Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1931, Page 7

HOLDS PROHIBITION COMPLETE FAILURE Former Senator Wadsworth Makes Declaration at Insti- tute of Public Affairs. { BY THOMAS R. HENRY. { Staf Correspondent of The Star. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, July 4. —Prohibition staggered and strutted sround the campus today. It was the annual free-for-all on this question at the Institute of Public Af- fairs. The chief opponent was former United States Senator James W. Wads- worth, jr, of New York. He urged a referendum on a proposed amendment to the Constitution repealing the eighteenth amendment. ‘The conclusions in the remort of the Wickersham Commission, Mr. Wads- worth said, “are in utter contradiction to the deductions which must be drawn from the body of the report itself and to the observations made individually by a substantial majority of the com- missioners. But I wish a copy of the report could be placed in the bands of every adult in the United States. It elarifies thought.” This report, he declared, itself bares the progress from the ratification of the eighteenth amendment to “a state of corruption described as more exten- sive than any we have ever experi- enced.” A vivid picture is drawn, he continued, “of the Federal Government attempting to reform the personal con- duct of individuals and being left al most alone in the attempt.” The T port shows clearly, he insisted, that the object of tre amendment was not to close the saloon, as was generally supposed by its supporters at the time, “but to establish universal total absti- mence by legal flat.” “Prohibitioh Is Falure.” “Defenders of the eighteenth amend- _gnent,” he said, “have repeatedly as- serted by way of justification that some 80 States have adopted prohibition prior to the submission of the amend- ment and thus that this was a step consistent _with overwhelming public opinion. This is very far from ac- curate. Not more than 12 States, and they contained a very small minority of the total population, had what we know as bone-dry prohibition. The rest had forbidden manufacture and sale, but they had not forbidden trans- rtation, importation and possession. ey were not total abstinence States. They were not ready for national, universal, total abstinence. “The plain truth is that national E:Qhfib\tlon is a failure. It has failed establish total abstinence as the [enerslly prevailing rule of conduct, ut it has brought upon us evils greater than those from which escape was in- tended. It is a fundamental error in the structure of our Federal Govern- ment. We have had trouble ever since we put it in our Constitution and will not escape from this trouble until we take it out completely.” ‘Women Enliven Debate. The prohibition debate was enlivened by the discussions of Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the national W. C. T. U, and Mrs, Carroll Miller of Pittsburgh, representing the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. Mrs. Boole insisted that pro- hibition came as the result of 150 years or experiment in various ways to regu- late the liquor traffic. It was found impossible, she sald, to bring about temperance by moral suasion. At present, she said, there is a world organization fighting against prohibi- tion in the United States and against temperance everywhere, with its head- quarters at an “international wine of- fice” in Paris, established by the wine- | gmduclng countries of Spain, France, ortugal, Italy, Luxembourg and Tunis. Prohibition, insisted Mrs. Miller, is @ denial of moral freedom. “We in- sist,” she said, “that we were born with certaln unalienable rights. The eigh- teenth amendment has taken them from us end refused them to our chil- dren. We feel that never again will there be real building of character and true happiness in American life until these rights are restored to us. “The final test of a law is not will- ing obedience but the effect it has had 4n making mankind better. Even the smost ardent supporters would scarcely claim this for the eighteenth amend- gment.” Economic Benefits Absent. Prohibition, she said, has helped its own in the past due to the claim that it has made the country more pros- rous. But, she said, “if the pros- perity in the past had been due even in » moderate degree to prohibition in- Stead of the advance in wages out- stripping the price of commodities, then some of it would be apparent now. The extravagant claims vanished over- night and today the so-called economic benefits of prohibition are as difficult “to find as jobs for our 6,000,000 unem- ployed. The general property tax, almost the “nly source of revenue available to cities and towns, has become such a burden on real property that rellef is imperative, Dr. F. G. Crawford of Syra- cuse University told the institute. ‘The situation, he said, is that 50 r cent of the total wealth of the Na- fon is bearing 75 per cent of the total tax burden, represented by the bulk of local taxes and a few State assess- ments. Real property, he pointed out, must pay for the local streets, schools, zollce and other municipal activities —— For and Against MRS. ELLA A. BOOLE. J. W. WADSWORTH, JR. because the States have seized upon other sources of revenue such as in- come taxes, gasoline taxes, automobile tags and inheritance taxes. Real Estate Must Be Relieved. A way out of the situation, Dr. Craw- ford. pointed out, is for greater and greater subsidies from the States con- troling these income sources to the communities.. The best solution of the problem, he held, is by relieving real estate through greater efficiency in local expeditures. ‘That real property must be relieved of its burden, he poinied out, is evi- denced by its complete fallure to pay shown in many cases during the present depression. Uver $17,000,000 in delin- quent taxes have accumulated in De- woit in 1930. Philadelphia delinquen- cles have increased from 6 per cent in 1925 to 13 per cent in 1930. Ohio de- linquencies rose from $8,000,000 in 1920 10 $36,000,000 in 1929. In New York, he said, the higher local taxes have so cut down collections that more money might be obtained by reducing the rates. Ways of interesting in government the person who does not pay direct taxes were discussed at the round table on_municipal administration. Dr. William B. Monro of the Califor- nia Institute of Technology, pointing out that every wage-earner pays ap- proximately 30 cents a day to meet the cost of local, State and national govern- ment, told of an experiment being tried by apartment houss owners in some cities. With each monthly rent bill is enclosed a statement of the amount represented by taxes. Frank C. Hanrahan, city manager of Portsmouth, Va., told of including with each tax bill an itemized statement of just what use is made of the money. ALEXANDRIAN TO OPEN REVIVAL AT LEESBURG First of Annual Open-Air Church . Services Will Be Held on Court House Green. LEESBURG, Va., July 1.—Rev. Plerce 8. Ellis, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Alexandria, will preach Sun- day night, July 5, at the first of the oren-air reliious services to be held in Leesburg this Summer. Services will ke conducted on the court house green. ‘The meetings which have been held in former years always attract a large crowd from all sections of the county. Outstanding preachers from the dif- ferent denominations speak at these gatherings. Dr. H. C. Littlejohn is chairman of the Music Committee, the choir being composed of the leading singers of the county. Ushers have been announced as fol- lows: J. R. Lintner and Alfred di Zerega from the Episcopal Church, Elmer Beales and Adele Downs from the Meth- odist Church, -E. F. Hogan, Robert | Steadman and Chris Clemens from the Presbyterian Church, and Frank Reed, | THE EVENING ITELEVISION DRAWS 0.K. OF OFFICIALS Young Inventor Gives Full- Length Demonstration in Capital. " Washington's radio officialdom s nodding its head in approval today after witnessing its first’ demonstration of full-length television, projected on & motion picture screen 6 feet square. Before officiais of the Radio Com- mission and the radio scientists of other Federal activities centered in the Capi- tal the latest development in the visual art were exhibited Tuesday evening by the Sanabria Television Corporation of New York. The images, unmarred by Qickering and other distorting elements. were clearly visible to an audience of more than 100. They were sald to be the most clearly detailed and largest The Julius Lansburgh Furniture Company Will Close on Saturdays During July and August Store Hours Other Days 8 AM. to 6 P.M. Carriages and tured. Club beautifully Less 50% cushion. Jacquard velour. Less 50% 259, Off All Baby $24.75 Club Chair with reversible spring-filled seat Covered in beautiful two-tone STAR, television images ever publicly demon- strated. T Accustomed only to the “peep-hole” stage of television, in which the images were blurry and jumpy, the demonstra- tion broke down the skepticism as to television’s future harbored by many of those invited to the exhibit. The dem- onstration was staged to show that the visual art has shaken off its swad- dling clothes and soon is to become L3 %e‘dluan of mass entertainment. e demonstration was staged b Uises A. Sanabria of Chicago, 24-yur! old Spanish-American inventor, chief engineer of the corporation, and George Gruskin of New York, only 22 years old, president of the corporation. Louis Cohen, famous radio scientist of the Army, and Lieut. Col. Joseph I. McMullin agreed after the demon- stration, that the television im: were at about the same stage of de- velopment as the “nickelodeon” days of the movies. Others said the pic- tures had unquestioned entertainment value even now. Transmitted by Wire, . ‘The pictures were transmitted by wire rather than through space by radio and therefore were not subject to .the ele- ments. Mr. Sanabria declared, how- ever, that the images would be of the same quality in a radio transmission. Several officials who attended the demonstration were televised and were plainly recognizable to their friends in the audience. Col. Thad H. Brown, general counsel of the commission; Frank L. Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, and Lieut. E, K. Jett were among those to face the battery of photo-electric cells which constitutes the “pick-up” me- chanism of the transmitter. ‘The Sanabria system employes & scanning system of only 45 lines at 1 frames per second, as against the recog- nized standard of 60 lines by 20 frames. Despite this lesser definition, Mr. Gru- skin said the quality achieved was even greater than in the conventional 60- line systems. He claimed that a chan- nel width of only 15 kilocycles is used, ‘whereas the standard television channel is r ized at 100 kilocycles or 10 times the amount of space occupied by the regular broadcasting station. (Copyright, 1931). Hearse Backs Up at Burial. Henry Robert Elliot, motor hearse driver, is recovering at the hospital at Perth, Scotland, from injuries received when the hearse backed up in Wellshire Cemetery. After the coffin had been re- moved, Elliot tried to run the vehicle up an incline, but the gears slipped and the hearse slid down the road and dropped into a stream 15 feet below. Under- taker Archibald McMartin jumped, but Elliot stuck to his seat until the drop, when he was shot through a glass panel and severely cut. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co. WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, JULY I, 1931, ) WOODMEN TOBUILD TENT CITY FOR 300 Delegates From 16 States Wiil Enter Potomac Park Camp Friday. A tent city is to be erected soon in East Potomac Park, adjacent to the ‘Washington Tourist Camp, for more than 500 members of the Modern ‘Woodmen Foresters, who will hold their Eastern zone encampment here from July 3 to 6. Delegates are expected ifrom 16 States on the Atlantic Sea- board from Maine to Florida. ‘The Modern Woodmen Foresters is a subordinate organization ‘of the Mod- ern Woodmen of America, which is well represented in the District of Co- lumbia. Camp Staff Named. Col. A. P. Gagge has been ordered to this city from Kansas City, Mo, to erect the tent city and to act as termaster while the encampment session. The camp Camp J. A. Doubles, in honor of State Deputy J. A. Doubles, irf charge of Mod- ern Woodmen work in the State of North Carolina. Col. A. C. Clauser of Reading, Pa., will be in command of the camp, with Capt. Bryan Wells of Wilmington, Del, as his adjutant. Gen' Maurice R. Smith, in command of all Woodmen Foresters, will visit the encampment to inspect the various teams. ‘The camp will be officially. opened at 11 o'clock Priday, with appropriate flag ceremonies. For the Fourth of July the Foresters have accepted an invitation to partici- pate in the parade to be held in Tako- ma Park, being accompanied by the Modern Woodman Band of Lavtons- ville, Md., and the Junior Drum and Bugle Col of Reading, Pa. Plan Arlington Ceremony. On Sunday, aside from the various competitions in the morning, the visi- tors will be conducted to Arlington Cemetery, where Director F. R. Korns will place a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Soldier. Monday the balance of the competi- tive drills will be held, prizes approxi- mating $400 to be distributed to the successful teams, the camp being of- ficially closed in’ the afternocn. ‘The committee of the local camps in charge of preparations for the enter- Entrance, 909 F St. i 5%to 50% Reductions A great: quantity of desirable suites and odd pieces, rugs, draperies, refrigerators, etc., are greatly reduced for quick clearance. This annual JULIUS LANSBURGH FURNITURE CO. EVENT is always awaited by those who wish to save 15% to 509 on their home furnishings. Preparation for the heavy Fall season must begin. Samples and stocks of the present season must be replaced by the new arrivals. Inducements in the way of drastic reductions always make a strong appeal to the thrifty and the remarkably low prices cause quick selling. The usual convenient deferred payments arranged on any purchase, large or small. 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