Evening star., 1939-03-06
Congressman
Ask Prohibition
For Capital
Frozier and Guyer
Spur Dry Forces
At Mass Meetino

A new drive for the return Of pro-
hibition in Washington was under
way today, following a mass meet
ing of the United Dry Forces at
which the essential righteousness of
the, noble experiment was upheld.
Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North
Dakota and Representative Ulysses
S. Guyer of Kansas led the demand
to dry up the city. They appeared
at the prohibition rally held last
night in the Calvary Baptist Church.
More than 400 persons crowded
into the church to hear the speakers
denounce the evils of the liquor
traffic. Senator Frazier and Repre-
sentative Guyer have introduced
Identical bills in Congress provid-
ing for prohibition in this city.
The speakers were introduced by
DR.. Everett M. Ellison, president
OF the dry organizatio Senator
Frazier opened his talk with the
declaration that prohibition should
be brought back for the entire coun-
try-immediately.
Says Law Can Be Enforced.
Prohibition can be enforced" he
said. Il know, because when was
Governor of my State we enforced
it there
THE tfouble with the drys is that
we went to sleep at the switch after
1918. We thought we had won our
battle, but it had just begun. Those
who brought about repeal OF the
18th amendment told us that we
would have prosperity and taxes
would go down.
But since then we have had
nothing but hard times. Much of
the relief money received in North
Dakota is used now to purchase
liquor.
I'VE must have return Of pro-
hlbltlon. Washington should be
made an example for the country.
We have pretty buildings and pretty
parks here. But there are four times
as many places to buy liquor than
there were before the 18th amend
ment was passed.
I'VE should get the law back on
the books and get it enforced. Then
we would have a model city"
These sentiments were echoed by
Representative Guyer.
New Effort Urged.
There never was an honest effort
to enforce the prohibition amend
ment in this country" he said, until
after the liquor interests had built
such a gigantic financial racket
that you couldn't stop them. We
must try again.
Especially must we have prohi-
bition Immediately in Washington.
This is the Capital of the Nation
and should be a model
I'VE have boys and girls from all
over the country come here to work
in the Government. That is one
reason for prohibition in this city
to protect these boys and girls
from the liquor evil, to remove
temptation. The Congressman who
votes to allow liquor sold here isn't
doing right by his constituents be-
cause he is placing temptation in
the way of these boys and girls"
Representative ,Guyer denounced
as "idiotic and insane" the return
of liquor during the depths of the
depression and declared that he
hoped for the day when Congress
will enforce prohibition in the Dis
trict."
Favors No Compromise.
DR.. Allison said that the period
since 1888 would be known in his
tory as the EZRA of the backward
look and the downward step"
He declared that he was a bone
dry and favored no compromise on
the liquor issue and no moderation.
He said he had been told that empty
liquor bottles were being found in
District schools and said that the
District Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board was doing business with and
for the underworld"
DR.. w. L. Darby, secretary of the
Federation of Churches, and the
Rev. F.. E. Johnston, jr., assistant
pastor of the church, participated
in the program.