Connecticut western news., 1917-07-05
NEW PROHIBITION
 MIxUP IN SENATE
Beer Control Again Put Up to
 President.
MAY INVOKE GLOTURE RULE

New York, Pennsylvania and Connecti-
 cut Senators at Front In Opposing
 Radical Drys or Absolute Control of
 All Nece5saries AdVocates-Action of
 Agriculture Committee Likely to Fur
 ther Delay Bill.
 Objection by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania blocked unanimous con- sent in the senate to vote on the pro- Eibiticn> or palt prohibition amend mentS to the food control bill.
 This was after the agriculture con- L..ttee had further complicated the sit uation and further delayed passage of the measure by again insisting on put. ting the burden of the prohibition of beer and wines up to the president. The committees action is certain tn lead to sharp battle in the senate.
 Infuriated by a suggestion from Sen atOr PclrOse that prohibitiOnists had blocked legislation on the food control bill Senator Wesley Jones of Washing ton made fierce attack upon the ol)- ponenrs of the dry forces. Penrose had said:
 'The delay was due to ill advised methods pursued to put drastic prohi- bition amendments in the bill"
 The agriculture committee surprised every one by rejecting the Chamber lain amendment abolishing whisky without mentioning beer and wine and instead adopting the Gore amendment, which kills whisky, but leaves. beer and wine to the discretion of the presi- dent. The Chamberlain amendment was killed by a vote of s to and the Gore substitute adopted by 6 to 5.
 Fight Presidential Power.
 By vote of 42 to Is the senate passed the section of the bill giving the president authority over all sorts of ''necessaries," from petroleum to fertilizer. Just before this Senator Shoot had offered to abolish presiden- tial control over anything except food. food containers and fuel. But he had to withhold his motion because of technicality. He will offer it again. His view found sympathy with Sena- tor Wadsworth of New York. The sen ate adopted amendments including cot ton and it's products, hides, skins and their products and aluminium to the various necessaries.
 As adopted the section on "necessa- lIes" gives the president through the food controller authority over petro- leum, steel, iron, copper, aluminium. hides, skins, hemp, jute, cotton, wool. SiSal. timber. lumber, farm implements, fertilizer and their products and the combination of any two. Senator SmOot in moving to strike out control of these said he was willing to take up the subject ill another bill.
 This is no longer a conservative measure" said Senator WadSworth. "I agree with the senator from Utah. had hoped that any legislation on the food supply would be restricted to that. l understand the administration has not asked anything more. I vote in committee against this long catalogue which includes practically all business in the United States.'
 Depends on CIoture. Did MT. Hoover ask for authority over these things?" inquired Senator Brandegee of Connecticut.
 II don't think so," answered Wads- worth.
 Senator Cummins of Iowa took the | position that the bill should have spe- cified merely that the government should take over all wheat and coal at production, pay "a fair profit for them 1 and then distribute them.
 But" said he. if we are to pursue l the course suggested in this bill it is indispensable that every other product must be included"
 Prospects for a vote on the bill de pend upon whether the cloture rule will be invoked. This means that two thirds of the senate must vote for clo. ture After that each senator can speak one hOur-a total of ninety-siX hours. Administration senators are convinced they can muster the re