Evening star., 1932-12-13

friends. think there Is altogether too
much truth In what Mr.. Blanton has
told U.s."
Further answering Blanton, DR.. How
ard H. Russell of Westerville, Ohio,
founder and now associate general Su-
perintendent of the league, assured the
Texan that the league was working
along a new line to stand back Of dry
candidates in the distribution in Ohio
CT sample ballots He promised that
you'll hear from us in the future in
the name of the Lincoln-Lee chain"
(This is new dry movementD
DR.. Morgan Warns Of Radio.
Sharply criticizing radio as carrying
powerful wet propaganda" DR.. JOY Ell
mer Morgan. editor of the Journal of
the National Education Association,
warned league members that If you
dent take hold Of this new giant, radio,
a million times more powerful than
anything else in American life, every
battle along civic and cultural values
Will be lost
The speaker declared that III there is
a single news interpreter who is a dry
have yet to hear of him. Your chill
dren listen every week to Frederic Will
liam Vile putting out the subtle. Incl
dental and powerful suggestion that
prohibition Is wrong and liquor is good.
Kaltenborn continues to put out Incl
dentally but powerfully the suggestion
that the eighteenth amendment will be
repealed"
THE Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn he declared, lis cultivating the
wine merchants of France, to get the
advertising if liquor does come" He
referred to the nationwide broadcast
Sunday. November IS. by Prince Jean
Caraman de Chimay, prominent French
sportsman and proprietor of the most
famous vineyards in Champagne, on the
subject, why Drink and WHAT" He
quoted at length 1rom the speech.
Declaring this speech was the founda-
ton for liquor advertising. he said. this
IS an example of what lies ahead if cit
izcns d. not spread the alarm and de-
mand that such material be kept of
the radio channels"
Referring to broadcasting in this
country financed by advertising. DR..
Morgan said. probably the biggest ad-
vertising budget today is that for to-
bacco advertising. If liquor advertising
is allowed. the biggest budget Of tomor-
row will be for liquor advertising Such
advertising if allowed to 60 on the air
will be more powerful in spreading un-
truth than home. school and church
can be spreading truth
Dr. Morgan suggested that league
members protest to their members of
Congress against this liquor propa-
ganda" from France: that they de
mand congressional investigation Of
the entire broadcasting system of Amer
lea, that committees be formed in dry
organizations to work on the problem
of radio reform. and that the league it
self appoint national committee op-
posed to liquor advertising on the radio,
which can keep this issue before Con-
will protect our homes from this new
menace.
Radio broadcasting has quite altered
the Intellectual life Of the human race"
declared Dr. Morgan. 1T has changed
tie background Of our tastes and atti-
tudes. 1t is today more powerful than
home. school and church combined, in
the formation of human character. If
the human race wishes to rear its own
children according to the standards
furnished by homes, schools and
churches it must reclaim radio from
the hands of greedy exploiters, vino now
dominate broadcasting in America"
Court Action Suggested.
John r. Sampey. president Of tie
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Louisville, KY, said he believed suit
could be brought against the broad
casting company for allowing the
French wine companies to advertise"
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Methodist Episcopal Church presented
to the banquet 10 prophecies.
Within the present political quadren-
terrific reaction of public sentiment
with reference to the prohibition Ques-
tion." Had the Democratic party been
in power during the past four years,
ne said. 1T would not have had at the.
present time such an embarrassing ma
jority in the more representative branch
Of Of Congress. s,gls: Or an assured ; occupant Of
and Republican drys seem to have
shared a common fate"
If the platform pledge Of the party
in power is kept within anv near realm
of honor" said Bishop Hughes, 1.-The
of the double legislation-re
peal and anti-saloon-cannot be accom-
Dlished as Monday afternoons hasty
half-holiday, but will require long po-
litical art. confidently foretell
that if this miraculous legislation is
produced in a juvenile and whooping
hurry, the frankenstein will destroy
many of its misguided creators within
the next four years."
Save in constituencies that are al
ready badly muddled or befuddled,'
said the bishop, "or are related to un-
savory urban conditions in certain
great cities, representatives in either
branch OF Congress who now become
primarily partisans Of beer are arrang-
ing for themselves an unwholesome fu-
ture, and for their descendants the
necessity of filial apology or filial 81
lence''
Our enemies, who have INDUCED in
the negative sport Of attacking imper-
feet condition which they have helped !
to make more imperfect" said the
speaker. will find themselves on a /
fr.ghtful and tormenting defensive if
now they stampede our country into
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