Evening star., 1926-04-15

a normal stomach would hold onl.
two or three pints of such beer, an,
| that such an amount would not in
toxicate or even exhilarate more thar
two or three cups Of strong coffee o.
| tea.
Gerald r. Murphy Of the prohibition
| unit, stationed here, was questioned
by Senator Reed and told the commit
tee that the prohibition agents wer'
giving more attention to locating bis
stills than little ones. He also tes
titled that the cooking utensils coult
be used for purposes of distillation =
the homes. but, he said. not for pro
ducing liquor in commercial quaint
ties.
mo one is producing it for com
mercial purposes today until he sat
isfies himself" suggested Senator
Reed.
"You know that liquor is being dis
titled very extensively in the homes2'
Here in Washington" asked tht
witness.
Everywhere
met extensively" said the witness
Representative Connery of MaSsa
chusetts, who said that he was a tota
abstainer. told the committee that ht
favored the modification of the Vol
stead act and that he believed thai
beer and wine should be made avail
able. The poor are the ones who have
to pay large sums for liquor nova
days, he said, even when they neet
1t for medicine from the drug store
Says Conditions Are Worse.
President Church of the Carnegie
Institute testified that the prohibition
director in Pittsburgh has recently
widely published an appeal to stu.
dents in the institute and in the
other colleges and universities around
Pittsburgh to watch their fellow stu
&c nts and inform on them regarding
the use of liquor.
This prohibition commissioner IL
q high class man, but he has become
bigoted," said President Church.
There are fanatics and bigots on
both sides of this question. are there
not?" asked Senator Harold.
But the fanatics on the wet side
are not wearing Government badges,
sugge sted Senator Reed.
wouldn't it be detrimental to the
students and wouldn't IT break down
their morale and make sneaks and
spies out of them If they followed
this practice of spying on others?''
asked Senator Reed.
President Church said that it as
suredly would. He added that con-
ditions are worse now than before
prohibition among the students, who
now carry hip TASKS of liquor tc
dances. Before prohibition, Presi-
dent Church said. the girls would not
dance with boys who had liquor or
their breath. zone of the tragedies
of today is that they no longer OBJ
ject," said President Church.
Says Baltimoreans Manufacturing.
John l.. Callan Of Baltimore, a
house mechanic, who visits hundreds
Of houses for various real estate
firms, testified that the first question
which q real estate man asks pro
spective tenant is:
Are you a bootlegger?"
He said that he had entered a
great many houses and found them
wrecks in part by apparatus used
to make liquor and home brew.
II am total abstainer," said the
witness. when we go to parties
now have to apologize for not sam
ping the home brew made by my
hosts" He said that the people in
Baltimore are making home brew on
a. large scale. The other day, he said
his 8.year-old boy had refused to play
with another boy Of the same age
because the boy wanted his son tC
drink liquor he got from a candy
store.
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