Evening star., 1932-12-16
DR.. GRAIN TO HEADI
DRY ORGANIZATIONS
Election of Officers Follows
Preparation of Campaign
Against Repeal.

The national conference of organiza-
tions supporting the eighteenth amend
ment, comprising 80 national organiza-
tions, announced election of officers
today as follows:
President, DR.. James A. Grain OF In
dianapolis; vice presidents, Mrs. Ella
A. Boole. New York, and F. Scott Nc
Bride. Washington, D. c.: secretary,
Edwin c. Dinwiddie. Washington. D.
c.; treasur-r. R. H. Martin, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
The Executive Committee is COM
posed of IT, officers and the follow
ing:
Mrs Ida B. w. Smith, Des Monies.
Arthur j. Barton Wilmington, N. c.,
P. H. Callahan. Louisville: Carlton M.
Sherwood. Boston. Bishop James Can
non. ir., Washington. Grant M. Hud-
son, Lansing. Mich; Ernest H. Cher
rington. Westerville, Ohio MS. William
Tilton. Cambridge, Mass: Dr. c. T.
Wilson, Washington D. c.. and Dr.
Joseph A. Stevenson, Philadelphia.
Plan Campaign.
The conference last night adjourned
after adopting a declaration calling for
unyielding opposition to any change IL
the prohibition law and urging organ
ization "out to the remotest precincts
to fight modification or repeal
Under the title "A Declaration and
Call to Action" the confer
ence assailed the interests seeking a
change in the law. pointing in particu-
lar to THE shameful haste with which
the House of Representatives was rushed
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In this hour when the industrial
systems of the world are strained TO the
breaking point. when the social order
is being shaken to its foundations. when
our country is at the height of the
struggle to make effective its outlaWry
of the liquor traffic. the opponents of
that policy, emboldened by the tragic
conditions surrounding al countries.
are moving not only for the early repeal
Of the eighteenth amendment, but, even
prior to action on repeal. for the restora-
ton of the beer traffic despite the
known evils always accompanying it,
the declaration said.
Back Eighteenth Amendment.
"In the name, and for the sake OF
the American people, by whom the
eighteenth amendment was made part
of the Constitution of the United
States, We. the members of the Ma
tional Conference of Organizations Sup
porting the Eighteenth Amendment,
make this declaration: !.
We are for the maintenance of the
eighteenth amendment.
I'VE are unalterably opposed to all
proposals for its repeal. We are like
wise opposed to any proposal for modi-
fication or change which will give any
oil etc
fort to the liquor traffic.
Against these We will battle without
compromise or evasion.
we will fight to hold every State in
line for the eighteenth amendment, re-
gardless of what may happen in any OF
the other States.
we offer the liquor traffic no olive
branch We hang cut no white flag.
In supreme confidence in the justice of
our cause and in faith in that Higher
Power which has never failed our
country, we grid ourselves for the con-
flict
I'VE call the people to witness the
sight of brewers and their agents sit
ting in conference with the House Com
mittee on Ways and Means planning
the establishment of their forbidden
business the only excuse for their
presence being an expressed willingness
to share their profits with the Govern
ment. knowing that all such gains must
be coined from the misery and degra-
dation induced by the greed and appe-
tite which inhere in the liquor traffic
Scores House Action.
I'VE point to the shameful haste with
which the House OF Representatives
was rushed to a vote on a proposal to
submit a repeal of the eighteenth
amendment with less than an hour for
discussion
we invite the attention OF the peo-
pie to the spectacle of the opponents
OF prohibition in this hour Of crisis
blocking consideration Of measures of
relief by demanding prior consideration
OF their proposals for the restoration of
the liquor tre effic. AS in the past, this
business is insenSible to the woes of
the people and willing to take every
possible advantage
we deny that the recent election
was a mandate for repeal or modifica-
tion of the eighteenth amendment. The
major political parties refused their
own delegates to their national conven-
tlonS any oportunity to speak or vote
in support OF the maintenance and en-
forcement OF the eighteenth amend
ment. Their platform declarations gave
llle VUJCTS Ol Tie NdtlOll no opportunity
for the expression of faith in the Ma
ton prohibition policy enacted By
the eighteenth amendment and sup
ported by the laws for its enforce
ment.
We warn political leaders that in
committing the dominant parties to the
liquor traffic they do not assure that
traffic's restoration OF perpetuation.
They place the existence of the politi-
cal organizations which they lead On an
unsafe foundation. As in the past, SO
know how to call into existence such
their will. The maintenance and en-
forcement of the eighteenth amendment
must not fail rs a result of betrayal by
the conventions of both dominant par
ties
Attended Beer Hearings.
I'VE urge the people. out to the re-
nloteSt precincts to enroll and organ
ize the largest possible number of sup
porters OF the eighteenth amend
ment 8"
The conference. held at the Dodge
Hotel. brought together leaders from
the Anti-Salcon League, w. c. T. u,
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohi
bitten and Public Morals, Good Tenn
plars. Rechabites and various church
bodies.
Delegates attended the congressional
beer hearings Wednesday.