Evening star., 1934-05-09
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? OF LIQUOR HERE
BaptiStS Also Protest Drunk.
enness and "Fi|thy" Mov-
ing Pictures.

Protests against extensive" liquor
advertising here, increase of drunken
ness and filthy" movies were ex-
pressed in resolutions adopted today
by the fifty-seventh annual meeting
Of the Columbia Association Of Bap-
tist Churches, in session at the First
Baptist Church.
I'VE vigorously resent and deplore,"
stated the association. "the extensive
advertising in the National Capital
by the liquor interests, with displays
in attractive bottles and packages in
the windows of drug stores, restau-
rants and groceries. in that such dis
plays are designed to influence young
people and children"
Drunkenness was found to be in
creasing noticeably here, along with
an increase in the hazard presented
by drunken automobile drivers.
Appeal to People.
"All Christian people" were called
on to attend only theaters and film
plays known to be clean.
The association also petitioned the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to
observe strictly the 40O-foot limit for
establishment Of liquors in the neigh
borhood Of schools and churches
Efforts Of the United States attor-
ney here to strengthen the gambling
laws, and the opposition of the Dis
trict Commissioners to legalized horse
racing. were commended.
A report of the Social Service Com
mittee, presented by DR.. B. P. Rob-
ertSon, called for a social reorganiZa-
ton Of the world through Christian
living rather than by legislative force
The committee found that the
present condition as to capital and
labor in our country Is very critical"
The fact that 4 per cent of the
population own and control 80 per
cent of the wealth of the country
opens the way for a godle revolu-
tion," the committee continued. add
ing; The laboring people are be-
coming more or less desperate at
times"
Two Remedies Offered.
Two remedies were set out. One
was called the Christ method" and
called for voluntary establishment of a
brotherhood through practice Of the
Golden Rule. The other was termed
the force method" and was held to
imply conflscation and redistribution
Of wealth.
To head off the revolution required
by the force method" was caid to be
the immediate Christian task"
A Christian brotherhood was seen
also as the solution Of the problems
of child labor, war and relief Of des-
titution.
Regarding relief activities, the
committee stated: The efforts of
our Government under the different
party administrations to help the
needy have resulted more or less in
making the rich richer and the poor
poorer"
In the matter Of the child labor
question" stated the committee. I'VE
have not always been perfectly sane
in our agitation"
1t was admitted in the report that
universal disarmament among ma
tions is not yet practicable. Mission
ary effort among the pirate nations" I"
who threaten world peace, was urged
Smoking Is Opposed.
The indifference OF temperance
forces during prohibition was found
to have undone the work Of Is years
previous to enactment of the eight
eenth amendment. The committee
predicted that 1t will take at least
25 years to attain again the position
which We occupied l8 years ago"
Smoking among young people was
opposed on the ground that it inter-
fered with their intellectual develop
ment.
Dr. Cove G. johnson, pastor of the
National Baptist Memorial Church.
was elected moderate Of the aSsOcia-
ton yesterday. He succeeds w. w.
Everett.
In an address last night Rev. Edwin
McNeill Poteat. jr., Of Raleigh, N. c.,
told the churchmen that "the hope
of the Nation is to see with the clear
eyes of youth"
The meeting will adjourn after a
session this evening. Addresses dur
ing the morning we're given by Mrs.
Howard Wayne Smith. president Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Board, and Mrs. Charles Leonard, a
missionary to Manchuria. Reports
from a number of committees were
presented.