The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-04
UPSHAN| ASSA|[S| CAPITOL DRINKING
Wants Executive GuiIIotine
 Used On Head Of 0fficaI Drinkers

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Dra stic &C., tion to put a stop to alleged liquor drinking by members of Congress and other high government officials and to prevent leakage of diplomatic liquors into bootleg channels were de- manded today by Representative Up- shaw, democrat, Georgia. His de- mand was embodied in a resolution of it.
 MT. Upshaw said Congress should "clean around its own door by pass ing a resolution declaring persona non grata to the floor of the House any .member found under the in- fluence of liquor in the capitol 6r House office building or known to have liquor illegally acquired in his office."
 He also suggested that all federal appointees, including cabinet officials, army and navy officers and diplo- matic and consular representatives abroad. be required to take a pledge of total abstinence. The "executive guillotine," he added. should be used on all government officials known to drink liquor.
 Attacks "DiploM atic, Liquor.
 In reference to diplomatic" liquor. MT. Upshaw said:
 nC IidSI dHt dpuScS ok immunity on the part of many of the attaches of foreign legations and embassies puts into italics tke neces- sity for revoking privilege that should never have been allowed under our national prohibition law. Recent investigations have convinced me that some of these diplomats of the expense and all their other throubles and responsibilities from liquor immunity. 1 am introducing a bill to relieve them of their bac- chanalian temptations in our pro- hibition land."
 The Georgia representative ex- pressed the opinion that the state quest that all foreign governments discontinue sending to this country diplomatic and consular representa- tives who exert a demoralizing in- fluence on our financial and social life by dispensing from their resi- dences and offices intoxicating lil- uors prohikted by our laws to Amer ican citizens"
 If he were President, said MT. Upshaw, he would declare without delay or equivocation that the White House shall be dry, the President dry, all his appointees shall be dry and here and now call for the imme- diate resignation of every executive appointee. including army, navy and cabinet officers. who drink the liq- uor that has been outlawed by the constitution of our country.
 Ha. Faith In coo1idae.
 "I have faith in President Cool idge. faith in his character. faith in his courage" continued MT. Up shaw, but I want him to give me lnr fotf l,; ri.EA the whole country a larger faith in his dynamic initiative by using the executive guillotine on the head of every drinking official within his appointive power. All that President Coolidge has done thus far has been beautiful and wholesome, but the friends of national sobriety are anxious to see him begin the righteous crusade by smashing every official Washington.
 T believe the President would like to see 1t so, but I fear it would cause temporary jolt and a new year exodus among many army and navy officials and even a break in the cabinet itself"
 Under a resolution introduced by is provided that federal judges, senators and representatives govern ment clerks and officers and en- listed men of the army, navy and marine corps would be discharged from government service for disre- gard of the prohibition law.
 0 o o
 Charges Open Rebellion.
 Tn this resolution providing for the use of the army and navy for prohibition enforcement, MT. Blan- ton declared that in certain states and cities like New York, Philadel- phia and Baltimore, the local au- thorities are in open rebellion and insubordination against the eight eenth amendment, and permit scores of saloons to run daily unlawfully selling intoxicants to thousands of citizens"
 Another of the resolutions referred to published charges that members of the cabinet and of Congress have patronized Washington bootleggers and proposed that the House com mittee on alcoholic liquor traffic, which MT. Blanton said had held no meeting in six years. should be au- thorized to investigate.