Evening star., 1932-09-10
DRYS REJECT BOLT
FROM OLD PARTIES
Neither Presidential Candi-
date Found Acceptable on
Liquor Control Policy.
BY the Associated Press.

The support of congressional candl-
dates friendly to prohibition was today's
advice to voters from two outstanding
prohibition organizations-the Executive
Committee of the Anti-Saloon League
and the National Prohibition Board of
Strategy.
The leagues committee. in a formal
statement focusing campaign efforts on
congressional races, said that organiza-
ton could not support the position OF
the two major presidential candidates.
1t added that mo national political
party convention can bind Senators and
Congressman" who "are responsible only
to their constituents for the manner in
which they meet their official obliga-
tions."
The Board Of Strategy last night dis
cussed at some length a proposal by
Canon William S. Chase that the drys
support a third-party movement and
decided to center campaign efforts on
senatorial and congressional races.
Senator Borah Of Idaho and Gov. Pin
chot of Pennsylvania had been sug-
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leaders.
Sees Matter Closed.
DR.. Ernest @. Cherington, chairman
of the board, said the third-party reso-
luton had not received second and
that, while not formally voted on, he
felt the matter was closed so far as the
board was concerned. :,
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ton said, "and this board and probably
all other dry organizations will center
its support on candidates for Congress
who are friends of prohibition"
The league statement told "the voters
of the Nation to study with great care
the political party platforms, the public
declarations and the known records OF
the presidential candidates and to vote
as in their judgment will best conserve
and maintain the present prohibition
policy unchanged" 1t added:
Support Dry Candidates.
1--WE cannot, therefore, urge too
strongly the supporters of the eight
eenth amendment to emphasize their
views on the prohibition question to the
Senator and Congressman already
elected and to all senatorial and con-
gressional candidates. We urge the
support of those candidates only who
believe that prohibition ought to be the
law"
Canon Chase, before the Board Of
Strategy discussed his plan, had written
prohibition leaders suggesting a united
moral and political protest by the dry
forces which will hold the bal
ance of power"
This" he wrote, will place the dry
forces in splendid fighting position for
the 1884 elections"
Canon Chase told newspaper men he
felt Senator Borah would not be inter
ested in heading third party ticket
unless prohibition organizations acted
before September Is. He said he was
very much disappointed" that a meet
| ing of SO prohibition organizations
scheduled for last Wednesday had not
been held SO he could have submitted
his proposal.
Statement Of League.
The leagues statement said
The Anti-Saloon League of America
stands unitedly and unswervingly by its
non- partisan prohibition policy.
81. 1t declares unreservedly for the
continuance of the eighteenth amend
ment unchanged.
80. 1t opposes notification in any
form either by the action of any State
or by the repeal or modification of the
Volstead act to legalize an increased
alcoholic content in permissible alco-
holic beverages or by the action of any
State.
'3 1t calls upon the President and
the Prohibition Department to present
to Congress the needs of that depart
ment in order to secure efficient prohi-
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gress to provide the money and men
necessary to meet those needs.
States Asked to Aid.
"a. 1t calls upon the Governors and
Legislatures of the several States to
enforce their State prohibition laws and
where there are no State prohibition
! laws, We urge the adoption of such
| legislation, and we also call upon State
authorities to cooperate actively with
the Federal Government in the en-
icrcement of the prohibition law.
"5. 1t calls upon all good citizens
to cooperate in every possible way to
secure not only the enforcement, but
the observance Of the prohibition law.
We are IN the midst of one of the
| great battles in the great warfare with
the beverage liquor traffic. The Anti
| Saloon League has vigorously and con-
! slStently declared that prohibition
should not be made a partisan political
issue and should not be the subject of
political party platforms. AS a result
OF the rejection of this non- partisan
! policy by the party conventions and
candidates, the situation today is un-
usually complicated. Conditions are
such that in some sections of the coun-
try 1t is exceedingly difficult for the
supporters of prohibition to express
their convictions effectively In the
coming election.
Acceptance Speeches Hit.
| "The acceptance speeches of both
candidates OF the two major parties
favor the return to the several States
of the right to determine whether OF
not the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors shall be legalized and
under what conditions. To neither CT
these positions can the Anti-Saloon
League at all consent. The Anti-Saloon
League of America insists that the liq-
uor traffic shall continue to be branded
as criminal in every State and Territory
under the flag. 1t declares that when
once the traffic has been legaliZed In
any State the return OF the saloon OF
its equivalent Is inevitable in that
State Furthermore, the league insists
that the protection Of dry States against
the lawlessness Of a legalized traffic In
other States is a proposition impossible
Of effective enforcement.
ANY demand for the immediate
modification Of the Volstead act to per-
NIT beverages OF greater alcoholic con-
tent will. If acceded to, open the way to
notification of the Constitution and the
weakening of any effective law enforce
ment
"1'he baneful effects Of the illegal
liquor traffic with It's speakeasies and
bootleggers will not be cured by the
repeal OF Federal prohibition for the
same illegal traffic f1ourisfed all ovef
the country before the adoption OF the
| eighteenth amendment. The legaliza-
ton of the liquor traffic will not OBJ
literate the inherently lawless illegal
traffic, but will bring back the vicious
power and ermitious influence of the