Show I I I UHf DRY CRUSADERS ARE ARf TARGET lARGO Of CHURCH Washington Man Resigns Because Pastor Pas for Joins New Association CALLED CALLED S 'S SNITCHERS Li Liberty erty Boys oy of 1927 Formed in in Opposition i n nI I W WASHINGTON Jun June juna 28 8 AP PI 1 Resignation of one member of ot Calvary Baptist church church and and andor or organization ott- ott I I ot of 01 The berty Boys of 1927 1921 are the latest developments developments developments devel devel- I in the controversy here I growing out of of the recent m move v I by friends of I prohibition to have hive havea l a citizen In each city block report report report re- re re- re port dry dryl l violations In his neighborhood Elgin H. H Blalock an attorney I In tendering Irs resignation to the Rev Dr W. W S. S Abernethy said It was prompted by the churchs church's affiliation with the trie Citizens Citizens' Ser ServIce vice association the new enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment society of ot which the pastor pas ras- tor Is president CH Iry i k- k of CU e 1 Iri lIi the organization will willbe be construed by the public as expressive atthe of at the sentiment of ot your cOngregation lion tion Blalock wrote ln Inasmuch as I cannot indorse Indo ea a a movement which encourages treachery to friends and neighbors and teaches hypocrisy and the greatest of all other crimes snitching I 1 respectfully respect respect- fully request that either my church letters be forwarded fon to me or that m my name name be be scratched from your our rolls Dr Abernethy Abernethy- who was pastor pastor pastor pas pas- tor to the late President Harding In reply wrote that Blalock misunderstood misunderstood misunderstood mis mis- understood the purpose of the I association which did did not propose propose pro pro- pose pose to engage in spying on neighbors but to make a concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- effort to rid the city cUy of ot bootleggers As a Christian man the pa pas pas- Continued on page 3 DRY CRUSADERS ARE TARGET OF CHURCH MEMBER Continued from page 1 1 tor said do you not think that the he effort to cooperate cooperate with officials officials otti- otti daIs in curbing lawlessness particularly particularly par- par when they ask for it is our legitimate business We are not tattling nor snitching snitch snitch- ins ing ng but if It any individual knows where liquor is being dispensed it t is as much his business to re reveal reveal reveal re- re veal the evidence that he has hasas hasas hasas as It would be it if he saw a murder murder murder mur mur- der or or holdup committed Meanwhile the Liberty Boys today today tolay to- to day lay hastened their plans John Phillip Hill lIlli former representative tive Ive from Maryland who in the thelast thelast last ast two congresses headed the house louse wet bloc was one of the fIrst to join It was announced that hat Hold your our breath snoopers breath snoopers are near had been decided upon AS s the motto |