Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-26
FOOD IS FORBIDDEN
FOR LIQUOR MAKING
DURING WAR TIME
Lever Measure Is Adopted by
House by Overwhelming
Vote Following Heated
Amendment Debates

| WASHINGTON, June 23-The ad-
| ministration food control bill, giving the
| president broad authority to control the
/ distribution of food, feed and fuel for
war purposes and appropriating $751;
! 500, 900 for its enforcement and admin
istration, was passed by the house late
| tonight after far-reaching prohibition
provisions had been written into it.
The vote was $50 to 5, Representa-
| tives sMcLemore, Slayden and Young, or
Texas, Democrats, and Meeker, Missouri,
| and Ward, New York, Republicans, vot-
ing in the negative.
| The prohibition provisions adopted
would permit the use of foodstuffs for
the manufacture of alcoholic beverages,
and would give the president authority
10 take over for war purposes all liquor
| now on hand. They were put into the
| measure during the evening in commit
| tee of the whole, and when the bill
came up in the house proper the anti
| prohibition faction did not demand that
they be voted on again.
| The bill now goes to the senate,
where II probably will be substituted
early next week for a similar measure
already under consideration. Leaders
hope to get the measure to conference
by July 1.
Few important changes were made by
the house outside the prohibition Sec
ton. The control powers of the presi-
| dent were limited to articles specifcal-
| lv mentioned in the bill instead of CIV
| ing him blanket authority; voluntary
| aids in control work were made suo-'
ject to the penal provisions, all persons
in the food administration except those
serving without compensation were plac-
ed under civil service; and the presi-
dent was required to make an annual
report on the operation of the bill.
KENTUCKY MANS STAND. =
The amendment designed to cut off
manufacture of liquors was adopted, 1872
| to ia. 1t was submitted by Repre-
| sentative Barley, of Kentucky, 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 sacramento purposes.
On the amendment authorizing gov
| eminent use of distilled spirits there
was no roll call and only few scat
tered nays were heard on the viva
voce vote. Originally proposed by Rep
resentative Webb, of North Carolina, it
was accepted by Chairman Lever, OF
the agriculture committee, and was
adopted on his motion. 1t says: Ia,
THE president is authorized II in
his opinion ii is necessary to conserve
| necessaries, to require any person hay
| ing control of alcohol and distilled
| spirits to turn over to government
use or rehabilitation such proportion
| of said alcohol or spirits as the pfesl-
| dent may deem necessary to meet the
! requirements of the government in the
manufacture of munitions and other
| military and hospital. supplies insofar
as such use or Redistribution would
dispense with the necessity of utilizing
! products and materials suitable Tor
| foods and feeds in the future manufac-
| ture of alcohol or distilled spirits, for
the purposes herein enumerated. ,..
REQUISITION AUTHORIZED. =
Upon the failure Of the person to
| comply with the presidents require
ment, the president is authorized TO
reouisitfon and take possession of the
| alcohol and distilled spirits required
| to be turned over aRd to pay for same
! a lust compensation to be determined
| bv the president and If the price so
! determined be not satisfactory to the
| person entitled to receive the same
! such person shall be entitled to sue
| the United States to cover, such FUR
Their sum as, added to the amount so
paid, will be just compensation. o..
NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.
AS originally adopted, Representative
Berkeley's amendment would have pro-
vided also against use of foodstuhs In
making non-alcoholic' drinks, but this
| foo,,,ra Iotar was stricken out An
amendment by Representative Lenroot
4 IN hermit the manufacture of light
wines and beer was defeated, 134 TO
| 1874. -'@ .-.,,
| When the house returned to consid-
! Grafton 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 affect the labor exemption on proVls-
ions of the Sherman antitrust law
quickly was rejected As to l62. MI.
Heating read a letter written by Her
| bert G. Hoover, to Chairman Lever, in
insisted that a combination of men in
dorsing the amendment. but Mr.. Lever
time of national disaster might attempt
| to limit the manufacture of food neces-
saries If such an exemption were made
i An amendment was adopted provid-
ing that all persons employed In the ad-
ministration of the food law, except
those serving without compensation
shall be appointed under the civil serV-
ice law.
In the senate Virtually no progress
/ was made on the bill during the day
The leaders were undUAc " HOAN a NV
/ rum and consented to an adjournment
/ after a short session devoted mostly to
routine. Conferences continued looking
to a compromise on most of the con-
tested features but ii is unlikely that
a final vote can be reached before lete
| next week.
Senator Gallinger told the senate to-
day that press reports were erroneous
in saying he opposed decentralization
bill He said he opposed only certain
Objectionable" features and denied that
he was among those leading the opposi-
ton as representative of the Repub-
! lican side.
IMeat Packers Behind
Hoover in His Campaign
WASHINGTON, juno 23.-Arthur
Meeker, of the Armour Packing COM
pany, of Chicago, today assured Her
bert Hoover, food administrator, of the
., ooh Of