AMERICAN PROHIBITION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21645, 16 May 1932, Page 7

AMERICAN PROHIBITION

“BEER PARADE” IN NEW YORK MANY THOUSANDS PARTICIPATE NEW YORK. May 14. (Received May 15, at 5.5 .p.m.) . More than 25,000 persons, headed by the Mayor (Mr Walker) marched in a parade which lasted for 12 hours bearing placards announcing “We want beer ” and recounting the benefits to the nation’s finance, both private and public. It was claimed that there would be derived from it _ 500,000,000 dollars' in annual revenue from the Federal excise tax alone. . / . , Many organised groups in the citys life, including the Tammany Society, participated. It is estimated that 1,000,000 persons lined the streets along which the paradcrs marched.

A previous message stated: Special significance is attached to two develop* ments in the prohibition situation. The first is the adoption by the Missouri State Republican Convention of a resolution asking for the resubmission of the Eighteenth Amendment to State constitutional conventions, and the approval of the resolution by the Secretary of Agn’culture (Mr A. M. Hyde), one of the lending “dry” exponents in the Cabinet, The second is the announcement of plans for “ beer parades ” throughout the nation, suggested by the Mayor of New York (Mr Walker) for May 15. ihe heads of cities and national groups of various sorts, including the American Federation of Labour, have accepted the proposal. Mr Hyde’s move is expected to presage a similar programme in the National Republican Party’s platform. He explained that he has not changed his views, but believes that the ‘ people s right” should be heard.