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White Ribbon, Volume 37, Issue 441, 18 April 1932, Page 13

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“We are facing a crisis in our countr> on the liquor question.” remarked a WU.T.U. comrade from overseas. “We hardly know where to turn. I suppose the Temperance workers in the United States have had some such experiences in the course of their history. * The woman addressed smiled reminiscently as she answered: “We certainly have had many critical situations to meet. We had to contenc with millionaire brewers and distillers; to combat unscrupulous and shrewd enemies, as well as a custom that was ages old. But it is well known by friends and enemies that never has the Women’s Christian Temperance Union ordered a retreat; always it has gone straight ahe.id, never admitting a permanent defeat, hut seeing in any encounter that was not successful only a delayed victory.” The spirit of the YV.C.T U. at such times is akin to that of Marshal KWh, who at the historic crisis at the Marne said something like this: “My left is broken; my right is in retreat; my back is sga«nsf the vail the situation is excellent:. I shall ad- \ ance.”