The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-11
SENATE PUTS
OFF VOTING ON
B|LLTOJULY21.
Delay is Due 10 Fight on the
Liquor Clause
BILL TO BE CHANGED
Gore Has Substitute Which Would
Put Seizure of Whlskey Wholly to
Discretion of President.

Washington, July 10.-The tangle
over the Faad Administration bill was
partially cleared up today when the
Senate agreed to take final vote on
the measure. on Saturday. July q. This
aeticn came after the Senate Steering
Committee had got to work in an ef
fort to push the bill so that it might
become operative in time to establish
control before the summer crops
reached the market.
The liquor section is to be so modi-
fed as to remove the fault of uncon-
stitutionally. But Mr.. Chamberlain
and other Democratic. Senators ex.
pressed the opinion that this section
would have to wait for REIMBURSEMENT
until the bill reached the Conference
Committee. Under Parliamentary
procedure, these Senators maintain,
the liquor section cannot again come
up in the Senate, except when re-
ported from the Conference Commit
tee.
Sepator Gore put in a substitute for
the whole bill with the liquor section
amended so as to give the President
power to commander stocks of whis-
ky in bond, when he considers it
necessary, and authority to determine
what is just compensation to the own,
ers of the stocks taken over. While
the substitute is not expected TO be
adopted, the principal laid down for
communicating is regarded as likely
to be sanctioned by the Conference
Committee as a substitute for the
Smoot amendment
The Agricultural Committee dis
cussed Senator Cores substitute, so
far as it related to liquor, and agreed
that it opened the way to compromise.
Senator Smoot himself said it would
remove the objections raised to his
amendment. The substitute, after
making it unlawful to import or ex-
port distilled spirits and prohibiting
the manufacture of distilled spirits
from foodstuffs during the war, and
authorizing the President to limit or
prohibit manufacture of malt, fer
mented and vinous beverages, makes
the following provision for comman-
deering existing stocks Of whisky in
bond:
Section 1S That the President is
authorized and directed to CON-
mandeer any or all distilled spirits in
bond at the date of the approval of
| this cat for redistillation in so far as
redistillation may be necessary to
meet the requirements of the Govern
ment in the manufacture of muni-
tions and other military and hospital
supplies, or in so far as such redistill-
| alton would dispense with the neces-
| sity of utilizing products and materi-
ais suitable for food and feeds in the
future manufacture of distilled spirits
| for the purposes herein enumerated.
| The President shall determine and
pay Just compensation for the dis
| titled spirits so Communicated, and If
the compensation so determined be
not satisfactory to the persons entitl-
| ed to receive the same, such persons
shall be paid IS per centum OF the
amount so determined by the Presi-
dent, and shall be entitled to sue the
| United States 10 recover such further
sum as, added to said rs per centum.
will make up such amount as will be
Just compensation for such spirits in
the manner provided by Section "a,
Paragraph 20, and Section 145, of the
Judicial Code.
one change in the billas practically
agreed upon by the Agricultural Com
mittee fixed minimum price for
wheat of $3.50 a bushel