The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-02-01

the first page. All of which is good evidenI
realize that President Hoover's demand fo
gesture.
Among the more important and signific
weeks are the following:
JANUARY Is George w. Wickersham,
chairman of President Hoover's Commits
sion on Law Observance and Enlargement
defended the commissions proposal that
United States commissioners be empower
ed 10 deal with minor violations of the
prohibition law after an attack January Ii
by members of Congress, who held that
the change would be step toward deny
ing the right of trial by jury.
Representative Linthieum, of Maryland
was chosen chairman of the unofficial
committee of the wet bloc.
JANUARY 16-Senator Sheppard, of Tex
as, spoke on prohibition in recognition Of
the tenth anniversary Of the dry law.
1t was announced that January 20 the
Senate Judiciary Committee, of which
Senator Norris is chairman, will begin a
study of the report Of the Law Enforce
ment Commission.
Indications are that the committee will
be in no hurry TO act on the recommended
tons Early in February the committee
will begin consideration of the Sheppard
uor shall be held equally guilty with the
seller.
JANUARY Ex-senator Blaine, of Wscon-
sin, an aggressive wet offered resolution
to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment
JANUARY 17-Senators Borah, of Idaho,
Norris, of Nebraska, and Sheppard, of Tex
as, declared that they were ready for
Iaf, fIaI hot
he did not want to expose the vets to the
test. Drys were eager to demonstrate the
overwhelming dry sentiment in the Senate.
JANUARY 17-Congressman Stafford of
Wisconsin, made fervent appeal for a re-
turn to the beer that made Milwaukee
famous"
Congressman Siroyich, of New York,
dramatically declared that he believed
there were 100000 spealeaSies in New York
city alone He painted picture of graft
and corruption in Federal enforcement in
the metropolis and demanded congress
sional committee to investigate Federal
prohibition administration there.
Congressman LaGuardia, of New York,
announced that he will raise point of or
der against appropriation of money for dry
law GAuOICCIileIlL ny QtC1dllAlS i4ldG bllS
Eighteenth Amendment became inopera-
tive in 1925, under its own provisions,
which required that it be ratified by SUI
f1cient number of states within seven years
from its submission.
LaGuardia contends that sufficient
number of states ratified the Eighteenth
Amendment as resolution but not as an
amendment, and that it therefore became
imperative at the expiration of seven years
after its adoption in 1919.
Because OF LaGuardi's contention, House
leaders today postponed consideration of
prohibition enforcement appropriations in
the treasury bill until January Is.
JANUARY 18-The wet forces were COM
pletetely routed when the House drys
forced the adoption in the treasury post
Office appropriation bill of an allotment of
$l500O000 for the prohibition unit, defeat
ed an effort to change the method of de-
maturing industrial alcohol, refused to vote
900 for enforcing the Volstead act,
put through an allowance of $4,000 for
government dry propaganda and squelch-
ed an amendment aimed to prevent the
employment as prohibition agents of per-
sons under indictment or convicted of a
felony.
JANUARY 20-The House began work on
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