AMERICAN PROHIBITION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 60, 8 May 1924, Page 5

AMERICAN PROHIBITION

WHO WLL BE PRESIDENT? New York, May 6. The controversy regarding Professor Butler's speech attacking prohibition has developed a new turn, it being suggested that Butler may be angling for nomination for the VicePresidency. "While this motive has been authoritatively denied, observers point out that President Coolidge, who is considered a prohibitionist, might benefit by having as running mate an eminent citizen who was liberal on prohibition matters. This would be especially valuable if the Democratic convention should offer consolation to the so-called "wets." Meantime the extent of popular feeling on the questionjnay be judg ed from Professor Butler's receipt of an excess of 10,000 communications. One politican, angered by Professor Butler's stand on prohibition, announced that he was withdrawing two sons from Columbia University, to which the professor is attached.

The local Methodist Ministerial Association, representing nearly 200 ministers, adopted a resolution censuring Professor Butler, saying: "We protest against his attitude regarding prohibition, which is not the right kind of patriotic example to set before thousands of young men and women, who are training for citizenship at Columbia University. The resolution further requested the trustees to dismiss Professor Butler. The trustees, however, unanimously refused. ~,, I