Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1919 — WOOD GIVES OPINION ON PROHIBITION MEASURE. [ARTICLE]

WOOD GIVES OPINION ON PROHIBITION MEASURE.

PredTdent Wilson will not be disappointed when congress fails to sanction his recommendation for the repeal of war-time prohibition, according to a letter received by Mrs. Guy Stewart, of Brookston, secretary of the White County Sunday School association, in reply to resolutions adopted at the recent annual convention of the association and forwarded to Congressman Will R. Wood, of the Tenth congressional district. Congressman Wood’s letter expresses, no doubt, the sentiment of the majority of hte members of both house and senate and of their constituents, and is as follows: “I have just received your letter of May 22nd, informing me of the action of your delegates from the Sunday schools of White county in their annual convention, concerning the recommendation of President Wilson for the repeal of war-time prohibition. “In reply, permit me to say that, in my opinion, this recommendation will not receive the sanction of congress. The fact is, no one seriously believes that the president had any idea that this metsure would be repealed when he made the recommendation.”