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author of the Jones-Stalker five and
ten" law, when told of the challenge
to the drys made by Mr.. Lehlbach in
his proposal to make all users of liquor
guilty of crime, said he would make
no comment at this time. Senator
Sheppard of Texas has bill now be-
fore the Senate judiciary committee to
make the purchaser Of liquor equally
guilty with the bootlegger. It 1t were
enacted into law, that measure would
have the effect of carrying out the
Lehlbach suggestion. Senator Jones
said he had not made up his mind
about the Sheppard bill. Many Of the
friends of law enforcement fear that
the enactment of the Sheppard bill
into law might be an impeachment in
the way of prohibition enforcement
rather than an assistance.
The Washington Senator declared
that he believed the sentiment in favor
of prohibition stronger than ever. He
said he believed that any vote taken in
Congress would show this to be the fact.
He himself would welcome such a vote.
The real issue would be tested, he said,
If vote were taken on one of the reso-
buttons offered to repeal the eighteenth
amendment. So far, he said, no legal
dry laws has been advanced. He said
that II any such proposition did come
before Congress, he was confident 1t
would be overwhelmingly defeated.
Senator Caraway of Arkansas, Demo-
crat, and dry, in an interview, fiatly
contradicted the statements of oppon-
ents of prohibition that the law could
not be enforced. He said further he
believed that the law would be enforced.
GoadIng of President.
president Hoover" said Senator
Caraway, 1T think, will be goaded into
enforcing the law. It is no doubt the
most difficult law we have ever had to
enforce. There are reasons for that.
In the first place a lot of people resent
ed legislation put through under high
power lobby pressure. Secondly, many
people don't think 1t is inherently wrong
to take drink. But the people want
prohibition"
Representative Beck Of Pennsylvania,
one of the wet group in the House, will
address the House for an hour Friday on
the prohibition question, dealing par
ticularly with the report of the Law
Enforcement Commission and replying
to the address of Representative Fort.
Representative Schafer of Wisconsin,
before the House adjourned yesterday,
obtained permission to withdraw from
the Record language which he had
used in an address attacking prohibi-
ton, which Representative Crisp and
Representative Brand Of Georgia held
to be sacriligious because it was a
criticism of Christ for furnishing wine
at a wedding. The Georgia representa-
tives had moved to have the language
expunged from the Record and had ad-
dressed the House yesterday In regard
to it.
The language was contained in a
resolution read to the House by Mr..
Schafer and was attributed to the
Ministerial Association of Charleston,
W. Va. 1t read:
BE it resolved, that Christ, otherwise
the one perfect man. made a mistake
in furnishing the wine for beverage
purposes at the wedding feast; that In
setting his approval on the use of wine
for beverage purposes, Christ, in the
language of DIR. Cherrington, indicated
that Christ belonged to lower Medi-
terranean order of civilization"
Denied by Afidavits.
Mr.. Crisp presented affldavits to prove
that no such a resolution had been
adopted
Mr.. Brand urged upon the House
the ACCESSIBILITY OF having this resolu-
ton expunged from the Congressional
Record because 1t was "sacriligious."
Prohibition" said Mr.. Brand, sis
not involved In dealing with this bias
phemous resolution. No phase of the
prohibition law is an issue in dealing
with the same. Party politics Is not
involved and whether one is a Repub-
lican or Democrat. a dry or a wet,
partisan or a conservative upon the
prohibition question, every member of
the House, probably with one excep-
ton, will agree when discussing the
prohibition law that the divinity Of
Christ should not be made an issue.
To bring His name and His life when
on earth into this resolution is mex
cuSable and indefensible and an insult
TO the entire membership Of this
House."
Scored by Curran.
Commenting on the speech Of Rep
resentative Fort of New Jersey, Henry
II. Curran, president of the Assocla-
ton Against the Prohibition Amend.
ment, said:
Representative Forts speech betrays
his constitutional illiteracy. To take
just one instance, the eighteenth
amendment, contrary to the Represent
tative's assertion, lays down In our
Constitution a rigid rule OF total alb
stinence for every American. II iA@
toxicating liquor cannot be manufaes
talrea or solds Just how " " mnlnm a