The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-25
Committee BigOtry

All the bigOtry and intolerance that arose throughout the country because of her remarks can be di- rectly charged to that political committee.
 Do you remember the cartoon by Robert Kirby that stirred so many people? He had picture of that terrible looking fellow that he called prohibition with that stoye- pipe hat and the battered umbrella and the terrible, cadaverous look, and he was holding out his hand, and on his hand Mabel was stand ing with the blazing torch of liber- ty.
 Well, four years have made quite a change in the picture. The re- publican convention at Chicago, with characteristic hypocrisy and add to that characteristic stu pidity, attempted to face both ways on the prohibition question. They tried to hold out a sop to the vets and a little bone to the drys, so that they may again repeat the performance of 1928 and try to have everybody with them. And had it not been for the the office LIdl WcIc tO tiiC influence of the White House that were delegated to that republican convention in Chicago, that con- vention would have handed the United States of America a clear cut wet platform, as did the demo- cratic national platform. But what did they run up against? They ran up against Hoover himself. nf tho 6rU fnrnaa fn- day in the United States. (Ap- plause). Hoover tried to fix it up in his speech of acceptance and whispered over to the fellow with the high hat. He said: Tt is a noble experiment.
 Now, he wanted to get the lib- eral vote and he wanted to get all the wet votes. And he turned around to them and said, But there are things about it that are not all right, and I will appoint a commission to study it..
 We'll, both groups left the con- .vention. The drys went into a huddle, and they said, "He calls 1t a noble experiment" Then his friends among the vets said, That was just for to calm them down. He is going to do something about it. because he says it is not all right" And then he appointed commission. It cost half million dollars. They brought in q report, and ten out of eleven of them said that prohibition was an absolute failure, that it did not prohibit, and eight out of eleven of them wanted something done to it right away, several were for complete repeal, others were for modifica- ton, one felt he wanted to give It another trial for a little While longer, and less than six months after. he said, 'T guess I better be with the majority, so that the whole eleven of them will be against it."
 What did the president do after all that study and all that expen- allure? He just quietly studied 1t and said nothing about 1t. and did nothing about it, and then stopped the republican national convention from taking a clear-cut stand on 1t.
 Is there any doubt who is the leader today? Wait until you hear who endorses him.
 Daniel Polling. president of the Allied Forces and editor, of the Christiap Herald and general secre- tary of the Christian Endeavor movement. (Boos). It is also en- dorsed by Dr Dinwiddie. president of the National Temperance bu- reau and secretary of the prohibi- ton board of strategy. (Boos). By the editor of the Virginia Christian Advocate, Bishop Richardson rep resenting the Anti-saloon league, also endorsed him. and that en. dorsement is published In the or. gan of the Ku Klux Kian. known as the Fellowship Forum.