Evening star., 1934-01-10
DRY GROUPS SEEK
STR|CTEST CURB ON
|NTOX|CANTS' SALE
Would Label All Containers
as Holding 'DangerouS,
Habit-Forming Drug"
HEALTH AGENCIES FIGHT
ON USE OF DRINK URGED
Program Also Includes Demand for
Liability Law Against
Liquor Trade.

State Supt. FREQ A Vlctor ol tIle
New York Anti-Saloon League chal-
lenged the liquor forces in that State
today and laid before tie conference OF
Anti-Saloon League superintendents, in
session at the Dodge Hotel, three-fold1
program of education, agitation ano
legislation against beverage alcohol. =,
Declaring the vets have broken all
promises and left liquor unoppoSed
Victor indicated in his legislative pro-
posal some of the radical measures
which extremists among the prohloit-
ton forces will be called upon TO sup
port throughout the country.
Prominent among these extreme
measures was a proposed label law
whereby the label on each contamer OF
beverage alcohol would state: Ihls
beverage contains - percentage OF
alcohol-a dangerous, haplt-1ormhs
drug"
Liability Law Is Asked.
Victor also urged mandatory legis-
lation compelling public health agencles
70 fioht alcoholic addiction. Another
nroposal called for a liquor liability Ia"
hv which brewers. distillers and liquor
sellers would be compelled to pay COM
pensation for the damage liquor ooes,
The final legislative proposal was 1ol
an apnlication of the Webb-kenyor
law to local units, making 1t illegal to
adyertize or solicit orders for nquor i lii
any community which has voted lIseli
dry. .l.,+ olsc
urged creation of committee OF eau
Gators to act in an ADVISORY capacny
in the agitation of a vigorous program
in every village, town and city In MS
State.
These and other measures to compat
beverage alcohol throughout the coun-
trv in the face of pending liquor con-
troll legislation were considered by lead
ers of the Anti-Saloon League, whose
annual convention will be brought to a
close tonight. Plans also were maze
to greatly increase the circulation OF
the oficial publications OF the organl-
zation. DIR. E. H. Cherrington. eoltor
of the American Issue, proposed d spe-
cial edition be published by each State
league. with future campaigns to ne
concentrated in the various states Ii
support of State and local dry laws.
Will Use Drama in Drive.
Plans also were made at the morning
conference to carry on an extensive eou-
cational campaign through Lne tsd nteIiuort 81
of dramas. Three plays presented al
the convention this week later Will DC
reproduced throughout the country
The roll call of State superintendents
reporting on local conditions, Will oe
continued today. The convention. meet,
inc in the Calvary Baptist Church. VIII
close tonight with addresses by Blsnol
lanes Cannon, jr.; DR.. w. P. McGarey
and Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, who was
originally scheduled for last night. Ine
most important matter on the program
is the contemplated action on resolu-
tions embodying the scope and plans
for the new dry crusade.
Will Take Fight to States.
The Anti-Saloon League will carry Its
dry fight to the States, DR.. F. Scott
Mcbride, general superintendent, oe-
clared at a rally last night In the CAL
vary Baptist Church.
People must be educated, he said, TO
consider prohibition the greatest ISSUE
when they 60 to the polls to vote.
"Vote the liquor traffic out" he ex-
horted his audience. convince tne
people that the time is here to fight
Enlist and re-enlist the drys.
"There Is no other way to win this
fight than to go down into the states
and win 1.-THE same way We lost IL.
It's up to the people in the States we
here in Washington did the sest we
could with Congress, but we coulon
GET drv votes out of wet Congressman
and Senators. A..
"The league is going back to the
States with a campaign to wake up
the people to elect drys and put IN Con-
rressmen who will keep the flag clean.
Blames Women in Part.
DIR. Mcbride said that If the church
had not stopped fighting. prohibitlon
would not have been repealed. He alse
laid part of the blame for repeal at tne
doorstep of the woman voters.
He called repeal the "ignoDie eXperl.
ment" and said that when the repea
amendment went into erect the S "eG
were put on the defensive and Wi
stav on the defensive as long as oul
fag is stained with the liquor tra1nc.
He ridiculed the claim that the GOV
ernment will profit from legal hquor:
Rev. william S. Abernethy, pastor o.
the church where the meeting was nelo
predicted that all control measures
IT have no interest in their contro
plans" he declared. This questloI, o.
where and now lQuOT SilolA NC N
a silly business anyhow
Predicts Mishap Increase.
Dr Abernethy also predicted that the
more than 80 900 traffic deaths durlnf
1888 will be increased SO per cent our'
ing 1884.
Ultimate and certain victory for tnt
dry cause was seen by the speaker, Whe
said ministers will take more active
part than ever before in the fight anc
that better days for the Anti-Saloor
League are ahead. The league, he de-
clared, is the best organization 10 carry
on the fight.
A plea for fund to finance an edu'
cational campaign among young people
was made by Fred G. Bale ale, lawyer s sale ane
the use Of liquor revenues to finance
schools Is a bribe to prevent instruc.
ton in the evils of alcohol
Get the facts to youth" he urged
"Youth will respond If you tell them the
truth, but they don't want applesauce'
Bale said the Government dispensary
system of liquor control is not working
in Canada and that every dispensary
there has bootlegger just outside the
door.
Cites Repeal Experience.
Leon w. Sloan, superintendent of the
league in Louisiana, said yesterday aft
ernoon 'the only kick New Orleans go1
out of repeal was that most of the boot.
leggers took out licenses when beer be-
came legal on April Is last and they
moved up out of the cellars and bach
alleys and rented buildings on the ave-
nues and have brazenly continued te
~aJI hard liquors under cover of the beel
license"
Naur OrlaanS made NO snecial add