Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-15

file there which was rendered by
former Acting Attorney General
Frierson in 1920. Mr.. Frlerson
held that the national prohibition
act was effective upon ships fly
ing the American flag wherever
they might be.
| According to high department Of
ficials a decision OF an attorney
general retains the official inter-
probation of a law until 1t has been
revoked by court decision or by a
superceding opinion. Furthermore
they added sucn opinion always
stands unless request for a review
comes from the same department
or agency which originally request
ed the ruling. Mr.. Lasker's stand
as to liquor sales on board Ameri-
can vessels was taken, he informed
Mr.. Busch, on the authority of an
opinion rendered by General Coun-
sci Schlesinger. of the shipping
board.
The chairman conferred today
with Attorney General Daugherty
and while there gave him copies Of
the correspondence with the St.
bouio DicWeT. ne illdlttl VI iIpuOI
sales at sea was not the primary
purpose of the conference. Mr..
Lasker indicated, but 1t was brought
up incidentally.
Refusing to discuss his talk with
Mr.. Daugherty, Chairman Lasker
declared he would not ask the de-
partment for a new opinion, being
entirely satisfied with that rendered
by Mr.. Schlesinger. He added that
he would not answer further letters
on the subject OF liquor selling.
While there was no indication to-
night that there would be any
move by an executive department
in the matter, at the capitol the
Busch-Lasker correspondence pro-
voked considerable discussion
among prohibition leaders. coming,
as 1t did, on the heels of the attack
yesterday on the board by Repre-
sentative Gallivan. democrat. Mas
sachusetts, for permitting the sale
Of liquor on American ships.
Neither the Gallivan speech nor
publication of the Busch corre-
spondence gave legislative leaders
their first knowledge of liquor SELL
ing at sea. however. During re-
cent months many of them have
received wine lists from American
vessels mailed from all parts of
the world with facetious COM
ments.
Representative Upshaw. demo-
crat, Georgia, was the first to an
nounce publicly today that he
would offer an amendment to the
ship subsidy bill providing that no
part of the federal subsidy fund
should be used by such lines on
whose ships liquor was sold. A
leading western representative had
that he would offer the
same amendment and friends OF
the bill said it seemed certain the
issue would have to be met unless
the bill was reported by the rules
committee with stipulation that
none but merchant marine commit
tee amendments would be consid-
cred.
There was talk tonight that such
an amendment would be considered
and put squarely before the COM
mittee, probably tomorrow. al
his defeat there was pre-
dicted.
One ardent prohibitionist went
so far as to express the opinion
that "by next summer law will
be enacted prohibiting the landing
in the United States of foreign
ships on which liquor selling Is per-
More than year ago. as In the
last congress, steamship officials
before house committees
In support of the Edmonds bill
providing that nothing in the Vol
stead act shall prevent the carry
ing or sale of liquors on passenger
vessels, either American or foreign
registry" There was the further
provision, however. that ship stocks
Of liquor should be sealed and not
sold within the three-mile limit.
After steamship officials had
testified that they could not COM
pete with foreign companies unless
the law was modified. the bill was
put away. prohibitionists asserting
it would be overwhelmingly defeat
"a if precopfad tO the house