Evening star., 1931-12-14
Allied Forces Wage Intensive
Three-Day Campaign
in Capital.
COllEGIANS DEFENDED
BY ROPP IN ADDRESS
Robins Hits Otherwise Law-Abid-
ing Citizens Who Reject Eight
eenth Amendment.

Addresses by leaders of organizations
lot prohibition featured the opening ves-
terday OF three-day intensive cam.
palgn IN the National Capital in be,
half OF the eighteenth amendment b,
the Allied Forces for Prohibition.
Dr ira Landrith, former president OF
Ward Belmont College, at Nashville
Tenn, and president of the National
temperance Council, was to address a
mass meeting in Calvary Baptist Church
TINS afternoon, and former Representa-
tive Grant M. Hudson of Michigan i,
10 speak at a meeting in the church
tonight.
Inc campaign consists principally of
speeches at mass meetings by members
OF the allied group. Washington is the
nlnety-sixth city of some 27l cities to
De visited during a 10-month campaign
to conclude in June.
Afternoon and evening meetings were
held yesterday in Calvary Baptist
Church while night meeting was held
IN the Willard Hotel.
Col. Robins Speaks.
The speakers at the meeting in the
Willard were Col. Raymond Robins. vice
chairman OF the National Citizens Com
mlttee of One Thousand, and DR.. Oliver
w. Stewart, president of the Flvinp
squadron Foundation. Col Robins also
mad spoken at Calvary Church during
the afternoon.
Col. Robins termed in his address last
night as elective anarchy" any effort
10 select one portion of the Constitu-
ton or the public law for loyalty and
obedience and reject other portions. He
oeclared those who want to reject the
eighteenth amendment have no idea
ShnlIId hn hcf
hlbitlon or how liquor traffic should be
controlled If the law should be changed.
Robert c. Ropp, editor of the Voice
OF Allied YOUTH and Miss Norma
Brown. secretary of the Allied Forces
Tor prohibition, were speakers at Calvary
Church last night, and Mr.. Ropp also
spoke at the afternoon session in the
church with Col. Robbins.
Mr.. Ropp in the course of his address
last night declared young people have
suffered previously from certain yellow
sheets whose sole source of informa-
tlon IS the weekend foot ball game. to
which townspeople bring liquor and the
college youth get the blame for the
drinking.
Fraternities Defended.
Pointing out that drinking and
athletic excellence do not go together.
Mr.: Ropp asserted one of the greatest
thrills an athlete gets out of athletics
is honest achievement and a goSd record
made possible by faithful training and
clean living. He also defended fra
ternities, asserting that the members
OF them who drink are far in the
minority
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas,
coauthor of the eighteenth amendment
presided at the afternoon maeti0o in
the church and Dr. A. c. Christie,
president of the District of Columbia
Medical Society, presided at the meet
ing in the church last night Senator
Smith w. Brookhart of Iowa presided
at the night meeting in the willard
Col. Robins during the course of one
OF his addresses received a thunder of
applause when he asserted that the
nineteenth amendment granting woman
suffrage is the best guarantee that
the eighteenth amendment will never
be repealed"
DR.. Polling to Be Honored
DR.. Daniel C. Polling. manager of the
j. c. Penny Foundation and editor of
the Christian Herald. will be rendered
a luncheon by the allied forces group
in the Mayf1ower Hotel tomorrow after
noon at 1890 o'clock. He is to ad-
dress the group there and afterward de-
liver an address in Calvary Baptist
Church.
The majority Of the speakers are af-
flliated with number of organizations
working for the cause of prohibition,
most of them holding offices in several.
Daniel G. Roper is chairman of the
committee for the campaign in this
city.