The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-18
CALAMITY FOR
STATE SEENIF
BEER RETURNS
Anti SaIoOn League Leader
PropheSieS Great Wave of
Moral Indignation.
WARNS OF GAS AND RUM
Orgy of Drunken Driving Is
Forecast; York SCOTS
at Job Gain.
BY JAMES DOSS

Indiana will experience one of
the greatest waves of moral indig-
nation in its history if the Demo-
cratic administration beer control
bill is passed. L. E. York, super
tendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon
League, said today.
Bitter denunciation of the bill.
which also embodies Wright bone
dry law repeal and medicinal
whisky. was voiced by the Indiana
dry chieftain. The bill IS expected
to be introduced in the house today.
This bill York asserted, lis the
forerunner of q general letdown.
1t will mean the liberalizing of our
morals and an appalling increase
in drunken driving"
L don't believe" York chal-
lenged, that some of the men who
vote for this bill as an admins
tratlon measure, realize that they
must answer to their constituents.
People try to tell me that Indiana
has become wet, but I don't be-
lieve it.
PrOpheSies Great Resentment
There's going to be a great wave
OF reSentment-you can depend on
that. This resentment will be even
greater in the dry communities. be-
cause they won't have opportunity
to protect themselves"
DO you believe the bill should
contain a local option clause?" York
was asked.
Il wouldn't say it should contain
an option clause, but there will be
greater resentment in some dry To-
calities because it doesn't York
countered.
They claim" he asserted" that
they're getting away from the open
saloon. Doesn't the bill say man
may go into an eating place and
get up to three pints of beer with
a meal? Does it define meal
closely?
Opportunity for Drunks.'
Couldn't sandwich be a meal?
| Well, what's to prevent a man going
straight from one place to another
and getting another sandwich and
three more pintS of beer?
There's no doubt in any think
ing persons mind that the depres-
sion has brought on a seeming in
crease in wet sentiment. A lot of
people are deluding themselves in
the belief that the death of pro-
h1bition means the birth of en-
ployment.
Claims that the return of liquor
means four million jobs are too
utterly absurd for serious consider
alton. The employment that liquor
gave in prohibition days was
far below that figure.
IF this beer control bill, which
also provides Tor medicinal whisky.
is passed, you are sure to see abuses
of the prescription privilege.
And as for drunken driving-let
me quote you Grover Carrot, state
police chief Carrot already has
foreseen the result Of such bill and
has asserted that its passage means
the state police will need more
funds to cope with an increase in
drunken driving.
Drys Marshal Forces
"The vets quote a lot of reasons
in their demand for the return of
liquor. They talk economics, mean
ing more jobs and revenue for the
state, and personal liberty.
That last is their real reason and
when a man who's drinking gets at
the wheel of an automobile, he's ex-
ceeding the bounds Of personal lib
erty. AS for the economic side of
it-'no nation ever drank itself into
prosperity
York said his organization and
the W. c. T. U. are marShaling their
forces for appearance before the
public morals committee. which
probably will consider the beer bill
Thursday.
No representative of either dry
organization yet has filed as lobby
ist with the secretary of state.