The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-09
DRYS OFF ON ANOTHER ALLEY CAMPAIGN
AIMING AT RETURN OF PROHIBITION

AIMING AT RETURN OF PROHIBITION
The drys again in the act of digging up that old
skeleton prohibition and they're calling upon the
dead to help them.
Naturally these people who make it their business
to NEEDLE in the business Of others not using the d
rect approach In typical fashion they going around
to the back door, looking for opening that will permit
them to drive wedge that might lead to destruction
the legalized alcoholic beverage industry.
Why do these people who pose champions and
defenders Of the nations morals slip up from behind and
the eathy approach of the conspraor and the soft
shoe thief to do their dirty work? They know why al
though they will have the courage to admit it They
by the sneak approach because they know that
thinking people of this nation still remember the evils
the heartaches the hypocrisy and the crime that went
with the national prohibition act they before fosted
upon the country.
The latest attempt at backdoor prohibition is by
way Of the Bryson bill Oh. r. 1227 which the House
Committee Interstate and Foreign Commerce will
public hearings
This bill would prohibit all advertising Of alcoholic
beverages Even to do this the devious rather than
direct method is used It would accomplish it's prohbi-
zionist purpose by making unlawful for anyone engaged
in the manufacture saelof any alcoholic beverage
to be transported state lines any newspaper
periodical reel Photographic film or record for me-
chanical reproduction advertising alcoholic beverages
containing the solicitation Of order for alcoholic bev-
erages"
And what is the big pitch the drys are using to urge
passage Of this measure? Why they're calling mem-
orial to the late Rep Joseph R. Bryson DSC) spon-
of the bill and widely known prohbitionist.
Presumably Rep. Bryson will rest in peace if the bill
is passed and that is not said with any dsrespect for
the dead but to illustrate the ends to which the rys will
go to drum up sympathy for their which is proh
bon This BILL which discriminatory and threat both
to freedom of the and freedom of business enter
prise, does not contend with the facts
The advertising of the liquor industry is regulated
by the dsters themselves through the Distilled Spirits
Institute Under this code, liquor advertisements compete
with each other for share of the existing market not
to induce non-drinkers to become drinkers.
AS matter of fact the trend of per capita consump-
ton of alcohol is down rather than up although the bev-
erage ndusrys advertising expenditures have been in
creag through the Certainly that proof that the
advertising of alcoholic beverages not producing na-
ton of heavy drinkers the drys contend No. the drys
not interested in facts They have but one interest
to revive prohibition - and they're willing to stink
through any dark alley to achieve their purpose
This editorial no doubt will bring flood of protest
ing letters from the fanatcal dry Well The Gazette pub
fishes these letters though may not agree with
them for believe everyone is entitled to his views We
don't think like the drys who would deny the alcoholic
beverage industry the right to publish the of
Its product. - CHARLESTON (W. vA.) GAZETTE.
should leave their nolt;cs