Show WETS ETS LINE UP FOR BIG DRIVE AGAINST DRYS the Facts Meeting Will Be Held on Washington's Washington's Wash- Wash ington's Birthday I ION MAJOR OFFENSIVE OFFENSIVES ON Complete Failure of Prohibition Prohibition Prohibition Pro Pro- After 6 Years Will Be Main Topic I WASHINGTON Feb 6 AP- AP The house civil service committee today oda reported d a bill to place all of the prohibition unit u under dr civil service regulations W WASHINGTON Feb 6 AP AP- AP Sever Several l changes in the present prohibition pro pro- regime including ding a proposal proposal pro pro- posa to create a new and separate prohibition prohibition bureau were sponsored In n congress today by the administration adminis adminis- The bill for a prohibition bureau ranking wit other bureaus in the treasury department was introduced introduced introduced intro intro- by Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee committe with the backing of treasury officials At present the prohibition forces are under the jurisdiction of the bureau of internal revenue WASHINGTON Feb 6 AP AP- AP The treasury has drafted recommendations rr tor for a series of changes In n the act and the statutes having laving to do rio with enforcement of prohibition in ord order r to meet new conditions The treasury's decision to seek amendment of the dry law coincides wirth a renewed drive in and out of congress for legalization of light lightwine lightwine lightwine wine and beer but there was no indication tio that any ny step in in the dire direction tion of such legislation was wasco co contemplated in the treasury prop y Eril mp r V WASHINGTON t. Feb 6 G AP APA AlA AP- AP A modified prohibition system as asa asa asa a happy medium between en the evils of ot Ism and of ot the saloon era will be proposed at the second face tace the facts conference taIled Called by the Association Against th the Prohibition Amendment to meet here on George Washington's birthday The definite plan for government control under a modified form of ot prohibition designed to end the reign of ot the bootlegger and abolish abolish abolish abol abol- ish the other evils which the as associations association's associations association's as- as st statement charged to the law will win be proposed by William Phelps Eno of or Wash Wash- ington The call for tor the conference confer confer- en once ence e comes as new flew impetus for the thep p perennial de debate ate on prohibition and andt It t follows closely the declaration of or the church temperance society of ot the Pr Protestant Episcopal church for modification SERMON SUNDAY With the temperance society's pronouncement being attacked and defended from many quarters the Rev James secretary of the tile society has left lett New York for tor Washington Angton supposedly In connection connection connection con con- with the statement The resulting controversy will be the subject of ot a sermon tomorrow by Bishop William T T. Man Manning in New NewYork NewYork Newyork York M MAJOR JOR OFFENSIVE Describing the coming conference as a major offensive against Vol Vol- the association announCed announced an an- noun ed that many prominent persons persons persons per per- sons would participate as members of Its ts various committees The speakers will be Senator Edge Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican New Jersey Senator Broussard Democrat of ot Louisiana Mrs Mary Iary T. T Norton Democratic representative from New Jersey William II H II Stayton chairman of the association and possibly a representative rep rep- r of ot the of ot Labor Laior The general topic of the conference conference conference confer confer- ence Is to be The Complete Failure of Prohibition in ln the United States After Six Years of or the Ac Act as the Enforcing Agency or of orthe orthe the Eighteenth Amendment Statistics Statistics Statistics Sta Sta- bearing on the subject t will willbe willbe willbe be presented and Canadas Canada's experience ence with modified prohibition willbe willbe will wll be be- discussed by representatives of ol that government BREEDER OF EVILS The first face the kats' kats conference conference con con- ference terence was held a year e r aio ago and since that time the statement said there has been an alarming In Increase increase increase in- in crease of evidence v te ism as a breeder of a A. not host o of evils heretofore but little known In American life Including bootlegging bootlegging bootleg bootleg- ging bribery corruption drinking among youths youth nt r both hoth sexes and almost universal dIsrespect disrespect for law Comforting Instances of greatly great great- ly 1 increased recognition of these facts are found It said In the re recEnt recent recent re- re cent reports report of ot the Federal C Council of ot Churches and the Protestant Episcopal Church Temperance e so so- clet In both reports It added the present methods of legislative enforcement were weighed In the nd id found RETURN OF 11 LIBERTY BERTY Washington's birthday was se so- so eced for or the meeting as significant sig sll of ot a return to the spirit of or ortrue true and tried Americanism exemplified exem exem- In the life of the father ather of ot Continued on pate pase 5 5 t WETS LINE UP FOR BIG DRIVE AGAINST DRYS Continued from cage nage 1 hIs hla country who was Va opposed to the evils of oC drink and to every other form of ot Intemperance yet was a distiller of whisky and left behind an excellent recipe for Cor making excellent excellent ex ex- beer |