Organizations with Similar Interests
The Prohibition Party is the electoral politics arm of a group of organizations
with similar interests in personal responsibility and public morality.
Among these are the International Organization of Good Templars, the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, the American Council on Alcohol Problems,
the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug
Dependency, and their state and local affiliates.
These, plus businesses and social welfare agencies such as the American
Rescue Workers, support an annual co-ordinating conference, the "National
Temperance and Prohibition Council."
"A
conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing,
but
together may decide that nothing can be done." .... anon
The temperance movement, the collective impetus of all of the above, 100 years ago was a potent force in American politics. Today, it has few adherents and virtually no articulate spokesmen.
International Organization of Good Templars
2726 Cedar Avenue South,
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-721-7606
The IOGT has a very small presence today in North America,
but it is vigorous in Europe and Asia. The following overseas websites
may be of interest:
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Denmark |
IOGT Denmark |
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Germany |
Deutsche Guttempler Orden |
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India |
Navjyoti |
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Norway |
IOGT Norway |
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Juvente |
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DNT |
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FORUT |
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Portugal |
SAAP |
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Sweden |
IOGT-NTO |
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UNF |
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NFF |
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Switzerland |
IOGT Switzerland |
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Juvente |
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Ukraine |
IOGT ADIC Ukraine |
What is called the "Maltese Cross" is part of our IOGT logo.
It is imprinted on our organizational flag and is included in our literature,
with a replica of the globe in the center and the name "International
Organization of Good Templars" inscribed as a circle surrounding
the cross. This particular form of the cross has four equal arms, reaching
out to all points of the compass, inviting all people to join us in making
a commitment to peace, brotherhood, and total abstinence from those things
that are damaging, dangerous, destructive, and detrimental to humanity.
—Rev. Robert S. Turton III, IOGT chaplain, writing in The National Good
Templar, April-May 2000.
The IOGT operates "Good Templar Parks" today in three locations: Big Marine Lake, Minnesota; Lake Geneva, Illinois; and Mercer Island, Washington.
An archive of IOGT material is available at the Cornel University Library. See: Edward C. Sturgess, Collector, International Order of Good Templars Records, 1845-1978. Collection # 2573, 24 cubic feet.
IOGT archives also are available at the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London SW1H 0QS
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is not a "temperance organization," but it deals very effectively with the rehabilitation of alcoholics.This site would not be complete without reference to AA. However, this is not to imply that AA endorses prohibition as public policy. The AA program is based on personal choice and, as a whole, the AA has no opinion on unrelated organizations or their goals.
Much historical information on the origin of Alcoholics Anonymous has been collected by Richard G. Burns. Burns' material can be accessed through his personal website www.dickb.com/index.shtml
The Independent Committee on Alcohol & Drugs for United Methodists
This
"Independent Committee" was organized by United Methodist layman Howard
Lydick, after the Methodist Board of General Concerns abandoned its
formal opposition to alcoholic beverages. The Committee has its own website
(http://hometown.aol.com/umalcohol/index.htm).
The chairman may be reached at umalcohol@aol.com
or by writing Howard Lydick, Box 532, Richardson, Texas 75083.
International Congress on Alcohol and Addictions
This series of congresses began in 1885 (the name varies). It lost its temperance orientation in the 1950s and now includes general alcohol issues, as well as matters involving tobacco and gambling. It maintains a headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. For general information visit: www.icaa.de