Evening star., 1934-01-17
W.C.T.U.CONDEMNS.
DISTRICT RUM BILL.
Speakers on 60th Anniver.
sary Program Assai| Liquor
Control Measure. 4

QliileI IHdi huls lIlc SlAIlctIl dliIilfCiooiy
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union last night at Calvary Baptist
Church.
Representative U. S. Guyer of Kan
sas, one of the speakers, not only con-
demned the pending measure. but said
he had too much faith in the honesty
of President Roosevelt to believe the
Chief Executive will sign the measure
if it is passed in its present form.
In his speech, Senator William H.
King Of Utah, chairman of the Senate
District Committee, took exception to
the sweeping condemnation of both
Everett H. Ellison had made in an
earlier address on the program. Sem
ator King said he resented the chal-
lenge to the integrity of the leaders of
both Democratic and Republican par
ties which the previous speaker made"
and he urged the w. c. T. U. to "ad-
dress itself to temperance with charity
and tolerance"
The anniversary dinner attracted to
the banquet hall of Calvary Baptist
Church crowd that taxed its capacity.
At the conclusion of the dinner. Mrs.
Jennie Bailey Wadleigh. president of
the District of Columbia Womens
Christian Temperance Union. reviewed
briefly the history of the organization,
which she said. had its inception in
Ohio in 1773.
Beer Trucks Unsafe"
DR.. Ellison next was presented. He
assailed liquor and its dispensing in all
forms. He said that the presence OF
beer trucks on the streets of Washing
ton make it unsafe for citizens to go
about the streets. Makers, users and
| oil 0f olcnhOlic haveraUpS he insist
ed, are the only persons who will gain
a thing by the repeal of prohibition" !"
} All persons who drink, he said.' should
! be examined, land most of them should
| be committed to institutions for the
| feeble minded"
These are the only people who have
raised hue and cry against restriction
| of personal liberty" DR.. Ellison de-
clared. "and these people shouldn't
have personal liberty"
| He assaiied the Democratic and the
/ Republican parties and'their leaders on
their stand on the liquor question. He
/ said he was "disguSted with both Of
them" and said their leaders were sac
rificing the best interests of the United
States.
Senator King who followed DR.. Eli
son, said at the opening Of his address
that he could not let pass "the chal-
lenge cast down by the previous speak
err" The real leaders of both the Re-
publican and the Democratic parties
have labored for the best interests of
the foundations Of greater United
| States"
These men are men of integrity and
honor, and they should not be i'm
pugned as they have been by the pre-
vious speaker" Senator King declared.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is one
OF the greatest Christian men who ever
lived and he deserves the support Of
every citizen in the country"
Favors Dispensary System.
Continuing. he said:
I'VE can address ourselves to temper
that is what this organization should
! dO."
The chairman Of the Senate District
Committee reminded the w. c. T. U.
that he had voted against the licensing
system provided in the D. c. liquor con-
troll bill, and that he had favored
diSpenSary system. He reviewed his ef-
forts for prohibition and expressed the
| hope that any opposition of his to
other persons views on the liquor
question be free from bigotry and in
tolerance" He cited the teachings of
Christ-"love, charity, fellowship, for
giveness, tolerance'-aS way to hap
piness, and urged the w. c. T. U. to
follow that example.
Senator King encouraged the w. c.
T. U. to continue its activities for tenn
perance, saying that undoubtedly, the
Districts's liquor bill would be passed
and that other States would legalize the
sale of alcoholic beverages and that
organized activity for temperance"
would be helpful
Senator King said he had been asked
to speak on things pertaining to the
District and declared he really didn't
want to talk along the lines of the
previous speaker" Briefly, then, he
said he was an advocate of world peace,
even though a person who raises his
voice for peace is called a pacifist"
We'll I'd rather be called pacifist
than a war advocate" he said. I'D
| rather be on the side of reduction Of
armament than on the side of war
preparation. I rather see this city Of
yours made not only a geographical
capital but a cultural capital of not only
| the United States but the world. I
want to see your schools adequately
provided for. I am for economy yes,
economy in expenditures for destruc-
ton, but not in your school system. I
want to see good school houses here,
excellent teachers, and good public
buildings know your city, and have
voted $20,O00,000 for your schools"
Roosevelt Wrong.
Representative Guyer was the next
speaker. He said that, while he believed
Roosevelt was a splendid man and fit
man for the Office he holds and that he
had gone along with him" on many of
his projects, he believed him to be
wrong on the liquor question. The
Kansan said he had made some bad
| forecasts recently: One, four years ago,
that the passage of the nineteenth
amendment precluded possibility of re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment, and
another, within the last calendar year,
that the people of the Nation would not
vote for repeal. But, the Kansas Rep
resentative insisted, "I make another
| forecast: Roosevelt will not sign the
D. C. liquor control law that calls for
licensing hotels to sell liquor by the
drink
In support of his contention, Repre-
sentative Guyer cited President Roose-
velt's appeal December to the States
to refrain from legislation which would
legalize the saloon in its old form or any
new form.
II have too much confidence in
Roosevelt's honesty to believe he'll sign
this bill," the Kansan declared.
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