| Show L. L ELKS DEMAND ACTION ON RESUBMISSION f i t Blood Called Upon Take Immediate g i Steps L for Ballot I 1 New League Organized g n Zed to t r F Work for Repeal of National Na Na- NaX Na X tiona State State- Prohibition M j j Demand that Governor i Henry H. H Blood Mood take immediate acion on the proposal proposal- to call a a special session n of oftie of the tie legislature to provide for mission of the state prohibition amendment was made Thursday by bythe the he the Salt Lake Elks club B P P. PO O. O ENo E E. No 85 t. A resolution passed by the organ organ- J at a meeting Wednesday night called ailed upon the gover governor or to take im Jm immediate i- i mediate action on on ona a resolution pre seated several weeks ago askI asking him himo to o summon the legislature to provide for resubmission or n. n The document drawn at the request re re- request quest of Harry Joseph chairman of the he organizations organization's activities s committee commit- commit tee ce said in part How does docs the q governor stand on n prohibition prohibition- pr Willou Will WiIl tou t you ou call a special session for resubmission resubmission res mission fon The Elks want to know im- im immediately Jit mediately and definitely how bow you stand on this proposal With this this' this new new demand before him brought about by the ape parent indifference to the proposal of more than two score organizations and nd thousands of citizens Governor Blood entered his thirty third day of 4 silence It was on May 6 that Attorney Attorney ney General Joseph JOoSeph Chez ruled that th t a special session is n necessary to fix the the- state levy for general fund and school chool purposes I NEW EW REPEAL MOVE IOVE Meanwhile a new statewide anti antl- an prohibition organization k known as ashe as' as the he Utah League for Prohibition Re Repeal peal had been launched and nd Utah's Utah two iwo congressmen had joined in urging the governor to submit the prohibition amendment to f the electorate as soon as Replying to telegrams sent to WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Wednesday by A. A S. S Brown president of the chamber of commerce commerce com corn merce sounding out the Utah Utan dele dele- delegation g gation on its us attitude toward prohibition tion the two congressmen immedi immediately stood behind the resubmission proposal Representative J. J Will Robinson J said briefly The sooner sooner the Ufe th better Representative Abo Ab Murdock declared do do- dared To me the Democratic platform plat plot form torm on which I ran tan for congress is isa isa a covenant with ith the thc people It advocated advocated ad ad- th the i repeal peal of the eighteenth amendment and it pledged immediate immedi immedi- ate action on the part of propose the repeal of the amendment In my opinion pinion it contemplated co the earliest possible action of the the several several i states on on the qu question of repeal I f stood squarely on the Democratic platform when elect elected and I stand squarely on It toda today I repeal of the eighteenth amendment r I ADl ADMINISTRATION DUTY t l j. j j The legislature of Utah Utah- ha has provided pro pro- I 1 vided the mechanics for submission j to th the people of omy my state and in my opinion it is the duty of the Democratic Demo Demo- Democratic cratic administration of of Utah to submit submit sub sub- mit this question at the earliest possible pos pos- sible time The state Democratic platform certainly c contemplated early of t the sta state c prohibition prohibition pro pro- amen amendment Den u. u Senator William H. H King said he ne would reply to Mr Brown Brown within the next few days but Senator but Senator Elbert EIbert D. D Thomas advised the chamber president president dent he refused to be drawn into the controversy Referring to your telegram m of the seventh the b best st time for taking votes in hi Utah is a matter for our governor go to decide he said Had the question ques ques- lion tion of been before the third seventy congress instead d of of the seventy second I should have hav stood have stood squarely on the Democratic platform I will wiIl not become a party to petitIons petitions petitions peti peti- before before- the governor f if that is what chat chatis is proposed As a 3 citizen of ol Utah I have a right to speak to the this question but as R a govern governor r on United States State senator for Utah It would be improper for me to do so LEAGUE ORGANIZED 1 4 The iThe Utah iah- iah League for lor Pr Prohibition R Repeal peal was vas b brought Into into being Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- nesda night t the chamber of of com merce Frankl Salt Lake Lak attorney attorney attorney at at- torney was Wa elected president and an n organization I committee committee- was appoint appointed ed to ext extend nd the scope of ot the league k Continued on PAre Pate Twenty ELKS DEMAND I REPEAL L BALLOT BALl T J C Continued from froni Page Faze Thirteen 1 into to every county In lit the state R. R L. L Olson of ot Ogden elected was see see- ret ry 0 1 The organization has two objectives tives fives Enactment of ot the twenty first amendment which provides for repeal repeal re re- re- re peal of ot the eighteenth amendment and the elimination of at the thc dry bone-dry clause from Utah's constitution Meanwhile two other organizations had thrown their support with the A A r res e s o 0 lution adopted by the state aerie acne of Eagles at their annual convention in Bing Bing- Bingham ham V. Wednesday V urged resubmission 61 M a the state prohibition amendment a and d repeal of ot the eighteenth amend amend- ment The Utah camp Woodmen of the World also adopted a resolution tion asking the governor to call caU a special session of the legislature ture 1 r. r S |
