New Britain herald., 1930-02-26

tv. Illinois, where Chicago is located, taking the stand before the commit tee. said there had been a material increase in alcoholic cases for both sexes since the dry statute was en- acted.
 The committee is considering bills and resolutions proposing repeal or the prohibition amendment or modl- l fcation of the dry statute Tn one form or another Todays session was the next to the last to be held for opponents of prohibition. Short lv friends of the dry laws will have an opportunity to be heard.
 Says Constitution Violated pr. Buffers statement asserted the eighteenth amendment had Nlo- lated the constitution, while Dr. ; Irwin's brief said it's author haJ been unable to see any benefit un- der the prohibition law.
 That this iniquitous amendment he nullfed is my earnest prayer, the Irwin statement said.
 When the vets renewed their at | tack upon the dry laws they present. cd the statement from Nicholas Mur- ray Butler demanding outright re- peal of the eighteenth amendment on the ground that it constituted an invasion of the constitution. Unable to Appear Personally Dr. Butler, long an outstanding | figure in the educational and politl- | cal world, was unable to appear per sonally and Chairman Graham of the committee had his statement incor- porated in the record.
 The university head urged a. re- turn to state control of liquor, con- | tending this would not be difficult as state statutes dealing with the ques- 1 ton again could take force. Immediately after the statement was presented Dr. Francis J. Gorty, in charge of the Psycopathic hos pital of Cook county, Illinois, took 1 the stand. He was the first of a long list expected to appear. Others included ". W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania railroad and re- publican national committeeman from the Keystone state, and Pierre s. Du Font of Wilmington. Dela-
 ware, chairman of the board of the | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours 65 Co. and a prominent parsonage in fnan- cial affairs.
 Gertys testimony was delayed momentarily by the reading of
 statement from Wallace Irwin. a
 member of the authors and artists l I1o of bo oi,,rt the prohibition amendment.
 "Submission to tyranny is as Un-
 moral as tyranny itself" Irwin's statement said. But for revolt against the unjust alien authority,
 there would have been no United States of America. Unless there is strength to bring about an honest revolt against the tyranny of a fana-
 tic minority, the United States Of
 America cannot endure as the free
 country of a free people,
 Hopes For Notification
 Irwin in his statement said he
 failed to see any benefit from pro-
 hibtion, adding:
 That this iniquitous amendment
 be nullifed is my dearest prayer"
 Graham, after 1rvin's statement
 had been read, sought to introduce into the record statement from Senator Sheppard, deWocrat, Texas.
 one Of the fathers of the dry amend
 ment, along with a resolution passed
 by W. C. T. L. organization in Texas, opposing the hearings. The
 committee, however, declined to per
 init it to be filed at this time, de-
 ferring action until the advocates of
 the dry law are heard after the vets
 conclude their side of the picture.
 With the remark, "NoW that We
 are much perturbed about condi-
 tions in Kansas I'll ask the clerk Of
 the committee to read a news item
 from Kansas City" Chairman Gra-
 ham handed a clipping to the clerk. The item went on to say that four
 seventh grade school boys had set up a. spcaheasy with liquor found in cache in the basement of a building. One of the boys, it said
 was 8 years old, and three of them were 16. They were to sell the
 liquor at a price to be fixed by the
 buyer, because the profit would have !, been 100 per cent anyway.
 Representative Kitchener, republ- can, Michigan, objected to placing , the item in the records. He said he had received hundreds of clippings on the prohibition question since the hearings began two weeks ago, but , that he did not feel they contributed , to the evidence unless substantiated by reliable witnesses.
 Pastor Denies Charges , A, letter from Rev. Charles $. Me F'arland, of New York, secretary to the federal council of churches , denying the charges made by Henry 7 B. Joy, of Detroit, last week that that organization had contributed to , the election of epresentatives , Cramton and Hudson, republican drys of Michigan. also was read by the clerk. Mcfarland advised Chair man Graham that his organization
 had a policy which prevented parti- l cipation in elections.
 } Representative LaGuardia, repub- lican, New York. objected to the in scrtion of the letter in the record ) until the drys were heard. ACT|NG C0IINSFI