The Anti-Saloon League of America saw conquering the alcohol problem as more than an American crusade. In 1916 at the convention of the ASL in Indianapolis Ernest Cherrington presented an address to the convention titled "The World Movement Toward Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic." After ratification of the 18th amendment was a certainty Ernest Cherrington began to look abroad for new arenas in which to battle alcohol. He spearheaded two organizing conferences in Toronto, Canada, and Washington, D.C. in the spring and summer of 1919. The result was the World League Against Alcoholism. (Signatories of the Constitution of the World League Against Alcoholism)

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