Evening star., 1934-01-06
POLICIES DRAFTED
!. FOR ANT|-SALOON
LEAGUES SESSION
Bishop Cannon Is Chairman
of Committee Preparing
for Convention.
DIRECTORS CONSIDER
REPORT BY M'BRIDE
Frequent Referenda by Local Gov
ernment Units Urged by Gen.
eral Superintendent.

Behind closed doors, the Anti-Saloor
League directors today were formulat
ing policies which will be presented tt
the league at its biennial convention
beginning tomorrow, to guide that body
in its war on liquor, which will continue
unabated despite the setback afforded
by repeal.
Bishop James Cannon, jr, Methods
Episcopal Church South, who led the
fight in Virginia against Alfred E. Smith
in 1928, has been chosen chairman OF
the Resolutions Committee, which went
into session yesterday afternoon anC
was still hard at work today. The re-
suits Of its labors will be presented Il
the league, probably Wednesday,, tht
last day of the convention.
The directors had before them TO-DAY
the report of F. Scott Mcbride. genera
superintendent, and Edward 3. Dun
ford, the leagues attorney, which sug.
geSted a national and State legislativ,
program for consideration at the con
ventiCn.
This report proposed frequent refer,
enda by governmental units on the sal,
of liquor and the establishment IL
States of funds to indemnify innocen
persons for injuries attributable to in.
toxication.
The drys in the past opposed tn,
referendum by State conventions of tn,
repeal of the eighteenth amendment
The apparent change of position il
now recommending frequent referends
was explained by leaders, who said thu
L.,
method and permitted control Of {
State by large wet cities, while refer.
enda by local governmental units would
be direct expression of the peoples will
Country Declared "Disgraced."
Meanwhile the newly formed Nationa
Temperance and Prohibition Council
issued statement asserting the Unitet
States stands disgraced in the defea
of its greatest moral advance" TIL
council was formed Thursday by.
merger Of the National Conference O
Associations Opposing Repeal of tn
Eighteenth Amendment and the Ma
tional Temperance Council. 1t repre-
sents SO major dry organizations.
The statement follows:
I'VE stand for the principle of prohi
bition applied to the largest PRACTICABLE
unit of Government as the only justifi
able policy respecting the liquor traffic
Being opposed to the liquor traff
as a social evil. we believe the friend!
Of prohibition should not choose be
tween systems of regulation or ASSUME
responsibility for such legislation. Sine
the chief social benefits of any system
of regulation come from the prohibi
tions it contains and not from tn
license it affords, we favor the maximum
of prohibition safeguards in sucl
systems.
Held Economically Unsound.
1--WE hold the financing of any func
ton of Government by a tax on intoxi
eating beverages to be economical,
unsound, socially unwise and morall
wrong. We are especially opposed Il
any system of taxation which make
revenue rather than social welfare it
chief concern. We are also opposed t
any system seeking to place a premium
upon the licensing of the traffic O
which seeks to provide for the division
of the revenue from liquor taxes il
such a way as to promote the extension
of territory in which it may be legall
sold, or to encourage the sale of in
toXicating liquors or to SubsidiZe tn
schools or other social agencies whicl
are the responsibility of the Who'll
people.
I'VE insist that the administration
shall make good its promises to pro
tect dry States and dry subdivisions b,
all necessary administrative and legiS
lative measures.
I'VE believe participation in any o
the regulating bodies seeking to sane
ton the traffic in Intoxicating beverage
to be unwise on the part of those VIII
stand for the total elimination of thi
most destructive, hurtful and unSoc1a
traffic in our Nation.
I'VE declare that divertive move
ments which seek to lead dry individu
ais and groups into organizations tend
ing to give sanction and respectabilit
to the traffic in Intoxicating beverage
delay and thwart its total abolition
They should be opposed by all SINGER
supporters and advocates of prohibi
ton. Today the United States stand
disgraced in the defeat of its creates
moral advance because of such decep
ton practiced upon the people.
Declared price of Blood"
A resolution petitioning Congress t.
levy no tax on liquor because alcOnOll
beverages are habit-forming and rev
enue from them should not be put int
the Treasury because they are the pric'
of blood" was adopted yesterday at tn
annual meeting of the Internationa
Reform Federation here.
Other resolutions urged strict ban
on liquor advertising, reaff1rmed tn
federation's faith in national prohibi
ton, protested against the use OF tn
word Temperance" asked tina
churches teach that total abstinenc
is highly honored in the Bible" chal
lenged ''the youth of the land to dedi
cate themselves to rid the Nation o
the terrific evil of alcohol" assailet
motion picture block booking ant
urged Congress to support the Patmal
bill for Federal supervision Of movie
and to act to suppress increasing cor
ruption of politics and widespread law
lesSneSS"
The following officers of the fedora
ton were reelected: Rev. DR.. Rober
Watson of Boston, president; Rev. DR.
John E. Elliott of Philadelphia. ant
DR.. Clarence True Wilson of Washing
ton, vice presidents, and Canon William
Sheafe Chase of washington, superin
tendent.