Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-09
SUPER-DRY GROUP
TO FIGHT REPEAL
Will Center Efforts in States
That Are Expected to
Favor Prohibition.

Their ranks united for country wide
campaign against the prohibition repeal
amendment, the countrys dry leaders
today were perfecting the organization
Of the new super group which, like the
Executive Committee of a national po-
litical organization.> will direct the drys
in the coming battle with the vets in
the States.
The new organization was agreed
upon in a somewhat stormy session of
representatives of all the prohibition
groups in the country at Calvary Bap-
fist Church yesterday. A plan Of action
and statement of policy were adopted
as dry leaders welded together the
churchmen and temperance organiza-
ton to present a united front in the
battle to gain strength in the constitu-
tional conventions in the States.
Pickett Outlines Plans.
Deets Pickett Of the Methodist
Board Of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals, pioneer In the move
ment to weld together all the dry or
CARNATIONS, explained the new super
dry organization yesterday as follows:
I'VE are planning to 60 at this thing
In just the same way as major politi-
cal party would map its plans for
presidential election. We should get our
organization perfected down to every
possible group In every town and ham
let, as well as in the large cities.
If were making the plans at this
time I'd look over the map Of the
United States, just as the Democrats
and Republicans do, and concentrate on
the States where we are known to have
q good chance, and make only q per-
functory campaign in those States
where our chances are practically NIL"
Nine Leaders to Be Named.
The immediate objective of the new
organization is the naming of an Execu-
tive COMMITTEE of nine dry leaders, who
will be charged with raising a cam
paign fund. No figure has been set
for this fund, but the tremendous cans
paign which the drys plan to wage Is
expected to cost considerable.
The new organization will supersede,
for the time being, the individual eff
forts of the various dry organizations,
and will have a complete program, in
which all the separate organizations
will act as unit.
The drys will direct their efforts par
ticularly at the manner in which the
delegates to constitutional conventions
are chosen-placing their reliance on
the residents of the rural sections to
carry their cause for them. Therefore,
they will seek to have the delegates
chosen, not according to population,
which would give added strength to
the vets (for most of the delegates
from the urban centers are expected to
be wet), but rather from the existing
districts from which members Of the
State Legislatures are chosen.
Governing Group Formed.
Another Of the governing committees,
the Continuation" Committee, which
will number about 100 and include all
the old-line dry leaders, such as Bishop
James Cannon, jr.;;,F. Scott Mcbride, gen.
eral Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League; Mrs. Ella Boole, president OF
the w. G. T. u, and others, organized
today, naming Bishop H. Lester Smith
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church OF
Cincinnati chairman, John e. Edger-
ton, chairman Of the board Of directors
Of the National Manufacturers Associa-
ton, first vice chairman; Louis J.
Taber. president Of the National Grange,
second vice chairman, and DR.. Norman
J. Peale Of New York, secretary.
This Continuation" Committee Is ex-
pected today to complete the LIST OF the
members of the Executive COMMITTEES,
which will include business and church
leaders Of the country.
The conference made public resolu-
ton, adopted in the closing hours, call
ing upon President Roosevelt to name q
day Of national prayer for the time OF
economic and moral crisis.