The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-15
STORM PROTEST a
OVER RULING ON !
LIQUOR SELLING
Some Believe Action OF Shipping
Board In Announcing Booro
Could he Sold Outside Limit
May Hurt Subsidy.
DRYS PLANNING FIGHT
TO HAVE RULE OUSTED
Say TIA UP to oauoherty 10 Give
oplnlsn: Claim "Dry America"
laughing Stock OF World;
Expect Litigation.


Oly The unitcd rfe.l)
Washington, June i5.-itohibItion.
ists In congress decided today 10
make nm immediate move to knock
out the shipping boards ruling that
all kinds OF liquor can be sold on
American ships outside the three
mile zone.
Representative Bankhead. Alabama
announced that In the house mer.
chant marine committee today he
would seek 10 have an amendment
making American vessels bone dry
included In the ship subsidy bill.
Washington. June ia storm Of
opposition tina, seriously menacrs the
success Of the ship subsidy bill broke
out among the powerful dry forces
In congress today as the result OF
the shipping boards ruling that all
kinds of liquors can be sold outside
the three mile limit on Ships flying
the American flag.
Republican drys lead In the de-
nunciatlon OF Chairman Lasker's de-
clsion, asserting that under no cir.
cumstances would they approve the
government entering the liquor bust
ness.
The small wet minority was gleeful
but feared the drys In one way or
other would soon bring an end to
the EZRA OF American cases on the
high seas"
The action the drys will take and
the fate OF the boards wet ruling
were still uncertain today, but these
points were outstanding:
Threats are being made by
many drys that they will vote against
the ship subsidy bill II liquor can be
sold on American ships.
2.-Moves TO enact legislation speci.
fically making American ships bone
dry or to prevent vessels dispensing
booze from receiving any OF the pro-
posed aid In the subsidy bill are
under consideration.
3.-Bringing of test case to de.
termine whether Laskers ruling or
the opinion Of the department of JUS
tice In the last administration that
"the law follows the flag" shall stand
4.-Demand that the question be
again submitted to the department
Of justice and that its ruling be bind
ing on the shipping board, the drys
being confident the preponderance Of
legal opinion is on their side.
5.-Whether the ruling would allow
the establishment of float ng
saloons" just outside of the three
mile limit zone off big cities, Off.
cials would not state definitely
Much litigation is anticipated
should efforts be made to accomplish
Chairman Lasker's alternative pro-
posal of protecting the American
merchant marine by the enactment
Of legislation prohibiting the entry
Of foreign vessels into American
ports with liquor aboard.
Dry leaders are, hourly growing
more angry at the ruling. 10
Arguments of Chairman Lasker
that liquor must be sold on Ameri-
can ships to enable them to compete
with those Of other countries have
no weight with the drys. In effect.
they say that IL the government must
go into the liquor business to have
passenger marine this country might
as well give up hopes of having such
fleet
Senator Sterling, leader Of the drys
in the senate, said some action was
certain to be taken.
ut is deplorable," he declared.
"that a government agency such as
the shipping board will allow liquor
to be sold on it's vessels. The situ-
alton must be corrected at once, al
though | don't know yet what action
must be taken"
"This has made America and her
prohibition law the laughing stock of
the world" said Representative
Cooper, Ohio, leading dry in the
house. "If they want us to pass
ship subsidy bill to put more ships
on the sea to sell booze under the
American flag, this ruling must be
changed"
Wayne B. Wheeler Of the Anti
Saloon League, said 1t is now up to
Attorney General Daugherty to give
an opinion regarding the question.
He intimated that his organization
would confer with dry leaders in
congress today regarding means of
knocking out the shipping boards