Evening star., 1932-04-17
LAW ENFORCEMENT
SESSIONS TO OPEN
10000, 900 Women viii Be
Represented at Prohibition
Fair Today.

With allegiance to the Constitution
and observance Of law as its keynote.
the Womans National Committee for
Law Enforcement will open its con-
vention here today.
Composed Of representatives Of ma
tional organizations having an aggre-
gate membership Of 100000, the
committee is meeting in conjunction
with a prohibition fair sponsored by
It and depicting the results of the
eighteenth amendment.
President Hoover and members Of
Congress have been designated as
guests of honor, and several thousand
invitations have been issued to per-
sons of social and political distinction
for the preview Of the prohibition fair
at the Washington Auditorium at $3.50
O'Clock this afternoon. Admission will
be by card only.
1.-THE fair seems necessary" a state
ment from the committee said, "in view
of the repeated attacks on the elgh-
teenth amendment in Congress and
through the groups working with the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment and the Womens Com
mittee for Prohibition Reform, which
is misleading title"
10 MASS at SdpAtOis
Public sessions of the fair will get
under way Monday with a maSsing Of
women drys at the Capitol at noon: an
afternoon session will be held at the
Auditorium. and at o'clock tomorrow
evening Senator Arthur r. Robinson,
Republican, of Indiana, will be the
keynote speaker. The sessions are un-
der the direction Of Mrs. Henry w.
-. nf tan iy1Cy
Committee, and she will preside at the
preview this afternoon. The fair will
close Saturday evening, April 23.
though the convention proper will end
Tuesday night. Todays sessions will
be in memory of Benjamin Franklin,
the date marking the anniversary OF
his death. Tomorrow will be Paul
Revere day" and Tuesday the ami
versary of the battles of Lexington and
Concord will be observed. Representa-
tive Charles I. Sparks, Republican, OF
Kansas, will be one of the speakers:
Today's program includes the calling
to order by Mrs. Peabody of the flrst
constitutional Convention for Wom-
en-" a reading by Mrs. Haines Lippm-
colt of BENJAMIN Franklins call TO
nraver in the Constitutional Conven-
ton of 1897. and the singing of Kip
ling's "Recessional," by Justin Lawrle,
choir director of the Foundry NJ. z.
Church. w. E. Braithwaite. choir dl-
rector Of the National City CHRISTIAN
Church. will lead the singing by the
audience.
Talking Picture Feature.
The talking picture, "Ten Nights in
a BAR Room" will be a daily feature OF
fbe Prohibition Fair. as will free soft
drink to each person ION the house.
Veterans in hospitals will be special
guests at one afternoon meeting ana
special ticket concessions have peen
made for school children and teachers.
The fair covers such major aspects OF
prohibition as the constitutional angle,
enforcement, youth, traffic, economics,
banking and others. A contest on why
/ Prefer Prohibition to Any Other
Method Of Liquor Control" with new
va model sedan as the grand prlze,
will be a feature. The prizes ere for
the best 20-word statement on the sub
iect and the statements are to be writ
ten after the exhibits, showing old
saloon days and modern prohibitlon
conditions, have been viewed.
Members of the committee include
Mrs Henry w. Peabody, Miss Mary An
derson, Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, Mrs
Cleveland Dodge, Mrs. Henry Ford.
Bertha K Landes. Mrs. George Horace
Lorimer. Mrs. Jesse Nicholson, Mrs.
Kathleen Norris, Mrs. Clifford Pinchot,
Mrs. Clement L. Shaver and Miss Mary
Woolley.