Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-03-20 | Page 14 | Hold Tactics of 'Wets' Unfair

HOLD TACTICS OF WETS UNFAIR Utah W V Yo YoC C T U Sets Forth Attitude on Drink Statistics At an day all-day conference of the e 1 state W C T 1 U IL officers and di- di dl rectors held Saturday In the tho home hornof of oC Mrs W S Flewelling 1176 TwentY second street Ogden the follo resolutions were adopt adopt- adopted adopted ed Resolved That the Utah W C CT T r U assembled in conference hereby expresses express's its unqualified disapproval of ot the unfair tactics of oC the wets ets In distorting facts and an giving out false statistics concerning concern concern- concerning Ing deaths from alcohol and ar- ar arrests arrests arrests rests for tor or drunkenness to s to be broad broad- broadcast broadcast cast over the United States In newspaper dispatches tchee That we e suggest that news news- newspapers newspapers newspapers papers which wish to be faIr should require the source of ot such L statistics tic to be named unless they are arc given er the signature or of some one who can thus be beheld beheld held responsible for them That the statistics given at the congressional hearing hearing- hearing ln ln in wt Ich I one wet champion gave out the number of arrests I In Chicago as In In In one year which II I was over the United States and which I Mayor faor Dever of or Chicago testified 1 next day was the number of oC all arrests in that city also that men were not l t tor for lI ess essIn in Chicago but hut were were arrested arrested under ni nider der other charges chars such as oh traffic when hundreds of or people stopp stopped 11 to view the nn un of 01 a a man clinging to a lampp post lamp st 0 or disturbing the th tb peace It If the of offender tender was vas q etc should etc should be a n warn warn- warnIng ing to newspapers to either elther weIgh the probability ot of o statements to t determine their authenticity or 01 else to give equal emphasis to corrections corrections cor- cor of such misstatements The W V C T U will always alwa's honestly endeavor to give out only authentic facts and at all oil that we offer to the pens pers and will uphold all nil Jaws laws that are arc sponsored by the government the government o of ot the tle United States Slates whether e 01 or not we e had an any part In their be- be becomIng be becoming coming the laws of or our land