The New York Times sent letters to twenty-three Episcopalian bishops
asking them to define their attitude; Five replies favoured a modification of the Volstead Law but eighteen were against modification. Dr. Manning, the Bishop of New York, has stated his position in a sermon in the Cathedral St. John the Divine. He does not hold that " to drink wine or any other intoxicant in moderation is in itself a sin," but he does believe that the Prohibition Law properly enforced " will make • us a healthier and better people." He says " By a great part of our people we sec this law respected and obeyed. We see its observance in the country as a whole 'increasing, and. not decreasing. We see the lives and homes of our wage- earners and our plain people imnteasurably benefited by it. We see in many places jails Closed because- they arc no longer needed. We see in such a situation as the present coal strike the entire absence of disturbance and disorder as a result largely -of the Prohibition laws. There is' not the slightest likelihood that the country Will ever repeal the Prohibition laws."
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