The "Beverage of Moderation"

White Ribbon, Volume 28, Issue 9, 1 March 1957, Page 1

The " Beverage of Moderation"

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i .in an 111<ii\ idual or a nation drink m and be safe from tru deadly ol Vlcohol ? The peril of alcoholic bei i ;i world-wide an ne which must be faced iln facts pi < sent< d I>> Ernest <i« >r-1«n: in the Journal "Alert 1 sip mfic.mt.

The \nwri is, in IV3J, ;■ 12 per cent beer to In non-intoxicating Tins slightly under that ol ordinar) commercial beer. In this way the br< got into the Army with their product Here is something authentic. The finance department of the Swedish Government has released a volume of BJ pages on "The n on tin* Human ( Organism ol Malt Drinks," bj one ol the outstanding in vest ilime, I'r Leonard ( loldberjj of tl • Swedish medical school, the Karolinska Institute I' carries the death sentence J - pet cent ' Conclusions Summarised A highly technical tr< complicated graphs and mathematical formulae Briefly summarised, it- conclusion Three or four . A 3i \>< reduce average capacity for riving _ >; to ; <» pet cent, and at times 70 per cent YET, the alcohol in the blood averages onl> nut . which some think ii in »c •latum for go 'd driving Indeed, tin- Swedish investigation finds that per cent alcohol in the blood spells or driving.

Experiments carried out by military instruct '1 at Ma: onfirm the preceding results the twenty-five test students all had had oi training in radio tele graphy. The teal was the reception of various n letenrrin* speed, freedom from mistal At times, disturbing

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-. such .i- conversation and singing introduced Ml w ere subj< cted to I The results were astonishing! \ litre and a thii 'a couple of beers") bi in mistakes, enpared with abstii There reduced jn ticism, I attention

In i the amount ibout two-third- Mart. The result ilcohol blood content was only * • the deprei iation of quality in : cent \ny drink whuh reduces the efneiem militar) signalling by 22 per cent serious menace to military operations, and should be banished from armies. In this day ot precision instruments in and industrial life it is imp< ive pre* i ision timing in tin operator Alcohol red efficienc} was the i nil ol I Abstinence Safest and Best by Every Test Historj links drinking with tragedy, weakand defeat bi the life of an individual : a nation. h answer to an oft-asked questipn, "Does intoxil ' Dr. Haven Emerson, President of the Board of Health of New York City, says this: "Tin medical and polic< Is, around the World are. and been for man) years, ful that beer and beer alone, used in sufficient amounts and h, can cause all d< ol drunkenness, fr< m stupor, confusion, brutality of conduct, to unco . but ■ point ith." Professor Emil Kraepelin writes: "In the production oi alcoholism in Germany, beer undoubtedly playi the chie M By everj test, total abstinence i and lx ■