The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-13
DRYS IN MAJORITY
 AS BEERS CLAIMS
 GIVEN A HEARING
Anheuser-B Bush Want Beer for All or Beer for None and ' Stand SquareIy for Law
 Enforcement
By Associated Press

Washington, May 12.-Scenes oe the days when the drys were battling to put John Barleycorn outside the pale of law were ere e-enacted today be- fore the House judiciary committee, except that few friends of Johns fam fly appeared to protest against Chair man Volsteads plan to cut off, even for medicinal purposes. the heritage of beer.
 Plenty of drys were on hand, wear ing their old-time fighting clothes, and Dr. John P. Davin of New York, who pleaded for the use of beer as medicine, was given none too cordial treatment. In fact, he was roughly handled by MT. volstead, who, with some show of feeling, challenged the physicians ability to explain any thing" and on another occasion de- clared the witness was using a "con- glomeration or words that mean nothing
 Outstanding in the testimony was the statement by Oliver T. Remmers, counsel for the Anheuser Busch com pany of St. Louis, that the firms pol icy was beef for all or beer for none." a tigation of "favoritism and failure" in enforcement of the dry code and declared that his firm stood four square for law enforcement, although unalterably opposed to prohibition.
 WANT OUTRIGHT LAW
 Dry leaders said there were many leaks in the stocks of liquor and urged the committee to make the yolstead law airtight. Dr. Dayin, however, re- ha hu Mr Nn1c fa dictate to physicians" what they shall or shall not prescribe, and urged the committee to await consideration of the bill by the American Medical assccia- tion at its meeting next month.
 If the association says beer is not medicine, then what do you suggest Congress should do" Mr. Davin was asked.
 T won't suggest" he replied. 'Ill just admit that a majority is against me-
 MT. Volstead sought to establish wny 1t was not possible for physicians to make medical beer by using cereal bev- Davin several questions along this line, none of which apparently was an sWered to the satisfaction of the com mittee chairman, wno finally blurted out:
 Look here, you're trying to evade l know if you know so much"
 The witness again attempted an ex- planation but was interrupted by Mir. Vclstead, who inquired why cereal bever- ages were not as good for the invalid as beer with kick.
 HE FINALLY EXPLAINS
 An! that's the point" Dr. Davin re- piled. "Near-beer Is just like near-states- manship-it can't accomplish any notice able result"
 Il don't think you know what you are talking about" returned the chairman, nor do I think your insults will get far wiih this conmittee ,,---s-r-
 Several committee members evidenced interest in the kind of diseases for which the witness said he would prescribe beer. Most of them however were said by the witness to yield slowly to curative treatments. Some were curablc only in ex- ceptional cases, he added.
 During the discussion of law enforce ment, E. V. Claypool. superintendent o. the Rhode Island Anti-Saloon league told the committe the Volstead law was un- popular in his state. Despite the fact that Rhode Island is the smallest state ir area, Mir Claypool declared 1t repre-. scented the maximum in difficulties in en- forcing the dry law.
 Asked if the law was being enforced as we'll there as in other sections, Mir Claypool answered:
 Yes The draft act also was enforced throughout the United States. but new ertheiess BergdoN is in Germany and Edsel Ford did not go''
 REPRESENTED STATE
 The Rhode Island legislature properly represented the state in refusing to rat fly the eighteenth amendment. Mir. Clay