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AT* df^T 1 A ¥ m* A¥ ¥ U Y1O& IT? I IUI AL 'rAILUKL. I iwniii ■■niMimi isagggsqaawc^^ I '. ■ ■ : : ■■ ej HlvTW*lflQ!7' 2lf" if" «5 HiOfh^^J" 1 -■■.■■■■.-...■ ■ I v , .. ;■•■■■ . «fpr?srne» fhc I,oc«l Colon* AfflllaTrd WKIi the Americas j -, yf4tn\t\*n »f Labor (a Grenttr New York nnJ Vlclnltr si vs#Ns>-- I \^. A-/ I Office of mm wo^tf^frw-.T.^^grotVwl'ciTv | —— I Mr. John Sullivan is President of the largest Labour Union in the United States. I ■ ■ 1 New York, I 27th April, 1925 1 | AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ELECTORS OF NEW ZRALAND. ' j i I take pleasure in giving you-briefly my views on Prohibition in 1 America, made from personal observation and constant mingling with 1 men and women in all walks of life. . : . | |] v As President of the largest Central Labour Union in the United I !p States, I am ,in close touch with the wage earners of every trade and ! jjj calling. We have had Constitutional Prohibition for over 5 years— | i I say Constitutional Prohibition because in reality we have not had | % Prohibition. I I 1 | Prohibition has been a total failure, and Volsteadism has,broken 1 |i down completely,—this in spite of the fact that the Federal Government, I I is spending millions of dollars annually in an effort to enforce the | 5 - Eighteenth Amendment, and of the further fact that the several States | \ spend in addition to the Federal Government many millions of dollars. I I Prohibition has accomplished intemperance. People who formerly ]| p indulged moderately in light wine and beer have accustomed themselves if \ t° drinking hard liquors and concoctions of all descriptions. This 1 '; fact is borne out by the statistics rscantly issued by the Federal I J Government, showing an increase in deaths from alcoholism and cirrhosis i of the liver. These statistics show a constant increase in the deaths 1 :| from alcoholism sinse 1920, whsa National Constitutional Prohibition I 'J became effective. ' I : I ' ■ • ■ ' ' ■ . 1 ;| Prohibition is unpopular bscausa it runs counter with the ideals § || of free citizens. ■ ( . . 1 i| The fanatical Prohibitionists have laid great stress on the I I increased savings since 1920. They do not tell you, however, that thi I I increased savings of the wage earners ia by far not on the same ratio 1 | as the increased earnings of the whole people. ' I f| The anti-Saloon League and fanatical Prohibitionists would lead I | the people of other countries to believe that Prohibition is being I ri rigidly enforced everywhere. Only a few weeks ago an exposure was S | made.m the city of Cincinnati involving 28 Prohibition enforcement 1 | officers—who by the way were endorsed by the Anti-Saloon League for I I the position of enforcement officers—and some 50 lieutenants, I | detectives and other high officials in the Police Dept. were indicted 1 I for accepting graft, protecting bootleggers and narcotic peddlers. ! I All of these indicted, with the exception of 11, have pleaded guilty. j J The Chief Director of the Prohibition force of Ohio, endorsed by the I | Anti-Saloon League for his position, was indicted and was involved in I I one of the largest boot-legging scandals, of which there are many, in I | the .great city of Ohio, the home of the Anti-Saloon League. The same I :| conditions prevail in practically every State of the country. 1 I In the desperate efforts to preserve Prohibition in America, the I I Prohibionists have resorted to changing the Holy Bible, and have I I eliminated from it all reference to wine. Wina has been substituted 1 J by "raisin cake"; this is, indeed, hypocrisy at its highest. i I Unless our' Constitutional. Prohibition is very shortly amended, I I the youth of our nation will suffer as a result of this fanatical i I legislation which brings to the attention of every land the general I {j! disregard for law. ,•;. . I j Photograph copies .of. the statistics I have mentioned in this I j letter are issued by the Federal Government at Washington, D.C.; theses 1 | may be secured by writing to the Dept. of Vital Statistics, Washington, \ f ' . .. . ;"_^ _._ . | I ll is ffly earnest hope that the people of other countries of I I the world will not allow theiasQlvea to be caught in a similar mess. 1 i| ReapeotfulXy yours, j ift ' : '"' '.. •■ . . ■ | if 1! - ■ i ' y ■■■ ■ ■ ■ ~« j | 'I . ■.■■ •/*S-Q"/vt£ -(r^jf \ '■ r I ""■ "' ■' ■ '"■ ' X^ ' '"" . I !| ...■..,.. President,, |