woman's battle" said Mrs. Pea
body. 1.-THE normal woman, not
the subnormal or neurotic type,
knows alcohol to be Q habit-Tnak.
ing drug which wrecks body, soul
and mind, as dangerous aS opium
to the. individual-Tnore danger.
Gus to the family and community.
There is no organized rebellion
against prohibition Of opium by
advocates Of personal liberty.
The alcoholic taint from past
generations persists in rebellion
against this necessary law against
the alcohol traffic.
"a ten.yearold law, like q ten,
year-old boy, is not perfectly regu
lated, but required example, sup.
port, education and discipline.
women will cheerfully grant
to men management Of the tariff,
financieS, problems Of transports
ton and water power. Men need
the help Of women to control the
alcoholic power" r.
/ See Drinking On Wane
The women speakers denied
that drinking is increasing among
young people, citing reports in
pre- e-prohibition days Of alarming
drinking" among the young.
They claimed that the econoHni.
benefit Of prohibition to the ma
tion alone justifieE the law. They
claimed that crime has decreased
drunkeneSses has leSSened in col
legeS as well as generally; thai
the nations health has improved
that more food is consumed and
there are better homes. r.
Mrs. John r. Sippel, Of Balti
more, president Of the Genera
| Federation Of Women'S Clubs
who was reported to have beer
threatened if she appeared at thI
hearing, asserted that the fedora
tion's 14,500 clubs favor the DIR!
law.
Mrs. William H. Alexander, d
Ohio, called for support Of PreSi
dent Hoover In his law enforce
merit campaign.
i Bertha x. Landes, formel
mayor of Seattle, asserted thai
the law can be reasonably
enforced, saying that she stopped
flagrant violations in Seattle.
/ Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Demo
cratic CongresSwon1an from
4 Florida and daughter OF the latt
\ William Jennings Bryan, a DIR!
crusader, sent a message limiteC
to affirming a campaign pledgI
| to uphold the law.
Mrs. Nicholson Talks
| Statements were made by Mrs
Jesse w. Nicholson. president Ma
tional Womaus Democratic Law
enforcement League! Mrs, Clar
! ence Fraim, Delaware: MRS. r. !
johnson, New York: Mrs. Morri;
Leibegt, New York: Mrs. orrir
:. Judd, New York: hrs. Robert E
Speer, New York; Miss Annie
Florence Brown, Boston; Mrs
Henry Marshall Kendrick, Wash
ington: Mrs. william Tilton, Bos
ton; Mrs. Clarence Marshal
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