Evening star., 1932-07-16
MRS. SAB|N LABELS
G.0.P.PLANK FRAUD
Dry Foe Compares Platforms
in Stump Speech-W.C.
Waits Hoover View.
nrAhn A,cncinfnd Press

lican prohibition plank was denounced
as fraud and deception" last night
bv Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, the Nations
most active woman anti prohibitionist.
Even the magic wand of the dis
tinguished Secretary Of the Treasury
cannot transform it into repeal
plank" the former Republican National
Committee woman told Democratic
rally Oh Long Island
As head of the Women's Organiza-
ton for National Prohibition Reform
Mrs. Sabn took the stump to analyze
the prohibition stands Of the two
major parties in their 1882 platforms
For nearly half an hour. in a SLOW
determined voice, she eXhorted her
audience to compare the TWO pIanhs
and not ''palter with the tr>th,
Position of W. c. T. U.
Meantime. the position of the w C.
r. U. was discussed in a statement by
Mrs Ella A, Boole, national president,
issued after series of conferences at
Chautauqua. N Y.
we do not appear" said Mrs. Boole.
"to have great leeway in our choice OF
candidates for President. We are walt
ing to hear what Mr. Hoover mas 10
say on repeal in his acceptance speech.
T. is to be noted that the President mas
not come out with a definite statement
since the conclusion of the W1ckerShaih
investigation. At that time, however
he emphasized his firm CONVICTION III
the necessity for prohibition ENFORCE
ment. We have no reason 10 peHeVe
l., IND
that he has changed ms Hulu-
The w G. T. U. will hold Its annual
convention in Seattle August lo TO ~
hv which time the acceptance speech
cf the President is expected to nave
been delivered.
Criticism 1000 Words Long.
Mrs. Sabin's address-packed with
rinoing denunciationS and conoemna-
torv adiectives-Was the tlrSt She nau
made since her Executive Commlttee
nassed a resolution urging woman ANU
nrohibitionistS to support Franklin u.
Roosevelt because of the Democratic re-
peal stand. r;.io;sr,
of the Republican plank and 80 WORDS
to praise of the Democratic commit
ment. ,,-..: ..:.,, g.,
desperate endeavor to COMPROMISE tiie
issue" with complete contradictions
with IAN open invitation for all fanatics
and hvpocritical drys to keep the pot
boiling in the House and Senate
..One of the troubles with the authors
of the Republican plank she declared.
lis that they do not trust the people
Their minds are federalized. and tney
think it is the sacred duty of the Fed
eral Government to rebuke and restrain
the people"
"They think they have to be wet
nurses. or shall l say dry nurses, TO all
the people of the several States"
An indirect comment on the receh'
resignation of several prominent Repub-
lican women from her organization was
seen when she stated:
IT am sympathetic with the Repub-
lican who puts his party loyalty above
all things. but have little patience with
the Republican who knows that national
prohibition has failed and who excuses
himself for not supporting wet candl-
dates for public office because he thinks
the Republican plank opens the way to
repeal.
Two Sided Amendment.
The new amendment proposed by the
Republicans. she said. first extends
freedom to the States. and in the next
breath takes it right away from them
It would. she declared. make it nos
sible for Congress to re-enact the Vol
stead act. and would launch the country
upon an experiment far more uncer-
tain and confusing than the eighteenth
amendment itself. which at least is spe-
cific in its terms"
She asked whether. when the Repub-
licans pledged themselves to preserve
the gains made under the eighteenth
amendment, they meant the speak
easies. gangsters, hypocrites and law
breakers"
After a brief analysis of the Demo-
cratic plank. she said:
In other words, the Democratic party
believes that the people of the several
States can be trusted.
The coming campaign Mrs. Sabln
called the most momentous in our his
tory" and added
Once we begin to trim and hedge,
once we begin to palter with the truth
We SOW the seeds of moral degeneration
in which our economic welfare, in which
our very national existence is threat
ened."
OF those who helped bring about pro-
hlbition she said: They falslfled our
reputable and glorious past by inferring
that we were a nation of inebrlates. 1t
was all dishonest"
The eighteenth amendment, she SAID
"was born in fanaticism. sown with
hypocrisy and is Towering in every fern
of social and political evil"
Before Mrs. Sabin began to speak,
Mrs Archibald Roosevelt, national sec
retary OF the Womens Anti-Prohibitlon
Organization. announced in New York
City that Mrs. D. H. Foresman of Me-
ridian. Miss. president of the MisSlS-
sippi Federation of Women's Clubs. had
accepted the Mississippi chairmanshlp
of Mrs. Sabin's organization.
There has been no permanent Or
ganization of Mrs. Sabins group in
Mississippi until row. Mrs. Roosevelt
announced the present national mem
bership at 1.o11,000 women in 43
States.
Mrs. August Belmont member of Mrs.
Sabin's organization. who was one of
group of Long Island women signing
statement protesting against the reso-
luton adopted by the Executive Com
mittee urging members to vote for
Roosevelt, issued statement explain
ing her action"