Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-06-23
Will Make Determined Effort
to Insert Stronger Prohibi-
tory Clause Before House
Takes Final Vote.
NOTHING ELSE IN SIGHT
TO STOP PASSAGE TODAY
Outlook for Quick Action in
Senate Good; Legislation
Probably Will Be Ready for
Conference July |,
10y NO ssiss JouRNA. SPECIAL LEASED wiRsl


Washington, June 22.-All other
| phases of the rather perfunctory fight
| in the house over the food control bill
were overshadowed tonight by inter
est in preparation by prohibition ad-
| lvocates for determined effort to in
sert a stronger dry" provision before
the final vote tomorrow.
The section, which would authorize
| the president to limit, regulate, pro-
hibit or reduce the supply of food
| materials or feeds used in making al
coholic liquors, falls short of the de-
mands of most of the anti-liquor ele-
ments. A majority hopes for abso-
lutte prohibition of the use of grain for
! beverage purposes during the war.
They are not agreed on any one pro-
! posed amendment, however, and their
division may result in leaving the
proposition unchanged.
Except for the prohibition drive,
nothing was in sight tonight to pre-
vent passage of the measure in the
house tomorrow, and the outlook in
the senate for quick action also was
considered good.
Debate Proceeds in Senate.
Chairman Gore of the agriculture
committee and Senator Chamberlain,
in charge of the bill, expressed the
belief that it would be ready for con-
| ference 10y July /, the date by which
President Wilson urges that the leg
| islation should be enacted.
Formality of debate proceeded In
| the senate with Senator Reed of Mis-
souri, occupying most Of the afternoon
in opposition to the measure, while
other leaders continued in formal
conferences looking to compromises
Among amendments presented was
one by Senator Borah proposing that
retail and wholesale prices of bread,
| flour and other foods be proclaimed
| by the president, and that the prices
of steel, coal, oil, farm implements,
fertilizers, meats and clothing usually
worn by wage -earners be fixed by the
| federal trade commission.
In the house, Representative Town
er failed by an overwhelming ma
| jority to substitute complete bill for
the administration measures which
| would have eliminated all of the con-
troll features. Representative Lenroot
waged vigorous fight against the Ii
| censing provision, holding 1t was un-
constitutional and Illogical but was
defeated, 1913 to Sc.
Amendments Offered.
Important amendments accepted by
the house were one by Representa-
tive Lenroot to eliminate the "blan-
ket" control power of the president
! over necessaries and limit to the ar
ticles mentioned in the bill; one by
Representative Moore of Pennsylvania
to extend penal sections to persons
or agencies who volunteer their aid
to the president in control work; by
Representative Anderson of Mime
sofa, striking from the bill the power
of the president to prevent ''uneco-
nomiCal manufacture and inequitable
distribution of nccessaries,' and a
conspiracy section added by the COM
! mittee.
The new conspiracy section pro-
vides.
That any person who conspires
agrees or arranges with any other
person, to limit the facilities for trans
porting, producing, manufacturing,
supplying, storing or dealing in any
necessaries, to restrict the supply OF
any necessaries, to restrict the distri-
button of any necessaries, to prevent,
limit, or lessen the manufacture or
production of any necessaries, or to
enhance the price of any necessaries,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be
fined not exceeding $4,000 or be inn
prisoned for not more than two years
or both"