Evening star., 1935-11-24
DC. DRY Campaign
OPENS DECEMBER |.
Speakers, and Churches
Where They Will Appear,
Are Announced.

The united dry forces are whipping
Into shape a program for carrying out
an educational campaign in the city
and vicinity, December l to 8, with
speakers at many churches calling for
temperance and prohibition in the
District.
The Speakers Committee, headed by
J. Raymond Schmidt, last night made
public list of several churches where
speakers will appear during the week.
A list of speakers also has been pre-
pared, but they have not as yet been
assigned definitely to specific places
and dates.
The principal purpose of the drive,
Mr.. Schmidt explained, will be to call
attention to the sale of liquor in the
District since repeal, to criticize pres
ent conditions and call on public senti-
ment to get Congress to do something
about it,
Guyer Bill Desired.
A petition is being circulated ask
ing Congress to enact the Guyer bill,
which would bring back prohibition
to the city.
The campaign will close at a big
Sunday afternoon meeting, December
8. at National City Christian Church.
Several speakers will address the mass
meeting, including Mrs. D. Leigh
Colvin, president of the New York
State w. c. T. U.
One of the first meetings to be de-
voted to the purpose already has been
Church, where Rev. Vernon L. Ridgely
has delivered sermon on the subject.
Leaders of the United Dry Forces
will meet at Friends Meeting House,
1911 street. tomorrow night to COM
plete plans for the campaign.
The first program of the week will
take place Sunday, December l, at
Brightwood Park M E. Church.
Other churches cooperating are:
Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church
South, Ninth Street Christian Church,
Clarendon Methodist Church, Ellis
brooke M. E. Church, Hyattsville
Baptist Church, Union M. E., Ma
tional City Christian, Columbia
Heights Christian, West Washington
Baptist, Foundry M. E, Takoma Park
Christian. Park View Christian, H
Street Christian, Fifteenth Street
Presbyterian, Shiloh Baptist. Bethany
Baptist. Calvary Baptist, Metropoli-
tan Baptist, Hamline Methodist,
Chevy Chase Presbyterian, New York
Avenue Presbyterian. Waugh Meth
odist, Washington Church Of the
Brethren.
Speakers Are Announced.
Among the speakers will be: DR..
E M Ellison. president of the United
Dry Forces; DR.. Deets Pickett, research
secretary of the Methodist Board of
Temperance, Prohibition and Public
Morals; D. Stewart Patterson of the
Methodist board; ]. Raymond Schmidt,
chairman of Speakers Committee of
United Dry Forces; Harry S. Warner,
general secretary of the Intercollegiate
Association for the Study of the Alcohol
Problem; Charles M. Pidgeon, of
Society of Friends; Miss Laura Lindley,
research secretary of the Anti-Saloon
League of America; Rev. Raphael H.
Miller, pastor of National City Chris
tian Church; Rev. A. P. Wilson, pastor
of Columbia Heights Christian Church:
Rev. C. B. Austin, pastor of West
Washington Baptist Church. DR.. H. w.
Burgan. pastor of Hamline Methodist
Church; DR.. w. L. Darby, secretary
of the Washington Federation of
Churches; T. B. Jarvis, formerly secre-
tary of the Citizens Service Associa-
ton; John B. Hammond, research sec
retary of the National Civic League;
M. P. German, pastor of Bethany Bap-
tist Church, and DR.. w. S. Abernethy,
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church; Rev.
John C. Ball, pastor of Metropolitan
Baptist; Rev. j. H. Hollister, pastor of
Chevy Chase Presbyterian. and DR..
j. r. Sizoo, pastor of New York Avenue
Presbyterian.