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Show CAMPAIGN TO KfLL VOLSTEAD LflWJSlBEGUN Association Directs Drive Toward ObUining "Bl-. "Bl-. ance" of Power" in Ten - or More PivoUl States WASHINGTON, Aug. II. A cara-' cara-' palgn lo "grasp the balance of , lwr" In ten or more tat pre--- paratnry to the election of 1114 . haa been llarted by tha Aaeorlatlon Against ths Prohibition Amendment. A memorandum distributed from headquarter of th organisation uvrr uutlinej tha plan aa follower . "Tha Aaaoclatlon Agalnat tha Prohibition Pro-hibition Amendment won a real vto-' vto-' tory In the 112! election. "Cnnditlona ara favorable for a mora unpreealve triumph In i$2i nnd wa believe that you will be Interested In-terested la our plan to thla end. "Aa the political altuatlon atands at present, our organisation ha an excellent opportunity to grasp tha balance of power In nest year'a po. ... Iltlca! contest by working now t Increase our membership and to awaken public eentiment In auch pivotal" or "key' states aa Maseachu. setts Connecticut. New York. New ' Jersey. Pennevlvania. Maryland. -- Ohio, Illinois, Wlacomaln and California. Cali-fornia. ; ' "Th state mentioned eontsln about 41 per cent of th population of tha country and ail are more or leaa favorable to th repeal of the , Volatead law. It la the task of the . . aaaoclatlon to ao organise theae tatea that It will be necessary for -th party that wlna them In 1K4 to make eoncestons along the line ; .. of repealing or modifying ths present pres-ent prohibition law." - |