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February 12, 1918.
The meeting of February 12 was opened by the President. The records of the last meeting were read and approved. Some notices were given, and Mrs. Sewall C. Brackett, for the Legislative Committee, read a letter from the Committee of 60 on national prohibition, and on motion of Mrs. Gardner the club passed the following resolution:- (a copy to be sent to President Wilson)

RESOLVED: That the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club favors Immediate War Prohibition and requests the President of the United States to exercise the authority already conferred upon him to put this measure in affect at once.
This action is taken for the reason taht the present scarcity of food materials makes it imperative that no portion of it should be wantonly wasted in the manufacture of intoxicating beverages, and because the health and morals of the men in training camps is jeaporidized by permitting the sale of such beverages to continue.

meetings in the upper hall. This would necessitate changing the dramatic recital by Virginia Weills (Literature Class) to April 2, and the talk by Mrs. Dole (History and Travel Class) to April 30.

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