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So DECIDES
Bone Dry Vote BY Senate
Agricultural Committee
WINE ONLY ALLOWED
Abolition OF Distilling and Brewing
Made Feature of Food Control
Measure.

Washington, June 27.-Bone dry
prohibition. extending not only over
whiskey but over beer, was voted to-
day by the senate agricultural commit
tee. To the President was given dis
cretion to allow manufacture of wine,
This is the latest change in the pro
hibition fight now on in congress
masked in the food control bill under
the guise of conservation measure.
The subcommittee of the senate
agricultural committee decided yester-
day to prohibit the manufacture OF
whiskey. beer and wine, but to allow
the President to authorize the making
of the two last named, if he saw hit.
But when the subcommittee reported
it's proposal to the whole committee
today the larger body rejected the idea
and adopted the bone dry prohibition,
with the possible exception of wine
making.
AS 1t stands, the new plan Is practi
cally that of the house, except for the
wine feature. An amendment by the
committee allows brewing for thirty
days after the act goes into effect.
The food control bill, which carries
the amendments, was reported to the
senate late this afternoon. Senator
Penrose objected to immediate con-
sideration and the battle was deferred
until tomorrow.
Prohibitionists are more jubilant to-
day than they were yesterday. Senator
Kenyon, an ardent dry" man, said
'It is better bill than either the
original senate bill or the house bill
But many other senators fear the
undoubted fight against prohibiting
beer brewing will jeopardize the for
tunes of the food control bill and that
its main purpose as national defense
measure may be overshadowed.
The scope of the bill was broadened
again today so far as concerns the
"necessaries' which the President,
through Mr.. Hover, will control. Cop
ler. lead, lumber and leather were in
cfded in these ''necessaries."
The agricultural committee voted
nins to seven today for the drastic pro
hibiion amendment, which will form
the lone of contention.
The new provisions adopted today
read:
From and after thirty days from
the date and approval of this act no
person shall use any foods, food ma
terials or feeds in the production of
alcohol, except for governmental, in
dustrial, scientific, medicinal or sac
ramental purposes, or of alcoholic bey
erages. Any person who wilfully VIC
lates this section shall upon convic-
tion thereof, be punished by fine of
not exceeding $1,000, or by imprison
ment of not more than two years or
both.
Whenever the President shall find
it necessary to conserve perishable
fruits, he is empowered to permit the
use Of such perishable fruits in the
manufacture of vinous liquors; and
when the question arises as to whether
any particular product is perishable or
non-perishabe the President is author
lied to determine that question and
his determination shall be conclusive
for the purposes of this act"
The bill as reported today retains
the provision allowing the President to
commanders existing stocks of liquors
in bond and to redistill them into al
cohol for war purposes
The committee approved the action
of the subcommittee in extending con-
troll of "necessaries" to steel and iron
products, petroleum, farm implements
and machinery. fertilizer and binder
twins, and went so far as to place cop
per, lead timber and lumber in this
classification.