Evening star., 1926-04-04
Drastic Dry Bill Included.

bGdStN lIH EIil lHNIuutus
While the coming hearings are the
result of weeks of urgent demand by
the VETS" the "drys" are planning
10 make the outcome prohibition vic
tory.
Originally the subcommittee had be.
fore it for hearings only the Edge,
: Edwards and Bruce bills and resolu-
tions looking to the modification OF
the prohibition laws.
But now the "drys," on the eve of
the hearings, have brought in a bill
which makes the enforcement law far
more drastic. 1t has been referred
To the same subcommittee, and the
"drys are predicting that when the
smoke of battle dies away, the SUBJ
committee viii recommend favorable
action on this measure, and the full
committee will follow suit.
The anti-prohibitionists, however,
are well content TO have the prohibit
fion issue aired in the forum now set
up in the Senate committee room.
They did not expect favorable action
on any of the proposals for moditica-
tion of the liquor laws, especially as
the Judiciary committee of the Senate
IL Overwhelmingly dry" in sentiment.
Andrews Will Testify.
The program for the opening day of
the hearings includes statements on
their notification proposals by Senator
Edge, Republican, of New Jersey and
Senator Bruce, Democrat, of Mary
land. Senator Edwards. Democrat,
of New Jersey will be present, but he
indicated that he would not address
the committee, but would stand on
the statements Of his colleagues. Then
The vets intend to call to the stand
as their first witness Gen. Lincoln &.
Andrews, assistant secretary of the
Treasury, In charge of prohibition en-
EorCement and when Gen. Andrews
testimony has been completed, to put
on the stand Emory X. Buckner,
United States attorney in New York,
who mas recently declared his inability
TO enforce the prohibition law in New
York and has asserted that it is only
pne.fifth efficient the country over.
Senator Edge presented to the sub
committee a list of a score of wit
neSses whom he asked to have sub
peaned, but the subcommittee declined
10 summon any persons except Fed
eral Government officials. 1t is ex-
peCted. however, that many of the
persons on the list offered by SenAtor
Edge will be prevailed upon to come
to Washington to testify. Not a few
of them are State and municipal Of
ficialS. Among them are Judges AL
fred J. Talley and Otto A. Rosalsky
OF The New York Supreme Court; Jo-
seph Toye, Boston Traveller, Boston;
DR.. William II. Robey, DR.. Hugh Barr
Gray and Miss Eva w. White, all Of
Boston. T. Pope Shepherd, Chatta-
nooga, Tenn; Edwin G. Totten, Lau-
rel, Del: DR.. Max c. StarkIoff, health
commissioner, st. Louis: Frank La
nl,s,
Gray. Philadelphia ROLAND Curry,
sheriff, Monroe County. Key West,
Fla; Robert Baker, sheriff, Palm
Beach County. Palm Beach, Fla; Her
man +. Rikhoff. chief of police In
dianapolis; Police Chief Graul, Cleve-
land.
NJ. b. Wellborn. governor Federal
Reserve Bank. Atlanta. Ga; Mrs.
Viola Anglin. New York; Rev. John
J.. Belford, Brooklyn, and Read Ad-
miral Billiard, commandant of the
Coast Guard.
Labor Backs Movement.
The American Federation of Labor
Is cooperating with the anti-prohibi-
tionists in the presentation of the
arguments for modification of the law
A number of labor leaders will take
the stand, including Mathew Vol
NTH vice president of the American
Federation of Labor; James O'COn
nell. president of the metal trades de
partment: William j. Sorley, presi
dent of the building trades depart
ment: John J. Manning, secretary OF
the union label trades department
and Andrew t'uruSetS, president OF
the International Seamen's Union.
The "drys" have another week lr
which to perfect their list of wit
nesses and to decide in what order
they will be called. y committee o!
the temperance organizations, with
headquarters in Washington, is al
work ON the list, II is expected thai
Wayne b. Wheeler. general counse
for the Anti Saloon League, will bt
the first spokesman for the prohibl
tionists, and that he will be followed
by Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and the
president of the w. c. T. U.
The witnesses will be permitted to
speak on any of the various meas
ures before the subcommittee for con
sideration. In addition to the modi
fcation bills and the bill to strengthen
the enforcement law sent to the com
mittee by Gen. Andrews and intro
duced by Senator Golf of West Vir
ginia, the coumittee has before il
~ Senator Edges joint resolution pro
posing Nationwide referendum
upon the modification of the Volsteat
act. to be taken at the same time
rs the national elections in 1923. Tht
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