The Washington herald., 1922-06-16
SUBSIDY MEASURE
CENTER OF BITTER
LIQUOR WRANCLE
Prohibition Gives Foreign
Vessels Advantage,
Vets. Declare.
G. o. P. IN QUANDARY
Fear Law Enforcement Would
Bring Diplomatic
Tangle.
G. o. P. IN QUANDARY

All Washington-both Houses of
Congress. several of the administra-
tive departments, most of the re-
form bureaus, and representatives
of the wet" interests-appears to
have entered the hubbub raging
about the Shipping Boards sea-
going bars.
Not only have the domestic rami-
ications OF the question broadened
until the ship subsidy bill is in
creasingly threatened and the ques.
ton of licensed saloons revived, but
ait has now entered the realm OF in.
tsrnational politics and economies.
MondelI Sees President.
Word of the seriousness Of the
situation in which the subsidy bill
has been plunged by the liquor rev.
Citations was carried TO President
Harding late yesterday by Repub-
lican leader Mondell.
1t was reported that MondeN went
to the White House to tell the
President that he and other party
leaders are more convinced than
ever that it would be bad political
blunder TO force action on the bill
at this time, and to make a Anal
appeal to the President to allow
the bill to be carried over to next
session. Monden declined to dis
cuss the nature OF his visit, how
ever.
Fearful that the subsidy bill may
be lost. Republican members of the
House Merchant Marine Committee
held . hurried meeting late yester-
day. presumably to consider an
amendment which would strictly
prohibit any subsidy aid being Civ
en- any ship that carried or sold
liquor. No decision was reached.
but a showdown will come tomor-
row when Representative Bank
head. of Louisiana, will offer an
anti-liquor amendment.
Fear Defeat of subsidy.
Several committee Republicans
were said to favor inclusion of the
amendment. believing that without
it the subsidy bill will go down to
certain defeat.
Representative Edmonds. of Penn
syIvania. chairman of the subcom-
mjttee which drafted the subsidy
bill. announced he will vigorously
oppose any attempt to tack on an
anti-liquor amendment. He is the
author of a bill introduced some
months ago. which would specif-
'kally make il legal for American
ships to sell liquor outside the
three-mile zone.
A favorable report on the subsidy
bill is expected Friday afternoon or
Saturday morning. The tentative
plan is to have the rules COMMITTEES
meet on Monday to adopt a special
rule giving the subsidy measure the
right of way on the floor and have
the bill taken up for debate next
Thursday or Friday.
soIons offer SuggestIons.
Here are some of the suggestions
offered as Representatives per-
spiringly struggle to find solu-
tion:
I. A joint resolution of Congress
prohibiting the shipping Board from
selling intoNicants on its vessels.
This was suggested in official quar-
ters as a possibility. but ''imprac-
ticable." because it still would not
foreign ships.
2. A decision by Attorney General
Daugherty on the question, which
could be taken to the United States
Supreme Court. This, II was admit
ted. would require at least six
months.
Brings in Beer Issue.
3. A suggestion by Senator Car
away that. since a vote for the
subsidy bill would constitute a vote
for the licensed saloon" the latter
question might be brought up at the
same time to permit wor:kir-men
getting their beer in certain sections
of the country where the poor pre-
dominate.
Z. A proposal by Representative
Upshsw that President Harding cali
an international conference to urge
all powers against permitting their
vessels to enter American ports with
intoxicants
5. suggestion by Wayne B.
Wheeler. counsel OF the Anti-Sa-
loon League. that the recent Su-
preme Court decision forbidding
foreign ships to enter American
ports with liquor. be enforced.
s. A proposal by Senator King
that the salary of Chairman Lasker
OF the United States Shipping
Bqsrd be stopped IF he doesn't stop
frying to aggrsndize himself"
CoHtiHHea ON Paoe Fire