Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
DRASTIC PROHIBITION
MEASURE MODIFIED
Senate Subcommittee Report
Allows Personal Use Of In
toxicants in Homes
kEAR-BEERS ARE PERMITTED
BY the Associated Press


Washington, Aug. liberalization
enforcement legislation advanced an -
other step in Congress today when the
Senate judiciary committee began con-
ssderation of the bill passed by the House
I last June as amended and libcralized by
the Judiciary subcommittee.
Although the general House plan for
enforcement of wartime and constitu-
tional prohibition remains. in the bill.
the subcommittee eliminated several
drastic House provisions and modified
others.
In it's work, the subcommittee. com
prising Senators Sterling, Republican.
of South Dakota. chairman; Fall, Of
New Mexico, and Norris, OF Nebraska. &.
Republicans, and Ovcrman, of North
Carolina. Walsh. of Montana, and
King, Of Utah. Democrats, first re-
vised the Senate enforcement bill and
then incorporated their amendments in
the House bill, reporting the latter as
amended by unanimous vote to the full
committee
Separated Into Sections
ruo +,o r.a,oo .l.o eo,,,o .,,hoo,,
mittec adopted the plan Of having sepa
rate sections in the bill to deal with
wartime and constitutional prohibition.
The subcommittee left unchanged the
House desritio, AZ ir+o,icati,g ber
ersoes ne +hoso oortoinira oro.Talf or
ona ,,n,. oont -, ,,a.a - aI,,h,,
~ v, '"U'I ,,,I VI ""o,'','
,ri.h sto.oa aJ oI t T.,
to,;oor+. T., 49, t,,t ;.,,;.,i,.,a,a
probob,v tho nost IiboroI orondn,ort
IN tho Jo,,,o In 10 ,,,o,is;oa o,nn,,,t
lao fro,, nonoitios o,,. rn,aa,, .t,,,n,,,,
f.c+rrirc nonintovioati,, ,idon o,d tn,,;.
in;cos oyoI,,si,oI,. Co.. ,,9 -, lis, ha,,,', :,
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l;oht u.;nos anJ a;do. Co., ',ananaI ., ~
srn,ntion onJ thn o,,,o,,,i,,,,,. ,,,,,.
h, i,nnIicotin, T., oannoat;n,, ,,.;I .I,o
dafr;tior ~ intovioo,,t~ LaoI ~ I.s,,
.'nonintovicat;rcr bororo,os
Stricken from tho Horso hin vos ths
rrovision n,akinc i ,,,l,,.f,,1 to. ,on
sons 70 he intoxiratod nv to drink Iinror
on trains. street care iitnoys boots ~
otber phIic conyevances
!. I.t ''o'' "l'H"''oii ~ provision
tnanstat; 80. - VI "uu."v'ult, ,:1 Sa'tS anu
;ata-I", 'a.aon VI l,luor i"aut 10 tne
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- " ploNiue 'na' sealCh
49, e; nlaS Oo iSSueu oniE unucr .ne
s.aa.a, ,a1 ~ plo' Iueu ~ eN'Stine
tbot Uonor is hoina stnrod g.. n,p,,.t''i ,."I
nurnosas ~ " s ''0''" '0i "t'' iu'
Instead ot .ho 11o,,s, hiu,u ,,,.,;.a,
nroviaion for fr,ds - o,fo.oo rnahi,,
flor tbn enboomn,i+,no fxod % 5On 900
for rho frst yoor,s orforoor,nn. ,,.orL
and leaves tbis d,tv Jointly to tbo T.,
ternal revenue commissioner and the
spa 'nisn' VI tS''re. me lorLner ~
.Io,ati" anu '''' '"''e' W p'oe''u'e
LiDeTaiIze Dehnitioh
In defining Intoxicating liquor. the
subcommittee added the following iiber-
alizing proviso: Provided, however.
that the foregoing definition tone
OF 1 per cent alcohol) shall not eX-
tend to de -alcoholized wine nor to any
liquor or liquors produced py the process
by which peer ale' porter IS mahntac-
turea' out containing not ii'ore 'naii
one-hail Oh per Celt VI aroho' II Sucn
iiquor OF hqui" shhl' Ut U'ne' lse ue
nominated tnan as peer are or potter
Lnis p'oVlSo i'1e''s t"o ,,IuS ,I:.,
prohipition auFocu'eS lot pio"'Oi.ion VI
beverages which h"'e Tie "ppe"' dNe'
Oh into1icantS. ,,,
Another re,aAat,on 9l NV nv i,ouSv "t,.,u W..
was mace II. lts PROVISION ~, ,, pen''.Iine !Ii,
persons ha'ihs reason 70 pe,tene w, 'Ivii Nv,
properly Is Deing uSeu uh'a"iunE' Inc