Association Against the Prohibition Amendment - Report to the Directors, Members and Friends - January 29, 1929

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Report to the directors, members, and friends of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment for the year 1928, with a dated cover and institutional microform metadata. The narrative reviews the association’s active role in 1928, emphasizing unity of effort, confidence in ending Prohibition, and the political rationale that fact and patriotic common sense will ultimately prevail. It then outlines organizational development from conferences in 1927–1928, describes committee work, and lists leadership and board membership details.

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Report to the Directors, Members and Friends

Organization

Board of Directors and Officers

97-84072-21 # Association Against theProhibition Amendment Report to the directors, members and friends... [Washington,D.C.?] [1928] ## COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TAF GET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGR4PHIC RECORD RESTRICTIONS ON USE:Roproductions may no be made without permission trom Columbia UniversltyLubraries. ## TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE: mnREDUCTION RATIO: 9:/ IIB MAGE PLACEMENT:IA DATE FILMED: 515 97 INITIALS: 土M TRACKING\#: 23755 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. 308 234 REPORT to the DIRECTORS MEMBERS and FRIENDS of the ## ASSOCIATIONAGAINST THEPROHIBITIONAMENDMENT Submitted by the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS For the Year I928 January 29,1929 To THE DIRECTORS,MEMBERSAND FRIENDS OF THE AssOCIATIONAGAINST THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT: The year of 1928 was so crowded withevents and results in which your Associationplayed a vigorous part,that this report couldeasily be carried to a great length.We be-lieve,however,that you will wish a reportthat is conveniently brief and this we haveendeavored to accomplish subject only to theinclusion in full of certain papers whichseem to us sufficiently pertinent to be sorecorded. To begin with we wish to thank thedirectors and members and friends of theAssociation for their constantly helpful in-terest and effort.It is only by becoming aunited team that we shall succeed.We feelthat this unity of effort and interest is now,accomplished and we feel furthermore nodoubt of the ultimate result of this fight tofree our Constitution from the evil thatlodged there when the Prohibition amend-ment took effect nine years ago.No suchshadow of tyranny can resist indefinitely thelight of fact and of patriotic common sense.There is still much to be done before we reachthe end of our road but with your continuedcooperation this fight can and will be won. ORGANIZATION Following the conferences held at theWashington home of former Senator JamesW.Wadsworth,Jr.,of New York in De-cember of 1927 and January of 1928,theexpansion and strengthening of your Associa-tion planned at those conferences began atonce to take effect.Their last act was theappointment of an organization committeewhich worked vigorously until the_comple-tion of its task in March,when the Board ofDirectors appointed and installed the presentExecutive Committee.Mr.Pierre S.du Pontagreed,upon invitation,to become the Chair- man of the Committee,which is constitutedas follows: Pierre S.du Pont,ChairmanBenedict CrowellHenry H.CurranIrenee du PontGrayson M.-P.MurphyCharles H.SabinWilliam H.Stayton Thereupon the work of enlarging ourBoard of Directors began,and here let us re-cord our grateful appreciation of the splendidservice which Captain Wlliam H.Staytonhas rendered to our country in carrying onthe work of the Association from the time itwas formed in 1918 until now,ten yearslater,when we are able to share with himthe burden of the further fighting requisiteto ultimate victory.One of the first acts ofthe new Board of Directors was to elect Cap-tain Stayton to be its Chairman. Our Directorate now numbers the follow-ing 103members: BOARD OF DIRECTORSOF THEASSOCIATION AGAINST THEPROHIBITION AMENDMENT W.H.STAYTON,Chairman Washington GEORaE ADE,Author,Hazelden Farm,Brook,Indiana.R.LAGASS12,Chairmanof the Board,Calumet and HeclaConsolidatead Coper Co_12 Ashburton Place,Boston,Ma.FugDEKICK H. s,International Lawyer.practicing inNew York andEurope;attached to Commission to negotiate peace in Paris in 1919,2 West 45th Street,NewYork,N.Y. FREDERic WINTERoP ALLEN,Partner,Lee Higginson and Co,bankers,43 Exchange Place,New York,N.Y.H.M.ATKINSON,Financier,Eleetric &Gas Building,Atlanta,Ga. GzNEALW.W.ATTERBURy,B

FAQs

What does the report cover for the year 1928?

It summarizes events and results from 1928 in which the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment played an active role, and explains why a concise report is offered along with appended papers.

How does the report describe the association’s strategy going forward?

It stresses unity of effort and confidence that the fight to free the Constitution from the Prohibition amendment will be won, while noting that more work remains before reaching the end of the road.

What organizational steps are mentioned in the report?

It describes conferences in December 1927 and January 1928, an organization committee formed as a last act of those conferences, and the appointment and installation of the present Executive Committee in March.

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