Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

New Liquor Facts FolderOver a long period of years the National ReformAssociation has made a specialty of preparing, publishing and distributing folders on the liquor issue,containing reliable, up-to-date material on variousphases of the liquor issue.Our aim has been to make them superior in content and attractiveness. So far as we know, we werethe first to publish temperance literature in colors.Within the past year and a half, we have published450,000 copies of a four-page illustrated circular onthis subject, all of which have been disposed of. Thecontent of 25,000 of these graphs was National incharacter and distributed throughout the UnitedStates. The remaining 425,000, in addition to National data, contained on the last of the four pages, factual material pertaining to Pennsylvania, Indiana,Minnesota, Ohio, New York and Florida. Nearly all ofthese were published on orders from the Women'sChristian Temperance Union of these states and theTemperance Leagues of Indiana and Florida, andwere distributed largely by these organizations.We have completed the preparation of a newLiquor Facts Folder of four pages which, at thiswriting, is in the hands of the printer which, we believe, to be superior both in content and attractiveness to any we have heretofore published. It is printed on white paper in black and red, and deals withalcohol what it is and what it does alcoholism, thehuman cost of liquor 4,000,000 alcoholics and 3,-000,000 habitual and heavy drinkers; liquor causedcrime and traffic deaths and injuries; the amountspent by the American people for liquor in 1953$9,885,000,000 in comparison with the cost of operating the public schools of our country for the schoolyear 1952-53 $7,640,000,000 ; the expenditures ofthe brewers and distillers in advertising their products within the past year $260,000,000, and otherfactual material.In preparing this Liquor Facts Folder, we had inmind not only its general distribution throughchurches and other organizations, but also its use inSenior and Junior High Schools throughout thecountry. We are hoping to place one hundred thousand copies of this Folder in churches, homes andpublic schools of Allegheny County, (in which Pittsburgh is .located) One of the county school men hasasked for 20,000 copies of the Folder for distributionin the schools of the County under County jurisdiction. There are also some twenty independent schooldistricts and the Pittsburgh schools in the country.This Folder contains some startling facts withreference to the amount spent for liquor in AlleghenyCounty in comparison with the expenditures for operating the County public schools and the salaries paidthe instructional staff in these schools.A Pennsylvania Folder is also being publishedwith State as well as National data, and a Folder allNational in character for distribution throughout theU.S.Our program calls for publishing these Folderson orders for other States than Pennsylvania, withState data on the fourth page, and for extensive advertising of the Folders in the hope that we will havecalls for them in large quantities from many Statesof the United States. With little advertising, nearlyone-half million copies of the Folders last published296on orders were distributed in six states. With a moreextensive advertising of the New Liquor Facts Folder, we hope to have calls for a much larger publication of the Folder.Each of these Folders, The Allegheny County,The Pennsylvania and the National Folder can be obtained fromThe National Reform Association, 209 NinthStreet, Pittsburgh 22, Pa.The cost $2.50 per Hundred, $20.00 per thousand. Write for information of the cost in largequantities.Recommendations PertainingTo The National Reform Association,Adopted by Synod, 1954.1. That the Association, its Board of Directorsand staff of workers be commended by the Synod forthe work it has carried forward during the past year.2. That pastors, officers and members of thechurch be encouraged to assist the National ReformAssociation in the distribution of its literature and inthe promoting of its program locally.3. That the Temperance Committee of the Synodand the National Reform Association be encouragedto work closely together in promoting temperancework in the church.4. That each congregation be urged to name arepresentative from among its members to serve asan agent of the National Reform Association in securing subscriptions to the Christian Statesman andto handle the distribution of its literature locally.5. That pastors or congregational agents beurged to place copies of Dr. Elliott's Daily BibleReadings in the hands of teachers of the localschools. Also copies of our latest Facts About Intoxicating Liquors.6. That pastors, sessions, Sabbath School superintendents and teachers be urged to participate actively in the Crusade against Liquor Advertising, andto enlist others in their respective communities inthis Crusade.7. That congregations be commended for theirsupport of the National Reform Association in thepast, and that pastors and sessions be requested tokeep open their pulpits to representatives of theAssociation and to assist in arranging openings forits speakers in their communities.8. That the first Sabbath of November be designated for taking the National Reform annual offering, that $10,000 be set as the goal to be reached bythe church and that pastors deliver a National Reform message to their people preparatory to takingthe offering. Also that names and addresses of allcontributors and the amounts contributed be sent tothe Association headquarters 501 PublicationBuilding, 209 Ninith Street, Pittsburgh 22, Pa., sothat they may acknowledge the contributions individually, and that contributors may receive theChristian Statesman.9. That our people be urged to pray for theAssociation and its workers.Synod, in adopting the report of the Covenantermembers of the Board of directors of the NationalReform Association including these recommendations, once again as has been true through the years,has placed its approval on the work of the Association and has endorsed its program.COVENANTER WITNESS