The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-13
REVENUE CHIEF IS
F OR POSPO PONING
JULY | 'DROUTH'
MOVEMENT TO HAVE PRESIDENT
OR CONGRESS- SET ASIDE
WARTIME PROHIBITION
NON ENFORCING FEARED
Failure 10 Pass Legislation Causes
Anomalous COndition-Commissioner
Roper Says Most Of 5000 Agents OF
Bureau Must Wort, on Tax Coler.
ton Instead of an Enforcement Of
Dry Law.


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was gwen 10y MIR. Roper ln statement
saying Ih'i the issuing OF license lor
lhn manufacturer ~ beverages pro-
IInI''d ny tine wartime prohibition act
VIII naturally cease with july l. as
Stunning "I course that neither the
president nor tine congress stays the
operation of that law
In this connection 1t became known
today that a number of administration
officials and advisers of the president
recently had urged him to prevent pro-
hibition from going into effect July /.
by proclaImIng the completion of de.
mobilization by that time. This view
is understood to be held by Commis-
sionor Roper who is represented as
! believing prohibition Nmot he en-
/ forced adequately without specific leg
islatiou establishing an enforcement
agency
After explaining in a statement That
/ congress had failed TO pass bills ail-
/ thorzug administration of the war
/ time prohibition provision of the agr'
cultural bill approved last November
2l Mr.. Roper said:
Enforcement of the prohibition con
tanned i'm the act, therefore, Is not
. placed with the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue or lodged anywhere in
the government but is naturally lett
to the United states attorneys to en-
force prosecution under the section OF
the act which provides that any per
son VINO violates any OF the foregoing
principles shau DE punished Dy I'M
prihonment not to exceed one year.
on by ine not to exceed Sl,oOO' or both
shch lin' ana imprisonment ana llne''
Condition Is Analomous
AN analomous condition exists
brought about by the failure of congress
to enact at the last session the neceS-
sary legislation to provide the necessary
money for the enforcement of wartime
prohibition Mr. Roper declared
Existing revenue laws with regard
to the control OF Illicit manufacture ana
salew III, of course, remain in force
NTH repealed by congress. Their en-
lorcemcnt viii continue to be given
the vigorous attention of Internal rev
enue Officers until repealed
The commissioner also expressed the
view that the only authority given the
internal reveneu bureau by the war
tmo prohibition act referred to tpe
manufacture ana sale OF spirit Tor ollr
er than beverage purposes and the
distribution oi VINE Tor SacramentaL
medicinal or otner th'n beverage pun
poses.
This statement of Commissioner Rop-
er lhrtW "a new element oil uncertainty
into the status of prohibition between
CONSTITUTIONAL amendment becomes Ell
iecuN'. some OFFICIALS sail TINS un.
cellllhlE hnsnl DE removed partlaNy
ny enforcement leEIsal'oh u speoml
session OF congress Is called soon at
lhoush revenue bureau officials qoup'
Wne'her an ADEQUATE Ior'e OF hsen'S
coulu pe whipped INTO shape De1Weel
lhv passage ol su'h l'sSlAUoh' even
u 1t W''r SP''0'o 'hroush congress-