The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-22
WHY PRESIDENT "
PUT BEER ISSUE
Up TO CONGRESS
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icoBtinusA Frpm Psrst Par.)
sfsideAt has already announced thas
IL haa ne power b FNmoye the M.
stE'etions' he voun d 81
Awkward for Republicans.
Folslie1lly 4 e aN Awkward situation
= will Insist IN aetian. vhiiS IN.
SEys win paa every pafiiasnantary a..
Y kssp the rspaSl from Being All
SEINE taaiS. that Mr., wilson IA mis-.
In10TRns ne he thinks he ALREADY Ssss
strietfeI, They pclnt cut thSt M. 81.
torhfY, kAnAF1l, Being q mem6er ~ ~
RFseieAhEs oahaPst, eeuid construs 4
vsgaa klaes Of law % suit the wisAss
re pg4esaeAt. ~ for The NV Itself
dent, sss sy aas RSSsts q "a pre-.
htgaAf. whether lh1 DuSnasSs ~ IN
,sLsS!atls" have Already Ssea sceon-
TSs law says;, "Ah.r Jun. 20. 1919.
envi ne eYhelpslon Of the present wa
generalization, the date Of which sbsII
pc dsteTni9ed and proclaimed ky ths
PRESIDENT 81 the United States. for Inc
purpose 81 conserving the man-nosgs
y E nation and to Increase efficiencv
Y W REeanetien Of arms. Amnunitlen,
2 navy, It shall Be- uniavfuI 10 sSII
" and during aAid time ma diatiiiAS.
spirits held tn bend ahall be remavsS
ynsrsnom f"r beverage purposes. Sxospt
Aasr Nay |, 1913, until, tn. CON.
after and hi Tia g~sffsiSa,ion oaHsSs.
mooiIsatIcn, the date q which shan
president o., the United States, no
SSrssatns, cereals fruit o.. other food
taeture or produetion Of beer Wines ar
sIneE intoxicating malt or vinous LIQUOR
tor beverage purposes"
Big Question In Case.
on THUS It will bs seen that the big
guestlen u whether rehabilitation Is
S Ss.mlns5fG = lust Whist the term
q Atlantic II military forces viii
shortly have been reduced 10 a point
pstoW the size OF the future naaee army
o. the. United States, on the other
sioe o. the Atlantic eur soldiers now
Sssy e. home they are promptly dis
M Wilson. a g the esmmAnd.r-in-
Snisf or the army. declares GemobiiiSa-
uon 70 have been practically completed.
SSs. irrSsPectiye OF that tact, the query
~ ~, ia me purpose Of. the act It.
ths Actr" The law specifically says
Tor the purpose Of conserving tks man.
power OF the nation and "a ncfNasa
efficiency In the production Of arms,
ammunition, ships. food. and clothinE
II one considers that yhs war \. .rd.a
beeauss fishting has ceased and BE-.
cause, instsad Of any new calls for man |
power, there has been Q steady dlminu.
tion OF man-power and production OF
Arms and nulmynlt!en. then me law
the sale OF light wines and beers.
=, Whsther the president or congress
should do II IA the dsbataAle question.
n president considsrv that ne may
pc the Judge Of the ending Of asrnoSiK.
saticA, put that congress. AZ raprssen.
The purpose Of ne law has bsen s' Ss.
compllshed and its repeal 10 necessary,
That viii DO his eaurse with ali war
lime restricticns, Including the espiOn-
aGe Act. Congress will have to repeal
lnese laws. because many OF them do
pot peS.neS!ly ssy when the state Of
30 far a. the. people are concerned,
thoy want the legislation kept on
we statute books until the constitu.
tonal Amendment takes ever che whole
,aol Jan; !. ns.t. thsy, must new
that he has no legal porsr
10 ht the ban untii both houses 81
congress specifically direct him 10 Do
10.
The motive may or may not have
political, Results depend, however.
1918, BY the New York
Evening Post, Inc,)