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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 310, 25 September 1943, Page 5

ANOTHER OPEN LETTER. (Dear Continuance, — Your advertisement detailing repeal votes are of no value (quite apart from how they wqi’e obtained) because, of recent local option votes. Fourteen States do not have referendums, but those who do are interesting. TAKE THE FOLLOWING RESULTS, LAST FOR INSTANCE: Ip 8 States all the referendums were dry victories (23 referendums). For OHIO you quoted a very big majority, but 35 out ot 48 referendums were Dry Victories. • For ILLINOIS you quoted a very big majority, but 11 out or 14 were Dry Victories. ... . ■ MAINE you> quoted big majority, but 345 out of 500 were Dry Victories last year. Again, KENTUCKY, 43 out of 46 were Dry Victories. ALABAMA had only three referendums 4ast year (2 Dry Victories), but since repeal 48 out of 67 counties have gone dry. OKLAHOMA retained State Prohibition in 1940 election oio.OOO votes to 200,000. ARKANSAS has had 58 Dry Victories out of 70 local options. Since repeal there have been 9550 Dry Victories out of 12,400 local option referendums. ■ You see, your argument that because 15 million voted repeal and only 54 millions against (out of 60,000,000 voters) therefore Prohibition was a complete failure, will not stand in the (light of these later expressions of opinion, and the fact that 23 million in U.S.A, are now under Prohibition. No wonder the “Tap & Tavern,” New York, stated not long ago, Men of the liquor industry—retail licensees—here is an appeal addressed directly to you. It is a most urgent appeal indeed. Repeal is in jeopardy The industry is again menaced, as it was back in 1918-19. We must fact the facts. The public is becoming more aroused each day due to violations and misconduct. Now it is not only the organized Prohibitionists and the dry propaganda sheets. Today the general public is saying that unless things change for the better we will have Prohibition back.” READ THE FOLLOWING:— z . • Bay of Plenty, ' - 22nd September, 1943. Uow c j rcu j ar j UIS t received. It has altered my decision to vote for State Control (because it seemed better than voting Continuance, and Prohibition seemed to have no chance) in favour of voting Prohibition; so you can count on two votes, ■mvself and husband for Prohibition on Saturday. .... ... , My sister wrote to me from America and said “Don t believe it when people tell you Prohibition was no good. Those who were used to the drink would stop at nothing to get it maybe; but we had the joy of seeing our children brought up without a drinking saloon at every street corner and the temptation to drink always confronting them. Prohibition was a grand thing while it lasted. Sincerely yours, (Sgd.) The American Journal of the National Education Association st in 1938: ‘‘The tan, iPrnhihitionl Amendment helped America to achieve the development of all tvr.es of schools so that millions of young people had richer educational opportunity. High School enrolment alone in the United States increased from two million to ne-Trlv five million—the most remarkable advance iu the history of civilisation. Unde? Prohibition? replies from 158 Presidents of Colleges and Universities in 40 States indicatedl 136 favourable to prohibition and only 8 definitely against 40 Contrast the above”with the following under repeal conditions from Los Angeles: “Resolved that the Board of Education is greatly alarmed by reason of the ranidlv increasing use of alcoholic liquors by young nponle of all in our schools since repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the appalling effect, thereof upon their moral and Unde? y r S epfarthe b rp n eetacular prohibition growth of Public School attendances dropped 98 per cent? while the increased college attendance dropped to one-quarter the prohibition level. ~ When father and mother drink the children sufrer. ■8 DRINK RUINED J MY J HOME :: | DON’T LET IT H RUIN 1 YOURS. I N.Z. NATIONAL PARTY. WELLINGTON NORTH ELECTORATE. AGED AND INFIRM VOTERS REQUIRING TRANSPORT— Telephone 40-949 0 41-594 41-595 WELLINGTON WEST NATIONAL PARTY. Electors Requiring Transport to the Poll Today, please Ring the Nearest’of the following Numbers: — KARORI 28-310 KELBURN 41-805 BROOKLYN 53-609 MAKARA 27-980 NORTHLAND .... 26-259 Invalids unable to go to a Polling Place, please Ring the Nearest Number for Postal Vote, Certificates, etc., BEFORE 11 A.M. WELLINGTON WEST! Vote Democratic Soldier Labour! McDougall- ; W ’ l ’ Stevenson McDougall is a son of ft-WZ- . ' i David McDougall, cx-M.P. for "' W-Sl 1 " Mataura. He is a returned soldier . ■. j■■ of the last war, having bad four 'W?-’’'* l .' ‘ ‘St?? and a half years’ service overseas. He has a wide and varied expert- - ehce of New Zealand life, and is ' 7' at present Assistant Secretary ot St®!■ Wellington Returned Services As- 1 soeiation. He is industrious and Jf ’ k * lias a big heart for humanity. McDougall is a worthy representafive for Wellington West! —John AjMffISyEMM A. Lee, D.C.M., M.P. .. STEVENSON McDOUGALL DEMOCRATIC SOLDIER LABOUR. WELLINGTON WEST! Vote Democratic Soldier Labour!