Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-06 | Page 2 | Plan Formation of National Dry Organization

PLAN FORMATION OF NATIONAL DRY ORGANIZATION CHICAGO, Marv.h 5. ForrnaMon of a National Dry federation, v.hi"h will he oorr.r.o.-ed of pr-'i'-t'oaliy every leading prohibition sorieiy in the fount rv and v. id ,a the biggest organ;, lion in the world opposing liquor, whs a n no u need h';r tonignt. William Jennings iirvan is p: KHid'-nt of tii" or ganizatior. and active speaking campaigns w;ll be M.arU-d at orif e. T::e f unda m'-n ill objects of the organization organ-ization are ra j: h ation of the na tional o: o-):V!ion a-nfi.diij ut In u,. hor-u-st .o;., tirri'-. S'i-- of the prohibition ';:if:r:i,gn in tne six h;iI"k vii.Hi vote on the quf.st ion In Novcrn:ifr, a nd Immediate Im-mediate war pro hi hi t ion for thf avowed )rpoy(; of 'VoPM-rvh.g flf. ni-in j.o-.ver arid rfKourf- of tire nation." I: if hided in a Inr.ir of govern or h. ?( -nator r'-;i e ' a t j ves and ' -i-jy n.r-n, v. ho are -vp,; t J to t;ike iti-tivo put in the voik of the nr'jn n ' ion, nro Wivf-rn'tr M:il.l-'-n of Tviahie ;-iil (pjvt-rnor '" hi r: i ; n V Nv.v Voi!:, .-'f-natfirs K en von or low, i, J'.nrnh of P'aj.o, .-'h'-pparrf of 'I'f- i A :, nd S rK-rrri') n of J T T i u,;?. f ',., r(. . : t iv e V Vr of Nor r h "'i roi: n;i . J;-r-r'-n.-n'.i ive Fmda'l of 'ahio; nl;j. f :-ir r - -vti ' i ve K'"-'H of O'lio, ft'-pi f.n ! I vcj r:,;rlev of Kerittj. , ..- ;,:.d I '.'': u t ivo ;.- hv ( F''-r.:.p--!v;ir..:i. Na t inna 1 1 '-'id'i m :'' r of the orra n!za -tion vi'l ho In T;r;,r.'h fjf:jr--H will be opened immediately in ChIe;itiO, Washington iind Nov York, arid m.nv other 1-urea us will he (-startlinht-J. ThV1 federation starts work with more th;m Jii'iMf-iift p'tid into the treasury and several sev-eral hundred thousand dollars in addition pie izf-d. Bes:des independent prohibition societies, socie-ties, the National Trades Union prohibition prohibi-tion organizations are merzd into it. and P'ate Senator Ilk-hard Jones of Minnfrip-ni, Minnfrip-ni, president of the NaMonal Trad Union Prohibition so. iety, will be one of the active campaigners. The federation actually was oranizt-d in NV-w York a we.-k airo a t a pri a ' mf-etinz of more than thirtv of the (hicf national pro' libit ion so.-k-t if s, imt an-nniinceinent an-nniinceinent of ita formation was withheld with-held until Mr. Krvan ncr,-ntf-d the rir-Hi-dency. Tr. Charb-s Sfaniri of Pi f v )rn. who was a pi o'rrd bv Previdentu T.'it t and Wilson to rer resent the United St.-'ft-.s at in tern;' t io";)! cor rs--es. against holism. wa e I ';,- i a-'i j ng presid-i t at the New Yr.rk meeting, now omcs General s f r e t a r.'.