The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-25
LIQUOR IN HOME
 AFTER JULY 1 IS . ID BE PERMITTED |. UNDER AMENDMENT.
Section Which Would Have Prevented "Use" by Citi-- zen Struck Out After an
 All-Day Session of
 House Committee
By A,sss,at.s Pres.

By A,sesstes Press
 Washington, June 24-A mans right to store liquor in his home for the long dry period after July l, stood up today against an attack on that provision of the prohibition enforcement bill before the house judiciary committee.
 Near the end of an all-day session the committee voted down an amend- ment which would have made it un- lawful for citizen to have liquor in his possession: struck out section which would have prevented use" by a citizen of liquor in his private dwell- ing and decided that in the matter of general enforcement there would be no difference between war time and con- stitutional prohibition.
 Even with this nnd other changes
 the hill, as 1t will be reported out
 tomorrow or Thursday, is coDsfd-
 cred as aii-cmbracing. So drastic
 are Its provisions. members of the
 committee said, that while a man
 may put keg of beer In his cell
 lar. he may be convicted and nued
 if, for instance, he wears watch
 fob on which there is n picture of
 the keg as an advertisement.
 MINOR CHANGES MADE
 In a general consideration of the measure the committee made num- Der of minor changes, but the prin- cipal fight was over the question of the zf h ff,.a ora fCr Representative Morgan, republican,, or oklahoma. endeavored to have stricken al the section reading that it shall bds ha unlawful to possess liquor Tn enee sSivats dwelling while the same ls cc9apied and used by him only as
 Araefst srah tionists on the com
 ntttes vas4a Aatast the Morgan pros rasaf f14 ehe aa@sf they said, that nethEaR was io Hs eN5red by enacting a lSw so 6rastie o sHfrse the hos fiiaty of @e0pie aD re1cite that the day aa saloon has enesa Prohiot- zion saers aefs rsp tsd an men. stlainat4na s-c Pse8lse tAa h or saNsf be obtasn hne aiesAe sA age prtor Co dAf #S 3rt ~e0s@ sf come efi'active. AZ aiise6 ts&ax AeS 21 reads thst "saeh iasec nsea avS ported pruNAea Aa apvGsA ci ing that poas ~V'sN ths possessur.
 Representative Gard r~p3assese ef Ohio. recommended .e strike fytM tns brl the word "use" as araIiec ne ri ght Of home consumptir t7 ma tion to amend also included Me ssrk ing out of words "give awas r. ceiye'' and possess" but the coyrsf5s teee insisted that these should stana. Tfa was said there was no parucula. fight on Mir Cards proposal, and as a n, ended the section stands.
 HOW SECTION READS
 That no person shall on or after the date when the sixteenth amendment to the constitution of the united otaees goes into effect, nor while the war pro hibitjon act shall be in force, shall manufacture. sell barter. give away, | transport, import, export, deliver, fur- finish receive or possess any intoxi-s eating liauor except as authorlAeu in l this act as all the provisions or tnis | act shall be literally construed to the end that intoxicating liauor as nev- craze may be prohibited Lionor Tor nonbeverage purposes and wine TOT l sacramentai purposes may he pur- 1 chased. sold transported and used as i herein proyided"
 l Every person lesallv permltteo io l have liauor is required to report 10 .he 1 nroner authorities within 10 days after 1 the passage of the act. and possession | after that date "by any nerson not | lerallv nernoitted under this title to l nossess llnuors. shall te regarded as evidence that it is kept for purposes of sale This however, does not apply 1 to home stocks
 WHAT IS INTOxICANT? l The bilt's definition of what Is intox- icatina liquor--any beverage or pro- ! lduction containing more than one-half l of per cent alcohol--was retained, l It was said that members of the com mittee discussed this section at length. some contending that If one congress undertook to define intoxicating liquors | as one half of I per cent. another con gress could come along and make it 1 per cent or any figure it chose. There | was just one danger. the members said. 1 that prohibition would get into politics l Representative Gard. sappointed last 1 wear win Chairman Volstead and Rep- | resentatsye Whafey of South Carolina. Ito draw up bill for enforcement of war-time prohibition endeavored 10 have the committee substitute his Dilts | Chairman volstead ruled against l motion to this effect and was sus-l stained. It was said that the war time | measure was more liberal Tn its pros visions but as the committee had re l fused to separate wartime and con-s stitutional prohibition it was unwilling members explained, to make any dis l tinction in the matter of endorsements | Z