Evening star., 1925-05-29
DRY LAW FORCES
TO EXTEND LINES
Transfer of Industrial AIco'
hol Contract Is Among
Objects in View.

regulations transferring control of
industrial alcohol from the Internal
revenue Service to the Prohibition
enforcement Unit are among the
many bits of prohibition enforcement
legislation that will be considered by
congress when it reassembles.
Wayne b. Wheeler today sum-
married in a statement some of the
measures that will be pushed for pass
age.
''One of the first bills to be intro
duced and pushed for final passage
Will be the civil service bill for prohi-
bition agents" said the statement.
Both political parties have indorsed
this measure and so have all the pro
hibition organizations, the Civil Serv-
ice Reform League and other civic or
ganiZations. 1t passed the House by a
large majority as a part of the Cramp-
ton bill, but was held up by fill
buster in the Senate. When Senator
Sterling offered an amendment to
eliminate from the bill all the pro-
visions except the civil service sec
tions. the tilibuster continued and 1t
failed of final passage.
May Not Press Champion Bill.
Regulations are pending before the
Treasury Department which Will
cover part of the provisions of the
Champion bill. If these are adopted
and the trade Co-operateS in eltminat-
ing the crooks who are divertinS in
dustrial alcohol to beverage uses, 1t Is
quite likely that the Champion Dill
will not be pressed. If, however, the
present situation continues, legislation
will be offered to stop the diversion or
industrial alcohol and the other de-
fects which the Champion bill would
have remedied.
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mum penalties for violation of the ma
tional prohibition act will also be
pressed for passage. 1t has the back
ing of practically all the dry forces.
Additional data. secured since the in
PRODUCTION of the bill shows the neces-
Sity for it. Information has been
gathered from court dockets, where
I fines as low as l cent have been i'm
posed upon liquor law violators. The
proposed bill makes a distinction be-
tween those who simply possess liquor
and the commercialized trade.
THE bill to deport aliens who have
been convicted of violating the mar
cotic and prohibition laws will also be
urged for adoption. This bill provides
proper safeguards against any in
justice that might be done to one who
commits an inadvertent violation of a
regulation relating to liquor. After the
conviction a charge may be filed and
n nSlu D6lOTe 4lIle ISdbtl bo-
partment and the convicted person de-
ported on the ground that he is an un-
desirable citizen. Those who are back
of the bill agree that any alien who
can qualify under the law and comes
here to better his condition should be
given a welcome, but those who re-
fuse to become citizens and join the
ranks of liquor law breakers should be
returned to the country where they
can respect the laws
Will Ask Nays Help.
IF it is impossible for the Coast
Guard to deal effectively with the
running situation bill will doubt
less be introduced to authorize the
President to use such ships of the
Navy as are necessary to stop rum
smuggling. This has been provided
for with reference to other kinds of
lawlessness. and it may be required for
dealing with the rum smuggling stu
alton.
THE committee on the alcoholic
liquor traffic recommended that the
Government take over the whisky
now in bonded warehouses and have it
sold under Government agencies.
Many of the retail druggists and ply
sicians favor this method of dispensing
non-beverage liquors. While there has
been no unanimity of action on the
part of temperance forces concerning
this, yet such legislation may come up
for consideration at the next session of
Congress-