Arizona republican., 1917-06-24

The bill now goes to the senate where it probably will be substituted early next week for a similar measure already under consideration. Leaders by July 1.
 Few important changes were made by the house outside the prohibition section.
 The control powers of the president were limited to articles specifically mentioned in the bill instead of giving him blanket authority; voluntary aids in control work were made subject to the penal provision; all persons in the food administration except those serv- 1 ing without compensation were placed l under civil service; and the president was required to make an annual re- port on the operation of the bill There was a hot debate over the 1 prohibition features. Vets and drys accused each other of unfairness, and l Representative Meeker of Missouri a republican, and Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania, democrat, got into such 1 a row that their friends surrounded l liitni tO BItNClll d pilN SlCdI tllIOullAtl J and then had the words they had eX- | changed stricken from the record. When the house returned to con- sideratiOn of other sections of the bill an amendment by Representative Heating of Colorado, providing that nothing in the bill shall be construed as repeating or affecting the labor ex- emption provisions of the Sherman antitrust law, quickly was rejected. 450 to 162. Mir. Heating read a letter written by Herbert c. Hoover to Chairman Lever, endorsing the amend ment, but Mir Lever insisted that a combination of men in time of national distress might attempt to limit the manufacture of food necessaries if such an exemption were made 1 In the senate virtually no progress was made on the bill during the day. i The leaders were unable to hold a quorum and consented to an adjourn ment after short session devoted mostly to routine.
 Senator Gallinger told the senate to- day that press reports were erroneous l in saying he opposed the administra- tion bill. He said he opposed only l "certain objectionable features and denied that he was among those lead ing the opposition as representative of i the republican side.
 After several hours of parliamentarv sparring, during which the prohibition proposals were thrown out repeatedly on points of order. the prohibition ele-
 ment got the upper hand and forced adoption of amendments which would ! forbid the use of any foodStuffs dur ing the war for making intoXicants and would give the president authority to take over in his discretion all stocks of distilled liquors.
 Then the house settled down to a long night session with the leaders de-
 termined that a. final vote be taken
 before adjournment.
 Action on the prohibition amend
 ments was taken in committee of the
 whole and opponents of the proposals
 immediately began mastering their
 forces for a reconsideration when the bill comes up for discussion in the
 house proper. Should the proposals
 finally survive in the house, d fight
 will be made on them in the senate
 although much prohibition sentiment
 has been apparent there and equally
 far-reaching amendments are pending.
 The amendment designed to cut off
 manufacture of liquors was adopted 132
 to IA. It was submitted bv Renre
 D'ii hiey ol hentucky, demo-
 crat, and would provide that no food.
 food material, or feed could be used
 during the war for the manufacture of
 alcohol or alcoholic beverages except
 for governmental, industrial, scientific,
 medicinal. or sacramental purposes
 On the amendment authorizing gov , ernment use of distilled spirits there was no roll call and only a few scat
 tered nays were heard on the viva yoce ; vote. Originally proposed by Repre- sentative Webb of North Carolina, it was accepted by Chairman Lever of l the agricultural committee and was
 adopted on his motion.