The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-23
WARFARE over BEER
GROWS in CONGRESS
MOndell Tells Lodge House
Will Allow No Recess
Until Bill Passes.
DELAY rs THREATENED
Probable That Enactment
Will Have to Be Put Over
Until New Term.
SENATOR REED ATTACKED
Friends Of Volstead Den0unce
Missourian for filings at
Dry Leader.
DELAY rs THREATENED
SENATOR REED ATTACKED
Special Despatch 10 THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c., Aug. 22.


New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 22.
Warfare between the Senate and
the House over anti-beer legislation
with prohibition on search and
seizure without warrant grew In In
tensity to-day. Unless some UNI
expected development comes Repub-
lican leaders of both Houses admit
that it will be impossible to pass the
measure before Wednesday night. the
time set for a months recess Of Con-
gress. Whether this will cause a
postponement of the recess was un-
certain tonight.
Republican House leader Mondell
informed Senator Lodge (Mass.),
majority leader Of the Senate, that
tho House would allow no recess until
the anti-beer was passed. Mr.. Lodge
replied that It could not be passed
within a month unless the House ac-
copied the Stanley amendment pro-
hibiting search and seizure without
warrant.
other leading House drys continued In
their determination not to accept the
Stanley amendment. and more than
score Of Senator'S. with unlimited facili-
ties for filibustering, were firm In their
position that the amendment must be In
the anti-beer bill.
Should Congress recess without pass
ing the bill 1t Is regarded as virtually
certain the Treasury Department VIII
no longer delay the regulations which
will allow the sale Of medicinal beer.
Legallzation Of such manufacture and
sale has been held up ever since the
ruling Of Attorney General Palmer
early this year.
RaIIying to volstend.
The warfare between the two Houses
broke In a new sector to-day when the
Minnesota delegation decided to press
the passage of q House resolution they
have framed, which denounces the per-
sonal attack made on Mr.. volstead by
Senator Reed (Mo.) a few days ago
and asks the Senate to expunge the lat
ter's remarks.
1t is probable that this resolution will
be called I'D in the House tomorrow.
It Is understood that 1t has the approval
OF Republican leader Mondell and other
prominent Republicans who feel the at
tack on Mr. volstead was unwarranted.
In his speech Senator Reed said:
II have never had the pleasure of
seeing until the other day the distin-
guished author of the Volstead Jaw. I
do not know whether he was born In the
United States or not. but am informed
he speaks broken English. do not
know what his ancestry may be, but
do know have seen the picture OF some
Of the conspirators OF the past, the coun-
tenances of some OF those who led In
fanatical revolt. the burners Of witches.
the executioners who applied the torch.
and I saw them all again when looked
at the author OF this amendment"
Should the resolution pass the House
It is doubtful whether any action on 1t
will be taken by the Senate before the
recess. 1t would be certain to provoke
protracted debate. But the resolution
has encouraged the bitter feeling exist
legislation.
House May Act to Day.
Plans are to call up the conference
report on the anti-beer bill in the House
tomorrow morning. 1t Is probable that
the substitute for the Stanley amend
nent will be approved, thus making the
deadlock all the tighter.
Delay in the enactment Of the beer
bill until after the recess appeared to
be the most probable course OF events.
The demand for a recess Is strong in
both houses, particularly In the House,
and II Is not believed the House members
could be held here while the Senate
backers OF the Stanley amendment con-
Quoted long filibuster against the anti
beer bill.
Mr.. Mondell. in his conference with
Mr.. Lodge, was insistent that the bill
be passed as reported from the confer
encc, but Mr.. Lodge kept telling him It
was impossible. Neither house can re-
cess for any length of time without the
consent OF the other. but the Senate
might engage upon a series of three day
recesses, with the meetings attended only
by few members and no business trans
acted.
Some House leaders have a plan by
which they believe the responsibility for
the defeat OF tho bill may be placed on
the Senate. They purpose TO pass the
conference report and then follow It
with the adoption Of the resolution pro-
viding for a recess from August "a TO
September 81, which already has been
passed by the Senate. II the Senate
failed to pass the anti-beer bill before
the time set for the recess the RESPONSE
billy would be upon II, according TO this
group OF House members
Senator Reed declared that parts of
his recent speech In the Senate had been
misunderstood. He asserted that the
paramount question is whether the Con-
sutution Is to be subverted to the en-
forcement OF prohibition.
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