Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-23
$24,ODQ,0DO VOTED
FOR LIQUOR LAWS
Senate Gives Broad Powers
as Apparent Rift Splits
Dry Leaders.
BY the Associated Press.

| ~S~NA~t Us
BY the Associated Press.
Twenty-four million dollars has been
voted by the Senate to help enforce
| prohibition. The President would di-
rect the expenditure of the money and
in addition he would have at his dis
posal $250,000 to make an investiga-
| ton of prohibition generally
The story of voting of the $4,000, 900
yesterday included the usual clashes
between vets and drys in the Senate
and off stage, apparent disagreement
between leaders of dry organizations
and added to this was Secretary Mel
Ions opposition to the proposal
In the course of the Senate debate,
Senator Bruce of Maryland, a wet,
made the statement that the Apostle
Pau! gave his approval of liquor for
medicinal purposes.
Challenges Hefiin.
Whisky can be bought by any Sen
ator for such purpose" observed Sem
ator Helm. of Alabama, a dry.
How does the Senator know that?"
| was Bruce's counter. The Senator from
| Maryland chuckled over his sally and
so did some of the others.
Senator Bruce while he voted against
| the increase yesterday may have been
in measure responsible for it. While
an appropriation bill was being con-
Sidered some time ago, he put an
amendment that would add $250000,-
600 for liquor law enforcement. The
| Senate was mapping and the amend
ment went through, later to be removed
in conference. The vets regarded it as
a good joke, but some of the drys said
they believed more money was needed
to help dry up the country.
While the first deficiency bill was
being considered, Senator Harris of
Georgia, a dry, proposed an amend
ment that $25,000,000 be added for pro-
hibition enforcement. The $24,000,000
voted yesterday was the outcome of
this, the roll call being SO for and 81
against the proposal.
Gives Broad Powers.
The President was given broad DOW
ers for the disposal of the $24,000,000.
He must distribute it to Government
departments concerned with prohibition
enforcement, but he may spend all, or
only a part of it, as he sees fit. The
money would be available until June
80, 1880.
Even after the $4,000, 900 had been
added to the deficiency bill, dry lead
erS continued to issue statements about
the differences of opinion that had
arisen among them regarding it.
F. Scott Mcbride, superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League, denied that
friction existed in Anti-Saloon League
circles over the appropriation. Mr..
Mcbride had approved Secretary Mel
Ions stand against the Harris amend
ment.
Earlier in the day. however, DR.. A.
H. Briggs, superintendent of the Cali
fornia Anti-Saloon League, had declared
in a statement that Mcbride was at
tempting the impossible in trying to
carry the work of legislative repre-
sentative. DR.. Briggs took issue with
Secretary Melons stand on the amend
ment, declaring short of funds in the
face of the foe, the Secretary does not
see how he could use more ammunition
if he had it,"
Charges Neglect of Business.
DR.. Briggs suggested that Edwin C.
DinWiddie of Washington, who preceded
the late Wayne B. Wheeler, and Mr..
Mcbride as legislative representative
would make a good man for that post,
saying that the leagues business at the
Capitol was neglected.
Mcbride in saying there was no fric-
ton in the ranks, said: Several men
have been misquoted, am sure" He
asserted that he regarded DR.. Briggs
as one of his best friends, and laughed
at the suggestion that Mr.. Dinwiddie
would be named to the post. Mr.. Nc
Bride indicated that he expected to re-
main both as superintendent and legis-
lative representative.
The superintendent views that there
was no controversy in Anti-Saloon
League ranks were similar to those OF
DR.. Arthur j. Barton, chairman OF the
national executive committee of the
Anti-Saloon League. DIR. Barton said
that the apparent difference in judg-
ment was not strange among men OF
strong personalities and convictions"
He said he did not think there was any
row."
Previously three prominent dry lead
ers, Bishop James Cannon, jr.; Eugene
l.. Crawford, secretary of the Board OF
Temperance and Social Service in the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, and
Bishop Thomas Nicholson, president OF
the Anti-Saloon League, had urged
Secretary Mellon to reconsider his at
titude on the Harris amendment.
Mr.. Mcbride at first said he favored
the proposal for additional funds for
enforcement, but he changed his stand
after Secretary Mellon made his views
known.
Dry Rift Denied.
The board of temperance, prohibition
and public morals of the Methodist
Episcopal Church today amplified its
previous expression of opinion that the
prohibition unit could not use $25,0OO,-
600 wisely at the present time, in a
statement which dealt with reported
conflict within dry organizations.
1T seems in the present instance
there is an appearance OF conflict OF
opinion where fundamentally there Is
no difference" the statement said.
| Expressing the opinion that the policy
of all temperance organizations was Ito
| put entire confidence in Mr.. Hoover, a
prohibitionist elected by the prohibit
tionists of the country the statement
| continued:
"Mr. Hoover's policy, which we pre-
sumo will be based upon the investiga-
ton which he indicates will be made,
must perhaps be allowed to develop be-
fore the exact size of large additional
appropriations can wisely be determined.
In the meantime provisions by Con-
| gresS Of additional funds for specific
purposes is desirable, but it is hardly
| probable that such requirements will
aggregate $25,000000 until they can be
| based upon thorough understanding
of the needs of the various agencies be-
ing used by the Government in enforce
ment."
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