The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-15

A|S~, Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals e Methodist Episcopal Church, contained the | wing:
 For months the vets have had EnNnss largely their own way They have flooded the press with propaganda They have very nearly monopolized the motion picture lzFs reels With their unlimited funds, they have controlled committees and conventions
 It is necessary to assure the devoted friends of the dry cause throughout the Nation that the dry organizations have no
 intention whatever of allowing Prohibition to go be default. The Congressmen who vote to attempt to legaize the sale of intoxicat- ing liquor will certainly be called to answer
 before the people in due time The com
 mittees and conventions which have misrep-
 resented the dry majorties in their own
 parties will yet have to deal with these
 maiorities.
 The Prohibition vote in the United States
 is by far the largest and most cohesive
 vote which goes to the polls. It has not
 disintegrated, it has not been disrupted. It
 is an intelligent vote and patriotic vote
 Consider for instance, the influence of
 the Christian Church alone It remains the
 most powerful influence for good in the
 country. What other organization has a
 building in every hamlet-what other or ganization has one, two, three or more rep resentatives in each community? What other organization is animated by a conscientious. conviction out of which is born a deathless coflVction?
 Consider the branches of the Christian Church in America which are committed ab- solutely to the proposition that license high or low is wrong in principle and powerless aJxy f1~ o,,;1 a traffic can never be legalized without sin on the part of the commrnity sin which rests it's guilt upon every citizen who fails to protest and to use his citizenship against it.
 The Methodist Church in it's various branches, with eight million members and a full twenty million constituents, is of ficially on record. The Baptist Church, sub stantially as strong, is on record. So is the Presbyterian Church and score of other denominations, some of which at least are no less prominent and hardly less strong. The Episcopal Church is certainly not un- friendly to Prohibition, and a large group of Catholics earnestly support it. True, these people lack leadership at the present mo- ment; they lack general organization which will bring them into coordinated activity in defense of their principles Make no mistake about it; the leadership will be found; the
 organization will be effected.
 In the first place Dr Clarence True Wilson a S organization ought to be required by put 'inion to offer proof of the intimated charge u e press of the United States, the movie theatr C., have been controlled by liquor interests a we printed and screened paid for propaganda to f e people. They ought to be required to prove large that conventions and committees have bt rrupted and controlled through the use of "l nited funds" Until proof is offered that the gr lily newspapers of the country the motion pict, dustry, the platform committees of Democra Id Republican National and State conventions. a terest money, or other money, Dr. Wilson and mmittee ought to be regarded simply as cht ,litical slanderers In fact there is every rea the world for the public so to regard them T. icy do so is evidenced by the voting of the pee the polls.
 In the second place, if half of what the Clipsl ys regarding the state of public opinion, rnestness of the Prohibitionists and the merit eir cause is true, why doesn't the great Ameri ajority they pretend to represent form Proh on Party and make the issue direct. If they en half of the truth, every day they neglect that thsy are betraying the people they pro represent and the country
 t them throw their banners to the breeze the open and demand a fair count instead ving to rig majority by playing party agai rty and faction against faction. Why not m e issue like men instead of trying to hold u sition by bulldozing and blackjacking individ ngressmen and politicians by threats of def rough the use of their blocs of votes in prim d other elections?
 Let them prove that they believe they bo them thow their banners to the breeze. m deponstrate that they are Americans W rage to stand for their principles rather u iguing trading, conniving, politicians They hibition first among all the political issues. IT they have a maJority of che American peo them. Then let them come into the fight wi aibition Party candidates in the Nation,