Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-21
MAY PERISH BEFORE
BEER RULING COMES
There Is Little Promise For
Action Owing to Red
Tape
GLOOM FOR SICK
Kramer in no Hurry-Many Are
Thirsty --Drys Are Exercised Over
Palmer Ruling. $

Washington March 2l.--While the
book beer season rapidly approaches
If. indeed il is not already here
considered by the calendars Of the
yccI old days-the prohibition en-
forcement office delays the promusa-
riun Of regulations putting into ef-
feet the Palmer ruling that beer
nigh, be prescribed for medicinal
uses.
No information Is cbtanabie as to
when the pubic may read the new
regulations under which a convalesc-
ent, in accordance with the Palmer
ruling, may be restored to health with
the aid OF case or so OF better than
275 per cent. Treasury Department.
officials say they DO not know exact
" when the regulations Will Sc out;
that il takes some time TO prepare
such document, and so on.
Sick and thirsty patients. p;ning for
their beer. are becoming convincci
that the summer may be wei! on its
way before the beer regulations are
issued. Commissioner Kramer APP
pears 10 be in no hurry aoout promul-
CATION. Acknowledgement Palmer de-
c:dsd on March 3 that physicians
might prescribe beer in any quantity
needed for a particular illness, but ;r
is said tina. not even q rougn draft
Of The new regulations mas neen pre-
pared by Commissioner kranlers oil
flee. A .e;aole report IS that Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue VIII
liam VI. Williams will net attempt t.
get out the regulations before he
leaves office and no successor to Ny.
Williams has been selected as yet.
1t is recalled that When the Sup
re,ne Court decided in the case a.
Streets vs.. the Lincoln Trust and
Storage Company that the 'Gwner II
a private stock Of liquors was entiti-
ed to withdraw i from a commercial
warehouse il reqGired about Two
months for the prohibition =:offira to
issue these simple regulations for
Withdrawals. If similar lei:urc!v po
ley is followed regarding the Pal
mer beer ruling. with its ramifca-
tions. cold weather may be here @-
fore a sick person gets boti'e right
eff the ice.
Meanwhile, the "dr.y>" in and out
Of Congress are becoming more ant
more exercised over the Palmer de
c;Sicn. Prohibition leaders in Congress
are preparing 20 try to amend the lJw
50 there will be no medica! beer. Ii the
law permits the use Of seer for medi-
cine, rhav say, then the law must De
changed. for Congress never intend
ed that.
Wayne p. Wheeler, general counsel
of the Ant;-Saloon League. who draft
ed much Of the Fclstead :aw. said in a
Statement today that his organiza-
ton had severa! plans under way 20
combat the Palmer beer decision. He
roundly scored this decision, saying it
was start toward the breaking down
Of the Eo!Stcad law and serious SEX
back to enforcement.
AS to the decision prcper. fe said,
regulations can be SO drawn rhat eve!.
if oeer IS prescribed as a medicine it
will be in limited quantities. On the
other hand, the Palmer ruling put no
limit on the quartity that might BE-
given in any one Illness.
While The FoIstead law limits the
quantity of whisky that may be pre-
scribed.. there Is no provision dealing
directly with beer. Prohibition lead
ers in Congress say that if It is me-
ceSsary TO fix that ,oy statute It VII
be promptly done, and the allowance
Will be quite small, if, il fact, she
ilaw is not 50 amended asto declare
spec:f:caily that beer is rot and can