Evening star., 1933-09-10
Approaching Date of Probable
Repeal Finds Varied Sit
uation in States.
PREVENTION OF SALOON
SEEN AS COMMON GOAL
President, Anti-Saloon VETS and
Drys of Both Parties Recorded as
Combined to Protect Dry States.

The discipline and spirit Of troops
are more severely tested in an orderly
retreat than in a crushing advance.
And If the organized drys of the coun-
try have been retreating steadily since
their first losses last Summer at the
political conventions, it cannot be said
Of them that their retreat has become
rout, or that vigorous rear-guard
action has been lacking.
Within relatively short time now
"a little less than three months
it is pretty generally admitted that
the fight over control of the liquor
traffic will be transferred to q new
battlefield.
The eighteenth amendment-accord-
ing to all indicatjons-wiil have been
repealed by three-fourths of the States,
or more. Prohibition by national con-
stitutional amendment will have been
lost. The new battle will be to retain
State prohibition, or to write into
the laws substituted for State prohibi-
ton the safeguards against admitted
evils Of the liquor traffic upon which
most reasonable men-wet or dry
are agreed, one Of these safeguards
being to prevent the return of the sa-
loon.
As the situation stands today, Is Of
the States have ratified. or have in
structed majority Of delegates. to rati-
flying conventions in favor Of the
twenty-first amendment Four States
vote this week, two the week after. two
in October and six on November Z. OF
those which vote on November Z, one Of
them (Kentucky) holds its ratifying
convention on November 27; one Of
them (South Carolina), holds its con-
vention on December 4; three of them
(Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah). hold
their conventions on December S, and
the other State North Carolina), on
December 6.
Thus it is now certain that 80 States
will vote on repeal before the end Of
November, and IS of them will have
held their conventions by December 4.
Earliest Ratification December 5.
The earliest day on which the
twenty-frst amendment can be rati-
fed Is therefore December S.
OF the other States, which have not
set date for vote, the Legislature Of
Kansas meets this month Gov Allen
Of Louisiana has said that a special
session of the Legislature would be
called this year; in Montana, the
Governor has the option of call
ing the Legislature into special ses-
Cd hi ir, y1o1
delegates to repeal convention will be
nominated on December 5, but the
election Of such delegates will probably
not be held until the regular primaries
i'll July, 1894; the Legislatures Of
Nebraska and South Dakota will not
meet until November 6, 1894; the
Legislature Of Mississippi will not meet
until 1894, unless called into special
session, and Legislatures of Georgia
and North Dakota, which met this
year, failed to act On repeal.
The leaders of the dry organiza-
tions do not admit defeat As
recently as September l a conferences
of the national officers and Anti
central States adopted a six-poins
program for submission to the ma
tional directors and State units Of
the Anti-Saloon League, as indicating
that organizations policy.
The Six-Point Program.
The six points of this program
follow:
!. An increasing campaign to re-
tain the eighteenth amendment.
2. A program to hold or retain
State and local prohibition laws.
8. Agitation for the election Of
dry executives and enforcement OIL
GERS.
T. A continuous and comprehen-
sive campaign to get the highest
possible proportion Of the voters to
vote in all primaries and elections.
S. A campaign Of education to
teach every one the fundamental
fact that beverage alcohol is q mar
cotic, habit-forming drug, always
dangerous and often deadly.
6 A uniform, Nationwide young
peoples movement for total absti-
nence and prohibition.
Bishop Cannon's Views.
In his statement a few weeks ago,
entitled 1.-THE Church and the Present
Prohibition Situation" Bishop James
Cannon, jr., declared that "the church
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