The Washington times., 1930-02-08
VOTE DUE TODAY
ON DRY UNITS
TRANSFER
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resentative Schafer tR.) of wis
consin, who declared that It
would force wholesale dismissal
Of agents. His, primary aim, he
said, was to force dismissal OF
agents who invade homes with
out search warrant.
Representative Stafford (R0
Of wisconsin raised the question
whether the amendment would
force dismissal of agents who buy
liquor il efforts to obtain con-
Victions. Representative William
son (R.) of South Dakota as
serted that 1t would not.
"ThiS amendment" said Rep
resentative Shafer (R) Of Wis
consin, requires dismissal OF
any agent who enters a home
without q search warrant, manu-
facturers or transports liquor or
violates any other provision Of
the Volstead act for which there
is a penalty provided"
BY vote Of 145 to Al, the
House crushed the proposal Of
Representative Gasque CD OF
South Carolina, to strip Secretary
Of the Treasury Mellon Of all
power in the issuance Of indus
trial alcohol permits and writing
Of regulations.
Representative Clancy CR0 of
Michigan made an unsuccessful
fight to leave complete control
over Industrial alcohol with the
Treasury. He said he acted on
request Of dig industrial alcohol
users of the nation.
AS presented to the House the
bill leaves industrial alcohol con-
tfol in the Treasury, but gives
the Attorney General a veto
power over issuance Of permits.
Meanwhile the second plan Of
the crime commission, creating
commissioners courts to deal with
petty violations. was being re-
vised by House drys. The third
major proposal, creating a unified
border control, was still being
con"'dered by the Treasury.
:; Administration leaders were
confident the transfer bill would
be approved by both House and
Senate but faced an uncertain
future in the present session.
Hoover Plan to Win
Despite dissension in the House
over the extent to which the
Treasury should be stripped Of
power over industrial alcohol,
leaders predicted passage OF the
bin as endorsed by the Admins
tration.
Under its terms all dry agents
would be placed under the At
torney General, who also would
be given joint authority to write
the Treasury's industrial alcohol
regulations and power to veto q
permit because of law violations.
Representative ChriStopherSon
(R.) Of South Dakota, chairman
Of the judiciary subcommittee
handling the crime commissions
"juryless trial" bill, announced
that other members of the COM
mittee will back him in proposed
amendments to the Jones five
and ten law" passed last year by
Congress. Dean Roscoe Pound,
of the law-enforcement commits
sion, approved the move.
The new bill. Chrlstopherson
said, will provide a maximum
fine Of $500 and six months i'm
priSonment for casual or petty"
violations which includes pos
session and those who do not
habitually sell liquor.
&. He asserted that the Jones law,
which provided a meximum fine
Of $4,000 and five years inn
prisonment for any prohibition
violation, was enacted by Con-
kreSS without consideration.
Congressional vets were pre-
pairing for the drive to be lnau-
gurated before the House Judi
ciary Committee on February IL
for modification or repeal Of the
Volstead act, q national referen-
dun on prohibition and legalising
Of AIS per cent beer.
They were encouraged by the
demonstration given in the rIouSe
for Representative James M. Beck
R0 of Pennsylvania, former so
Hcitor general, who emerged as
o wet leader.
Wets were considering q con-
centrated movement to force a
statement from the Law Enforce
nlent Commission on the possihil-
lty Of complete, effective prohi.
bition enforcement.