Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

times that 1 am tired Of hearing II.
The girl of today is as good as she
ever was. If she happens to so
wrong she is unfortunate, and it l.
not because Of conditions as they
are"
Mr.. Sabbath insisted that his repu-
tation was just as good as Mr.. Muir
phys. Mr. Sabbath continued:
Il am not speaking only from things
I have seen myself; l am giving to the
House the information that has been
broadcast in the last six monthS-yeS,
in the last year-to the country by
men and women who might stand IN a
better light, perhaps, than the gentle
man to whom l have yielded and my
self, and / say this: / believe that
with a fair modification of the Vol
stead act, permitting the sale OF a
beer of about per cent and light
wines we will eliminate the evils that
now exist"
Mr.. Murphy further denounced the
charge that the boys and girls of to-
day are worse than those of other
years.
Scores wet" Claims.
Those who are advocating the null
LITIGATION of the eighteenth amend
ment,' he continued, ''have been
Haunting this charge publicly every
where, that the children of America
are being debauched by reason of the
eighteenth amendment, and l chal-
ienee that statement and say that the
motherhood of this country is being
maligled as it has never been ma
liGneG before by that contemplate
Kind of stuff. There is no place in
hell quite deep enough for il. My
T,.;o ~ ND
talks about law enforcement. That is
his bread and meat. He lives on that
politically. His habits are the habits
of a gentleman am speaking per
Sonally noW-but he comes to this
floor and advocates that which has
debauched from the very beginning to
the present day the manhood of this
great land.
The time has come when decent
men should observe the law. The
eighteenth amendment was not put
in the Constitution in a day. and some
who are anxious to debauch the man
hood of our country wish to forget
that 1t took so years to get that con-
Stitutional amendment placed there
1t was not put there overnight; it was
not slipped in, as you So often say,
when the boys We're away"
In response to question by Repre-
sentative Schafer of Wisconsin, Mr..
Murphy denied the American Fedora
ton of Labor favors modification
Later he agreed that it is on record
to that effect, and declared, Il think
God the A. f. of l.. does not repre-
sent all the people of America
Says Soldiers Voted Dry.
Representative Sosnowski of Michi-
gan asked whether DR. James EN-
pringham of the Episcopal Church
had. not Endorsed modification. and
Mr.. Murphy replied, Il have no quar-
rel with any denomination of any
kind, but l want to say to you that
the record does not show anywhere
who that gentleman is"
Mr.. Murphy declared that in the last
referendum in Ohio the soldiers had
voted dry. He said:
When the talk is circulated about
there being more booze now than be-
ore prohibition it is such d ridiculous
statement that l wonder, with the in
diligence of the House, that they will
listen to it as long as they have with
out rebuking the statement
Representative UpShaw of Georgia
Schafer and Blanton of Texas joined in
he debate, 5 Aafer waving his arm
and shaking his fists at his antag.
9nists.
When the vote was taken on the
liiil amendment it was defeated, 10 to
). Mr. Upshaw and Mr.. Hill both
oted for the amendment
The day of miracles has not
PASSED" declared Mr. Upshaw after
he vote had been taken. when
ohm Philip Hill OF Maryland and the
entleman from Georgia are found vot
1s on the same side. the prohibition
millennium is not far off
afraid OF Greeks"
Il have believed from the begin
ming that we have only played at this
hing of stopping rum runners.
said two years ago that / favored
'ailing out the Navy.
Il am willing to admit that l am
afraid of Greeks bearing gifts-espe.
cially when they come from Balti-
more. But l am in favor of follow
ing up the suggestion of Mr.. Hill and
bottling up the whole coast. l don't
want any mere gesture toward these
foreign nationS-I want the fist of
his country to keep these rum run
ners from entering prohibition Amer
lea
Secretary Mellon of the Treasury
in sending the administration bill TO
create a bureau of prohibition and a
bureau of customs, to Senator Smoot,
chairman of the Senate finance com