New Britain herald., 1919-08-11
DRASTIC CHANGES MADE IN
 PROHIBITION LEGISLATION
Manufacture of Light Wines and Cider For Personal Consumption is Permitted By Amendment.

Washington, Aug. 11-Prohibition enforcement legislation advanced an other step in congress today when the senate judiciary committee began consideration of the bill passed by the house last June as amended and lib- eralized by the judiciary sub- committee.
 Drastic Provisions Eliminated.
 Although the general house plan for enforcement of wartime and con- stitutional prohibition remains in the bill, the subcommittee eliminated several drastic house provisions and modified others In it's work the sub committee, comprising Senators Ster- ling (republican), of North Dakota, chairman; Fall, of New Mexico, and Norris, of Nebraska (republicans), and Overman, of North Carolina; Walsh, of Montana, and King, of Utah (democTats), first revised the senate enforcement bill and then in corporated it's amendments in the house bill, reporting the latter, as amended, by unanimous vote to the full committee.
 Like the house, the senate sub committee adopted the plan of having separate sections in the bill to deal with wartime and constitutional pro- hibition.
 One-HaIf of One Per Cent.
 The sub committee left unchanged the house definition of intoxicating beverages as those containing one- half of one per cent. or more of alcohol
 AS revised, the bill will not inter- fere with storage and personal use of intoxicants in homes of individuals
 Probably the most liberal amend ment to the house bill is a provision eXempting from penalties any person manufacturing non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices exclusively for use in his house." This would permit home manufacture of light wines and cider for personal consumption and the amendment, except by implication in connection with the definition of intoxicants, does not define mon intoxicating" beverages.
 May Get Drunk
 Stricken from the house bill was the provision making it unlawful for persons to be intoxicated or to drink liquor on trains street cars, jitneyS, boats or other public conveyance.
 Another Liberalization is a provision that reports of manufacture, sales and transportation of liquor made to the internal revenue collector shall not be open to inspection of the general public, but kept solely for scrutiny of the commissioner, his agents, court or other officers
 The house search warrant provision also was made less drastic, the sub committee amending the search and seizure section so as to provide that search warrants may be issued only under the usual practice provided ty existing federal law and not on mere suspicion that liquor is being stored for unlawful purposes.
 Funds to Enforce Prohibition.
 Instead of the house bills unlimited provision for funds to enforce prohi- htion, the subcommittee fixed $3,500,000 for the first years enforcc- ment work and leaves this duty Jointly to the internal revenue com missioner and the Department of Justice. The former is to report and the latter to prosecute violations.
 Defines Intoxicating Liquor.
 In defining intoxicating liquor the 1 sub committee added the following liberalizing provision:
 Providing, however, that the fore l going definition (one-half of one per cent. alcOhoD shall not extend to de- alcoholized wines nor to liquors pro- i duced by the process by which beer, ! ale or porter is manufactured. out | containing not more than one-half of 1 one per cent. alcohol, if such liquor
 Continued on Eleventh Pagc)