From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Sept. 9, 1975:

The Rev. Richard Taylor of Topeka, leader of Kansas Dry Forces, this week called on the Lawrence City Commission and the Kansas Board of Regents to “find the guts to take a stand” in a recent proposal to allow the sale of beer in the Kansas Union. In a recent letter to the commission and the regents, Taylor had written, “Concerned persons regret that the Lawrence City Commission is plagued by complaints about bars on 14th Street, but will the answer be found in making the student union a recreational drug den?” Taylor, executive director of the temperance group, described alcohol as “a recreational drug that causes addiction in approximately one out of eight users, produces aggressive behavior, and takes away the rational ability of the brain to make responsible decisions.” He further questioned the appropriateness of a “tax supported educational institution” encouraging alcohol use. “If beer sales are permitted on campus, every citizen in Kansas becomes a partner in recreational drug pushing,” he wrote. The student-led request to allow Kansas Union beer sales was expected to come before the regents at their September 26 meeting.