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AGAINST BEER
DTs in Congress TO Act If
Prescription Are Numerous.
AWAIT NEW REGULATIONS
Prohibtionists May Attempt to Amend
tn. Law and Limit the Size OF
Prescriptions

Wn~hih>i"l. Mur,.i -. Tie sign
once di>paArd ia the dimin- room al
a North Carolina l!ni,I ..tin"rn"in-
thai 10 prevent guests l;kin2 fruit
from The table there W"ud he ln fri /.
about expresses tire view If dry lead
ers i'll. congress with rr>rcr. /" the
new ruling ~ /" medicinal i"rE.
IF beer i To- he prescribed in any
uuanli1y for evrryl ndy WHO j. ailin@.
there will hc no beer" WAS In" up>I"I
Of opinions lay house prUhir ili"ni~l>.
Several members. including some
who worked for enactment IF The Vol
stead law and who I"lieve now that
il ought 10 he li@ltcnrd uu. 'ir''i;rr'
that former Attorney General Palmer
rightly construed tlr ;t'f in h"ldin@
that hrpr. like liquor could lie prescribe
I'd far Il sick man. Ii'!i the! added
that they Wer" awaiting with deep
concern publication of prohibition de
parImrnt regulations prescribing the
manner am am"un "r beer hi>prn-
Sation
While Ihr V,.Stead act limits !hr
amount of whisky That may he pre-
Scrhpd. there j. no provision dealing
with beer Prohibition leaders thini,
il HAY be necessary Ia fix thai by
statute.
Predictions are im;l,lr by several pro-
hihition members iIitt tn future pol
icy of con@r, : viii depend upon d.
partment rp2ulH;inn$ and Il beer Try
out. They see NJ likelihood - any
early chang" in tn" law hy when q
physician HAY prescribe NOT more Than
pint of whisky. H. ANY lcil-day period.
But going back /" the prP-prohihiii"n
days. dry ader~ recalled thai the
sick mans l., ~ supply WAS rather lis
eral. certainly~aS compared with mod
nrn poSsbi!ili il used la he pre-
scrihed by the ease, and three bot
ties Il day often was regarded by ply
sicians recommending il as Il m"Ger-
ate dose
Prohibition enforcement ficial> de
clare they are not responsible for the
idea that somehow has spread over
he country that Ihc new regulations
will permit the sale and drinkin" Of
glass of beer AT Il drug store foun-
tain. There is hnt Il chance Drug
giStS alone will be permitted to handle
it on bona-tiGe prescriptions.
In connection With publication at
the department of Justice ruling. it has
developed that the Anti-Saloon League
will renew its fight before congress Ia
eliminate from the VolStead law the
provision relating To sale of liquor by
prescription, a that its guns will be
opened against beer. Meanwhile the
scramble continues for places on the
house judiciary committee, which may
settle Il n beer issue definitely and at
| tempt to tighten up all tie loose joints
in the Volstea law. There are eight
vacancies 10 be equally distributed be
lfMeeH-R republicans DAmecra-e:. Il
all the seats were given to vets the
committee st would be dry, hut Re
publican leaders asserted that the par
ty, in maxim up committee assign
ments, would take no backward steI
on the question of prohibition.
Chairman Nolstead exp essed the
view that the membership would be
made up without regard To the beer
DEVELOPMENT A recent checkup, Ii
was said, showed that of more than
100 new members elected to the house
the prohibition percentage ran exceed
inolV hiQb