Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
JUDGE WINS s25,0O
TEMPERANCE Prize
&C. HOyt q New York Would
Repeal voIstead Act and
Redefina Liquor.

By the Associated Press. -
NEW YORK, June \1.-Franklin
Chase Hoyt, presiding justice Of the
New York City Children's Court, TO-
day wa announced the winner Of the
$25, 900 prize contest for the best tenn
perance plan, sponsored by the Hearst
newspapers.
The plan, in brief, suggested q repeal
of the Volstead act and a new con-
gressional definition Of intoxicating
liquors, which would make possible light
wines and beers under State control.
0ther prize winners were:
Second, S.. 000-Brig. Gen. Albert
Clayton Dalton, U. S. A., retired, Wash
ingtonN
Third 81, O00-Capt. Thomas W.
Therkildssn, executive secretary Of the
Moderation League, New York.
Fourth, 81 O00-James E. Quinlan,
jr., 1904 West Ramona boulevard, Al
hambra, Calf.
Justice Hoyt expressed his opinion
that the eighteenth amendment can
not be replaced for many years to
come. He drew aN,distinction between
distilled and fermertted liquors, saying
that "distillation is the act of man and
has been responsible for practically all
the evils which liquor has inflicted
upon the human race, willis fermenta-
ton is the act Of nature, and that to
many must mean, in the most rev.
erential sense, the act of God"
Would Bar Distilled Liquors.
His plan would bar ''all alcoholic
products of distillation" but would per-
NIT the control. manufacture and sale
OF all malt, brewed and fermented
beverages by the States within their own
borders.
AL four OF the prize winning plans
agreed upon the present impracticability
OF repeating or amending the eighteenth
amendment, h award committee an
Sounced; the plans further agreed
specifically or by implication, in the
de durability Of returning to the States
the fullest measure of control, es-
peciaNIy In the matter OF light wines
and Eeer."
Justice Hoyt,' added the committee
statemhnt, goes directly to the heart of
the problem Of making possible the
return OF light wines and beers under
State control and retaining Federal
prohihitiorA Of distilled spirits under a
workable definition of the words in
toxicating Nquor' as contained in the
eighteenth amendment"
Justice How based his plan on the
premise that Nhe repeal offers no selu-
ton Of the problem, that the proposal
to permit the STATES at their option to
dispense liquor w&'l never prove accept
able and that a possible modification of
the VolStead act asSto n alcoholic on
tent of beverages offers real solution Of
the problem.
He c~ontended. however. that the re-
peal of the Volstead ACT and a intelli-
gent definition" Of the terms "~intoxicat-
ing liquors and alcoholic beverages"
would offer a solution which would pro-
mote temperance and unite all Sec
lions Of the country in support Of the
law.
Question Of Definition.
Justice Hoyt pointed out that the
eighteenth amendment prohibits the
manufacture, sale and transportation Of
intoxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses" Despite popular belief, % he con-
ttnued, 1T does not refer to alcoholic
beverages What it pans is ~.intoxicat-
ing liquors. and if these two words
could be defined intelligently it would
solve the whole problem" He suggested
that the words Intoxicating liquors in
the VolStead act be changed to all al
coholic products Of disti1lation."
The word liquor" was in the past
whisky. kin and brandy, the justice as
serted, and was distinguished from beer
and wines.
The winning manuscripts were Sc
lected out Of 71,248 plans submitted.
The judges were Former Senator James
A. Reed Of Missouri, Representative
sentative Florence p. Kahn of Califor-
mia, Mgr. Jon L. Bedford, New York:
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson. retired.
Washington: DR.. Nathan Krass. New
York, and Archdeacon Joseph H. Dod-
shon, president of the Church Temper
ance Society.
Brig. Gen. Albert C. Dalton, q. s. A..
retired, Is held up as an example of
what the ambitious and energetic mar
can do in the Army, for he rose from
buck private TO general during the span
OF his service career. Born in indiana, |
October 2. 1857, Gen. Dalton had a I
many-sided career, ranging from Indian
fighter and holder of the Distinguished
Service Medal to director of Uncle Sans
far-ffung merchant feet, from which
post he recently retired. Under his re-
Rime the sales Of many of the Govern
ment-owned lines to private operators
were conSummated.
He was assistant to the quartermaster
general when he retired from the Army
at his own request after 80 years serv-
ice on July 8, 1925. He is a graduate of
the Army Wal College, Of the General
Staff School and of the Infantry
Cavalry School. For his outstanding
service the War Department bestowed
upon Gen. Dalton a special citation.
Gen. Dalton made his home in WASH
tnRton at 1916 T~Wenty-Second street.