The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
INTEREST
 CENTRED ON BILL
 FOR MINE CONTROL
Measure Will Be Heard By Ju- dietary Committee Before Senate Reconvenes at 2
 P. M. Tuesday
By FRED H. GORMLEY
 Montgomery Bureau The Ass-Herasd
 22l-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery, September 1S-(Spe- cia1O-Interest in the upper house of
 the Alabama legislature is centered on
 the bill proposed by the special com
 mission named by Gov. Thomas P.
 Kilby to investigate the strike in the
 Alabama bituminous coal fields and
 which will be heard by the state judici-
 ary committee before that body re-
 convenes at o'clock Tuesday for the
 fifth legislative day of the extraordi-
 nary session. The committee is to con
 fer before the legislature meets so.
 that, If possible, report can be sub
 mitted at o'clock.
 Should a favorable report be sub
 mitted in the house and senate the bill
 would probably be made a special,
 paramount and continuing order for
 the following legislative day. The bill,
 which will regulate the mining indus
 try in the state and will create com
 mission of three to have direct super
 vision over the properties, is recom-
 mended by the governors commission,
 as well as the chief executive. The
 bill was introduced on Friday in the
 senate and house.
 Much interest, too, is being shown in the
 cereal beverage bill which was introduced
 in the senate and house Friday. In the
 senate the bill is sponsored by Senator
 John Rogers of Sumter county, while It
 is backed by Representative Fite of Ma
 rion in the house. Both men are leadng
 prohibitionists of Alabama, but contend
 that the cereal beverage sale will not make the prohibition laws weaker. In i connection with the cereal beverage biil Conrad w. Austin, chief of the state law
 enforcement department, has written
 letter to Governor Kilby in which he says it is almost impossible now to convlct
 persons charged with selling the Des-
 craze. The chief takes the position that, since the breweries have been put out of business it is impossible 10 snip beer under the label of near-beer.
 FACTS SET FORTH
 Each senator and representative has
 been handed statement under the cap
 fion of Facts About the Cereal Beverage Bill" Says the statement: cereal pever-
 ages are dealcoholized and pasturized ana and cannot increase in alcohol. These are
 undisputed scientific facts Cereal oever- ages are dealcoholized and pasteurizeo snnervtsion and in full compliance with tbe national prohibition act. Religious .,apers. such as the Christian Herald ana hundreds of others, carry cereal bever- age advertising and still the iS news napers in Alabama are prohibited unues inc Weakley act from enjoying tnis pa
  .ga h;lJ in Alabama would give steady employment to at least 1000 people. The newspap pers of the state would enjoy au' yertising patronage to the extent or proo' ably $150,000 per year IA. .,. - Reports that the first fight or en' present session, so far as the seha.e :. cnncerned will come when the suIIras' .bills are called were heard in Montgonl erv Saturday. The fight will De cen 1ared on that section which gives oni- ss ner day to each of the three emer J sency,' registrars charged with the du.. of registering women prior 70 eAe een leral election. The original pni' As ses e,s .rJshe house amended the bill, making tn
 ,av ss Senators are said to be takihl tbs nosition that $5 will not pay the eA 1 %~penses of the registrars, mucn iess p,.ofit. Other house amendments proo | ably will be satisfactory 10 the sena.e ss..e ! -nnd with the the exception or the ,iss ytnllar-per-day clause. it is likely tnei s's;,, ha little opposition. Should tn ! senate refuse to agree on the act pc pc l eausa of the house amendment .l l 1,nuse will be asked to rescind its actio l and make the pay $lo
 LAW ENFORCEMENT BILL 1 -sAmong the important bills on the sen | ate calendar Tuesday is the one Iherea' 1 ing to s5O-000 the annual appropriauo ', the state law CiAAOA l -,nent and providing for an aooi'ione ne | twenty men. The bil Twas taken lro, ,9 l -the adverse calendar of the senate r !, l .day and placed on the favorapie oA | -endar. a;. I The senate during the first week ois ss I general and local nature Amohs .i \ nosed of about two dozen bills oi Il local bills passed was one provid,n | far an election in Birmingham anu Mc I -bile got the bill of Senator Charel ! voters to decide on one of three pro I -nosed forms of government namei. Il commission, general manager ana \ darmanic Senator John Cra1t or .s -hile goot the bill of Senator Charit N West of Jefferson county amended aass to include the city of Mobile Tn in 1 election bill Mobile and Jefferson rof l ~resentatives have little doubt put tns Il -the bill will be passed in the nous I -before sine die adjournment.
 | Agitation in favor of early as N -iournment was started in the sena' I and house the last day of the week I session. Many would like to act on IT II 1iroposed measure of the governor al N -then 20 home. More than 100 bii II -1sava been introduced in the house ar