Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-09
SAYS HONEST DRYS
FAILED TO SEE ILLS
Baptist Speaker Holds They
Were Not Crooked Enough
to Forecast Violation.

The drys were not crooked" enough
to forecast what would be brought about
through the enactment OF the prohlbi-
ton amendment and were so naive that
they thought the mere passage Of an
anti-liquor law would dry up the coun-
try, DR.. Robert E. Corradini. executive
secretary of the Alcohol Information
Committee of New York, asserted dur
ing an open forum on THE Truth About
the Eighteenth Amendment" at this
mornings session Of the fortieth annual
convention of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union Of America.
Du Point Called Distiller.
In his discussion of prohibition and
the current law breaking which Is aSso-
ciated with it, DR.. Corradini character
lied Pierre du Pont as 1.-The country's
largest distiller today" and accused the
Army, which, he said. Is obliged to wink
at the use Of alcohol by its personnel,
of killing manhood"
DR.. Corradini was discussing the rela-
ton Of the reign Of racketeers and
gangsters to prohibition.
1--WE were not crooked enough to
forecast what the crooked liquor trafnc
would do" he declared.
I'VE were so naive as to think that
merely by passing prohibition amend
ment, all the boys would sit meekly
by, stop their drinking and that there
by. the country would be dried up:
The truth is, our minds were not OF
a crooked enough turn to warn us
that the interests which. by the COM
plete enforcement Of prohibition, would
deprive them of $4,000, 100000 busi-
ness and which already had broken
all kinds of laws in their traffic, would
not simply go ahead and violate the
prohibition amendment itself"
Problem of Eugenics.
The trouble with all dry leaders to-
day, the speaker continued, is that
they belong to the last generation"
ANY dry leader today would have
a conniption fit at the mere mention
of a saloon" DR.. Corradini declared.
"whereas. as a matter of fact, the
LIQUOR question today IS not a problem
of salyaging q few buns who want TO
20 on a spree, but instead Is a greater
problem Of eugenicS and public safety
It Is not an anti-saloon drive, which
ought to be made under the amend
ment, but it Is very emphatically
narcotic issue.
II don't think that the fact that
man will sell his baby's shoes for an
other drink is big enough question Tor
the whole country to get hot and both.
cred about" he said.
Continuing, Corradini asserted that
the aviation concerns had recognized
that alcohol unquestionably Is mar
cotic and that they absolutely forbid
their pilots and mechanics from using
1t in any form.
'Army Kills Manhood"
Asked why the Army did not enforce
as strictly as aviation con-
Germs, the speaker said that in his
opinion it was because 1.-The Army kills
manhood anyhow and has 20 wink at
lot of offenses to make up for the KIND
of life it imposes on men,"
Continuing he said that Pierce s.
dupont, whom he characterized as the
financial angle Of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
has publicly said he would not drive
his automobile If he had a single drink
of beer.
Opened with Singing.
Today's session was opened at 8
o'clock with congregational singing I'M
der the direction Of Robert H. Cole
man. Rev. Theodore F. Adams OF
Toledo. Ohio, conducted q hah-hour re-
ligious service, speaking on Living at
Your Best"
J. Milton johnson Of Los Angeles,
president of the union, delivered his
address, after which Mrs. George Caleb
Moore Of New York spoke on THE
Perils and Privileges Of the Pathfinder"
President Hoover was enthusiastically
applauded by the young BaptistS last
night when speakers paid tribute to his
ability and presented, on his behalf,
greetings to the convention. w. w.
Everett Washington business man and
chairman of the Executive Committee
Ct the Columbia Association Of Baptist
Churches, drew prolonged acclaim for
the President when he asserted that Mr..
Hoover is Chief Executive who Is
carrying out a program based upon the
principles on which the Nation itself
was founded. In Mr.. Hoover, he added,
I'VE have a President we can all stand
behind"
Greeted by Newton.
The Presidents greetings were pre-
sented to the convention at its open
ing last night by Walter Newton
presidential secretary. He said that In
Washington the union should receive
the inspiration that will enable its mem
bers to return to their homes prepared
to carry on the work awaiting them for
the betterment of their country. He
added that he hoped the oSganiZation
would enjoy here "itS most enthusiastic
and inspiring convention"