South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-06
CONGRESS FACING
Big BATTLE OVER
LIQUOR SITUATION
'STys TO Make Strong Efforts
To Make Nolstead Law
More Rigid.

WASHINGTON. June S. fight
between the vets" and "drys." be-
gun through moves 20 amend and
make more rigid the provisions OF
the Nolstead law. threatens now TO
Involve both sides CT the capitol in
whisky row
The rum battle has many angles
The biggest fight developes out OF
Cons. Noistesd's drive 90 tighten the
screws on whisky as medical
agent and 90 outlaw beer
other phases Of the whisky en-
broglio grew out CT vigorous moves
by certain wet" leaders 20 obtain
liberal amendments 90 the dry
~. one OF these. fsthered by Cong.
SEdmunds. Of Pennsylvania. would all
low American ships 60 carry liquors
aboard. Mr. Edmunds' proposal IN
vites strong support from senators
and congressman. Shipping inter
ests urge is passage on the ground
that American ships are suffering
competition with foreign liners. Pas
sengers are taking passage on for
eign-Owned boats. because liquors
are sold and served on them.
Verbal pyrOtechnics will come
soon IN debates over beer. The treas
ury il holding up regulations which
would authorize manufacture and
sale OF medicinal beer.
Protests Pile Up.
Cong Nolstead claims congress. by
an Overwhelming majority. viii de-
clare beer Is not a medicine. and will
specifically bar 81. Volstead's fight is
the result OF an opinion by former
Atty. Gen. Palmer. holding beer sales
by druggists 10 be legal.
Breweries. drug manufacturers and
leading prohibition organizations
have entered strong protests against
the Voistead measure. The protests
against the Edmunds' ship measure
are less numerous. although fl IS
strongly opposed By the Anti-Saloon
league
Few will deny that i'm congress
there now exists greater support for
light wines and beer. The real mys-
terry is whether or not new accessions
TO the beer and wine standard will
vote as they drink or think. In all
, wet and dry contests at the capitol
|Nhe votes on liquor questions have
shown, invariably, a large, percentage
Of vets lining up with dry advo-
Gates. upon measures to clamp down
the lid tighter upon the rum trffic.
Wine for the Sick.
The vets" IN the new skirmishes
may be somewhat appeased by the
fact that the new Volstead hill leaves
wine as a medicinal drink. which
may be prescribed. along with whisky
and other spurious liquors. IL is
probable. however. that when the fin
ishing touches are put on the bill. be-
fore Il comes to the president for
his signature, II viii contain many
restrictions. limiting the freedom Of
doctors in prescribing wine for pa
TENTS
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
has suggested that il should be per-
Missile for physicians o. prescribe
wine In amounts equivalent in alco-
hoiic content 90 whisky allowed |
Kramer figured that as patients are !
permitted TO have three pints of
whisky month. a just proportion of
wine would be three gallons a month. I
gagged by its smaller content of al
g1lohol.
The "drys" are aligned for a terri
&c attempt 10 jam their amendments
through. and they freely predict they
have enough votes TO win. But the
winning viii come probably only
natter some spicy talkfests in both
~chambers. with mixture of wrang-
ling always TO DE expected in liquor
debates