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Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 299, 22 November 1922, Page 13

Federation' of Labour ' i__(__JC_l!H_9Hv- :i ' *v&&aa r ~sgi_~*- , __r eWa>> mi* *_p "-bbc-c--. ■~'-t__~ r -_•■-■ -_-_» "•~*-~' ■---»■ ___-_____--, ■___- -_—- -- --_— -___-- —-- #■■ *'ii^<*i^__3______S™ : V Sssued (in February,. 1922)- an appeal-' to the public to demand* jfi?^^ ; i^^'^ ; an amendment to. the- Prohibition Act., The official text- ' "Before this decision was reached" the Executive Coiineil ' r of the A.P. of L. had caused to he made an exhaustive inves- '^^W^^^^* l^^^^^^^^ tigation of the effects of the Volstead Act. It was shown by; ;^^*C"^^J^^P^^l#"! this investigation that there had. been:— : X t^f^^s^^r "1. A genera! disregard of the law among all classes of people, in- iwM gr eluding' those who made the law. ■/'& .jr "2. Creation of thousands of moonshiners among both country and ■// i^K/'/^r/'^r city dwellers. ; J r /$'J*?J Jss* *3. Tlie creation of an army of bootleggers, . \ "' . fy£^ "*' «on^^uSsf ease kl P° isolls and deadly Mr. Samuel Gompers «5. An increased rate of insanity, blindness, and crime among the President of The AJF. of 1,, who said: users of these concoctions and. drugs. ■ - .. "We are opposed to legal Prohihition of drinking, because we do not "6. Increase of unemployment, due to loss of employment by workers . want the Government to say to us: in. industries directly or indirectly connected with, the ; , \ manufacture Of hqilOrs. temperance as a requisite of efficiency. ; •___,-,. . . _-~_. _«_, _; i- t_t .-• _•*-_. _- : than working men, but they are op- j '7. Increase m taxes to City, State, and National Governments posed t0 ih<3 Prohibition movement ■ ] amounting to approximately dollars per year. _ because it has been such a stupendous '; failure everywhere it has been tried." I "Having in mind these results of. the Volstead Act, as well as the enormous expense of the attempt to enforce- that unenforceable legislation, it is our conclusion that the Act is a social and a moral failure, and that it is a dangerous breeder of discontent and of contempt for all. law. .....■■■ "We urge, therefore,, that all citizens demand from their representatives in Washington immediate relief from, the unwarranted restriction contained in the Volstead Act; and we likewise suggest that there may people the lawful use of wholesome beer and light wines." Besides being, a disastrous- Failure ProWORKERS* • - ;• THIS IS HOW: . . : (1)--1 VOTE FOR NATIONAL CONTINUANCE : ..'-.' AND CONTROLJ^Fte' -'-~ ' s- , . t^_ga_ ,f ? /I '"- , " J ''^* T r, ' , 7S- ? |i s ,'i^i, T l!;H,' : Bf £r__S'fi*ii!i«*yiffm" fi i? nirwri i ■■■ i--»"" i n■— Tm'J