Evening star., 1933-09-10
NEW BATTLE LINES
ON LIQUOR SEEN
President, Vets and Drys
Against Saloon and for Pro-
tecting Dry States.
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must continue to stand unhesitatingly |
for the local. State and national pro-
hibition " The church must record |
her unchanged conviction that what
ever may be proposed as substitute |
will fail and that the final solution
OF this evil must be national prohibit
ton. which if now repealed must be |
once again adopted by the people with
q demand for effective enforcement. |
Second, We must call upon the op-
ponents of prohibition to present their
substitute plan, which they have de-
clared will surely prevent the return
Of the saloon and will provide Federal
protection for dry territory. We should
pledge and give our sincere co-opera-
tion as far as possible to secure legis-
1ation to curb and minimize the evils
Of the legalized liquor traffic. should
Ahe eighteenth amendment be repealed.
always. however, with the clear under
standing that in so doing We do not
surrender one whit our conviction that
traficing in intoxicating liquors is a
sin against man and against God. that
10 secure revenue from such traffic Is
putting blood money into the public
kreasrry and that prohibition is the
only possible attitude for the Church
of Christ Third. We must continue
to Join with all others like-minded with
pnabated vigor in the irrepressible war
fare with the liquor traffic ="
The policy of the organized drys,
then. may be said to be a continuation
OF firm fight against the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, to be followed
hmmediately when and if repeal Is a
fact. by as firm a fight to retain State
prohibition together with unceasing
campaigns of education as to the harm
full effects of alcohol.
The dryS, in other words. are con-
ducting an orderly retreat in the face
OF what seems to be an irresistible ad-
vance by the vets and those who, favor
ing temperance are against prohibi-
ton by constitutional amendment. Two
of the elements of this orderly retreat
are to prevent struggling and to main
tain morale. For. just ahead, the
nature of the terrain is such that
position for consolidating their forces
in a new fight is presented. Soon now
the dry forces will rally to dig in at
that point
Where New Fight Differs.
In one important respect. however,
the new fight will differ from the ira
Citional battles Of the past between So
called "wets" and so-called "drys.'
There is the promise that there will be
a combined fight by all who believe in
temperance-andt these include many OF
the vets as well as the drys-against
the saloon as known before prohibition;
against the abuses which were identi-
fled with the saloon system and against
the unlawful importation Of liquor into
those States where a majority of the
people prefer to remain dry. The Pres
7dent, as well as both political parties
and leaders of some of the organized
vets. have recorded themselves as
against the return of the saloon, while
the tWenty-tirSt amendment guarantees
protection for the dry States against
the wet States.
Table Shows Situation.
Accompanying this article there Is a
fable which attempts to present in con-
tenient arrangement the prohibition
picture as it is today. From the stand
point of the drys. the most interesting
part of that picture, and the one which
promises them the most in the way of
immediate hope, relates to the status Of
the State prohibition laws. 1t is the
retention Of dry laws in the States.
coupled with determination to accept
only those substitutes which are really
designed TO prevent the return of the
saloon that gives to the drys their next
fighting position.
A summary of the situation in the
States after the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, compiled on the basis of
the latest information available in
Washington, may be presented as fol-
lows:
A. States which have ratified the
twenty-frst amendment and which
, have repealed State prohibition. with
the substitution. or continuing formal
study by commission, of State con-
troll acts to be effective with repeal
of the eighteenth amendment:
l. Arizona 7. New Jersey
2. California g. New York
3. Connecticut 9. oregon
4 Delaware 10. Rhode Island
s. Illinois IL. Wisconsin
e. Missouri l.. Nevada
Note: OF these States, Arizona,
New York, Connecticut, Delaware,
California, Nevada and Rhode
Island have completed legislative
action on liquor control acts to be
effective after repeal. Missouri. Illi-
nois, New Jersey, Oregon and Wis
consiR are studying the problem.
B. States which have ratified the
twenty-frst amendment and which
have repealed State prohibition
without a substitute or formal study
of substitute:
!. Washington 2. Indiana
c. States which have ratified the
twenty-first amendment. but which
remain drv by statutory or State
constitutional prohibition, or both:
l. Alabama 7. Wyoming
9 Arkansas g. Iowa
3. N Hampshire 9. Massachusetts,
4. Tennessee TO- Michigan
S. Texas IL. Vermont
6. West Virginia
Note: Massachusetts is dry by
statute. but has no enforcement act.
commission now is studying
liquor control act. In Iowa the Gov