Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1930, Page 16

A—-16 = SCHAFER ATIACKS DRYACTASUNILST Declares Charter of Rights| Scrapped—~Urges Vote for District in Address. Passage of the eighteenth amendment marked the changing of the Constitu-! tion “from a charter of rights and lib- erties to a criminal statute book.” Rep- Tesentative John C. Schafer of Wiscon- sin charged last night in an address before the Stuart Walcott Post of the American Legion in the Winston Hotel.| Represe departed from | the subject matter his aspeech to voice | also the opinion that Washington resi- 1ld be granted the privilege of He declared it was unjust for citi- the District to be taxed without In expressing a desire ed he of- rofound sympathy vears of prohibition,” the speaket asserted, “proves that the three stupendous outstanding peace-time problems in the history of our people oppression, which Tesulted in of 'Independence and y Wi ond, slavery, il War, and, v, which is de- n are, first T brave men who founded our Republic, | has been torn asunder and cast to the | four wir satisfy the greed of that | monstrous demon. prohibition. Righ aranteed our people under the Con- ition have been flaunted and ig- such as the right of the people persons, houses, s against unreason-| > searches and seizures. and the right that no people shall de deprived | of life, liberty or property without due| No one can deny that 10 years of prohibition have shown that the lib- erty-loving American people do not re- spect and revere the sumptuary dry Jaws which embody the principles of injustice and tyranny, and which have ushered in an age of corruption, intem- perance, disrespect for law_and con- tempt for government such as this Nation never before witnessed.” Declaring the enforcement of pro- hibition had failed, Representative Schafer added the situation ‘“has reached a stage of guerilla warfare. In a time of peace in a peaceful Nation it violates the rules of war among the civilized nations of the world. Snuffing out the lives of law-abiding citizens from ambush by enforcement officers, it parallels the atrocities of the most savage tribes. “Official police department statistics ‘which I have obtained from every State |- in the Union indicate that the arrests for drunkenness and for driving ve- hicles while intoxicated have increased in leaps and bounds since prohibition far beyond the increase in population and in number of passenger and motor truck automobiles.” 3 In conclusion Representative Schafer offered sharp criticism of members of Congress who “drink wet and vote d He also pledged his support to worthy legislation for World War vet- erans, i PILGRIMAGE IS HELD. A pilgrimage from Mount Alto Hos- pital, taking in the Immaculate Con- ception Shrine and the Franciscan Monastery in Brookland, was made by 75 inmates of the hospital last Sunday. Following the ride the veterans were driven around Washington, returning to Mount Alto for dinner. 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GREAT FALLS, Mont., February 26 (#).—Henry B. Lorentz, 33, and E. C. Smith, both of Great Falls, were killed when their plane crashed in a field 11 miles west of Stanford, Mont., Sunday, It was learned Monday. The two men ere returning from Cleveland, Ohio. ly session, TAR, WASHINGTON, AMATEUR ARTISTS TO PRESENT COMEDY “The Honey-Moon,” hit of & century ago, will be presented with a cast of {more than 30 Washington players, | dancers and musicians, and with a crew of 18 stage-craft students of the {local high schools, under the auspices of the Community Drama Guild, Friday and Saturday nights at McKinley High |School Auditorium, Second and T | streets northeast. The cast has been rehearsing under the direction of Miss Alma Kruger, who is associated with Miss Eva Le Galli- enne’s Civic Repertory Theater. Many of the costumes for the leading characters have been provided from the store of the late Charles B. 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