The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-02

Cleveland, Sept 2.-An army of specially trained "salesmen,' volun- teering their services to the cause of repeal of the 18th amendment, will take the field i'm October to aid the Crusaders, militant anti prohibitionists, in the nation wide Victory Fund campaign fey $500,- 900.
 Fortified with salesmen's port folios, containing facts and sta- tistics compiled by Crusaders na- tional headquarters. these men will call on prospective contribu- tors between October 10 and 21, to complete the first step in an 18-month program recently adopt ed by the organization to carry their fight beyond the coming election, into that period when, they recognize, real constructive work must be done. The money raising plan is modelled after standard commercial sales meth ods as far as the canvassing per- sonnel is concerned.
 In representative cities through out the nation the volunteer cam- paigp workers are being re- cruited for the Crusaders first major objective;-the raising of sufficient money to assure an ef- fective program of electing can- didates favorable to the repeal of prohibition, public education and publicity. Special committees of prominent men in these cities also are volunteering their services in setting up the local campaigns and seeing that they progress on schedule.
 Contributors are to be ap- preached by the "salesmen" with the request that they help, through giving money now, ito promote genuine temperance, to instigate a powerful and continuous cam paign of education, to make this a sober nation" and to assure the drafting of a plan that will be for the benefit of the people and not of the liquor interests, legal or illegal"
 In their platform the Crusaders | stress their opposition to the re- turn of the saloon. The failure of prohibition to eliminate the saloon as it now appears in the form of the speakeasy, was vigorously eX- pounded today by Fred G. Clark, national Ncommander-in-ch on the eve of the money-raising campaign.
 "The ideal of prohibition ap- peared fifteen years ago to be one of the greatest promises for the social advancement of civilization. Most thinking people, with the welfare of humanity at heart, earnestly hoped that prohibition | o,-fa fhn r,oira n1nc that it's sponsorse claimed it would. But we can no longer substitute hopes for facts.
 We must deal with the six car- dinal principles that the prohibi- tionists established in promises when the federal dry law was en- acted: the abolition of the saloon, the elimination of corruption be- | tween politics and the liquor traf- fic, the end of drunkenness, the reduction of police forces, the re. duction of prison populations ano the minimizing the younger gen. erations' acquaintance with liquor
 1.-TWO speakeasies appear now where one saloon appeareds be fore. Corruption in political cir cles is too obvious in our dail! gang warfare to mention further Police forces and costs have dou bled and trebled and prison popu lation has nearly doubled. Police records show that there Is a. much drunkenness as there wal twelve years ago. The American drink bill has doubled that of an, period in the history of legal sale and court records prove that the youth is more familiar with liquor than ever"
 The Crusaders claim that the recruiting of colunteer men tc aid in this first step of their pro- gram is relatively easy because of the specialization of public sen. timent against prohibition reach ing the point where individuals are anxious to get out and work in any capacity to bring about a change.
 The Crusaders, according to Clark, are in possession of speak easy maps of many major cities including Washington, D. C.. where. they claim prohibition I