Evening star., 1933-11-08
NEW STYLE SALOON
WANTEDBY SHOUSE
Repeal Leader Scores Poll.
ticians Who Seek Credit
for Win.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Establishments where liquor may be
bought by the drink, without the nee-
essity also of purchasing food, M st be
set up IL speakeasies are to be driven
out OF business, Jouett Shouse, president
of the Association Against the Prohibi-
ton Amendment, said in an address
over Nationwide hook-up of the Ma
ttonal Broadcastine Co last night.
At the same time he denounced 'cer-
tam politicians" who. he asserted, had
tried to claim credit for success" in
the campaign to repeal the eighteenth
amendment.
Shouse said Kentucky WIS 'sure. "
He attributed the voting in the Caro-
lnas as to belief ON the part of many
that repeal already had been accom-
liShed, thus staying away from the
polls.
Favors New Type Saloon.
In his address Shouse said, referring
to the saloon.
"One Of the problems which Is caus-
ing wide discussion and marked differ
enGe OF opinion is the method of re-
to express the belief that in the large
centers Of population there must be
the opportunity to purchase liquor by
the drink without the accompaniment
of food.
call 1t a saloon. if you WILL call 1t
tavern. call it what you please. If
such places are not provided with le-
galized regulation, they are certain to
spring up In response to popular de-
mand, and thus we shall have a con-
tinuance Of the speakeasy and the blind
pig.
Condemns Old Conditions.
II will join with any of you in con-
demning the evils of the old saloon
The back room. the side door. the cur
tains. must be done away with. But In
order to meet the practical program in
a sensible way in New York and Phil
adelphia and Chicago. for example, If
you believe as / do that the speakeasy
is a thing to be exterminated, say to
you that you have got to create a place
where men can gather freely and OPEN
ly and respectfully and lawfully, and
buy single drink at retail, without the
expense OF service and food. such as
has been frequently suggested"
In giving his own honor roll of repeal
lists, Shouse listed Alfred E. Smith, John
j. Raskob Pierre S. du Pont, Henry H.
Curran. Capt. William H. Stayton. Mrs
Charles H. Sabin, James W. Wads-
worth, DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler. Dr..
Samuel Harden Church. James NJ Beck
Gov Albert c. Ritchie of Maryland and
Gov. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts.
He said that among recent factors
We're the work Of Postmaster General
Farley and the telegram of President
Roosevelt to Judge Leon McCord of
Alabama urging repeal.
Credit Due Them.
But" he said, sit is to the group
enumer ated, who through long years of
when the cause of re-
peal was unpopular, when the motives
of those advocating 1t were maligned.
when a successful result seemed well
nigh impossible-it Is to them that his
tory will give credit for having brought
about the most remarkable change in
national sentiment and the most far
reaching social reform thus recorded in
the evolution OF the American people.
In these circumstances one must
view not only with surprise, but with
justified indignation, the efforts recent
ly put forth by certain politicians to
take credit to themselves as the major,
If not the sole, influence in bringing
about repeal.
THE plain truth is that the mighty
resurgent wave OF public opinion that
has achieved the result in which we
may take pride has not come from the
politicians. 1t had its origins in the
people themselves. The politicians. for
the most part, have been afraid of it.
The very men Who are now trying to
monopolize its credit have sought to
avoid it,"