The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-13
S7,10O,OOO VOTED BY HE HOUSE FOR
 DRY NFORCEMENT
0ld-Time Prohibition Bitter ness Marks Debate Preced- ing Final Clearing Away
 of Bone-Dry Issue

By Associated Press

Washington, January 12-The House went up and down the ladder in voting today on appropriations for enforcement of the prohibition law.
 First rejecting an amendment to the pending appropriation measure under which the bureau of internal revenue would be given S100 000,090 to break up outlaw liquor traffic, the House adopted. S6 to 4S, an amendment by Representative Volstead of Minnesota, father of the law. increasing the total from S6,500000 to ST. loVO00, Before this vote was taken, the House jumping from one extreme to the other, defeated without count an amend- ment limiting the amount to sl0O,00ouVl.
 There was tinge of old-time prohibi- tion bitterness in the half hour debate preceding the final clearing away of the whole question as to how far Congress should go in making the country "bone dry''
 Pleading for a larger sum than had been fixed by the appropriations commit tee in framing the legislative executive and judicial bill Mr. volstead gave warn ing that the copntr, would be heard from if it was the policy of Congress to cut down appropriations and make the job of enforcement a joke. Mir Volstead said he merely proposed a figure nearer that which the Attorney General had re- quested.
 WANTED TO HELP
 Representative Gallivan, democrat Mas sachusetts, gave the House it's first in- dication that a fight was brewing by proposing to make the appropriation $l0o'ooo0OO. Taking up the statement Of Mir. Vostead that good part of the money spent would come back in fines. he said;
 Why this mite? Let's go the limit Let's help the new administration by bringing back a hundred millions
 Referring by name to Wayne Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon league, as MT. Volstead's legislative advisor MT. Gallivan declared Mr. Wheeler had said he would make it so dry in Massa- chusetts fits people would spit cotton
 They are doing that now he declared. ''I want to say to the Ant-Saloon league that Massachusetts today is the only state in the union that is enforcing the prohibition law. I contend that the sum suggest is a drop in the bucket when you consider how much is needed to en- force the law in the rest of the coun- try"
 Representative Wood of Indiana, chair man of the subcommittee in charge or the bill, strongly opposed an increase as- serting that not one dollar should be added until the laws enforcement was placed squarely with the department Of justice.
 Other members took part in the discus sion, Representative Champion. repup- lican, Michigan, declaring that any re- duction would be like serving notice on the people that reaction had begun. and that an era of law-breaking was be- ginning.
 There was a roar from both sides Of the chamber when MT. Gallivan an- nounced he would accept in place of his amendment substitute by Representa- tive Stephens, republican,, Ohio, cutting the appropriation to sl,0O0,000. Represent tative Mann of Illinois objected and all of the three proposals were put to a vote, Mir. vostead winning, hands down. amid applause from the prohibition forces.