Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
S15,O1D,OOIS GIVEN
FOR ENFORCEMENT
Drys Defeat Vets of House
to Every Move Against
18th Amendment.
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of the way. The "drys" are confident
that the repeal resolution would be
overwhelmingly defeated If a show
down came. Several of them believe
it would be advantageous to the dry
cause to have the matter voted on in
the Senate now.
Enforcement Transfer.
Chairman Williamson of the House
committee on expenditures in the ex-
ecutive departments has asked the At
torney General and the Secretary of the
Treasury for a report on the bill he re-
Gently introduced to carry into effect
President Hoover's recommendation that
prohibition enforcement be transferred
from the Treasury to the Department
of Justice. 1t is expected that he will
call a meeting of his committee some
time this week to consider this bill
A subcommittee of the House judici-
airy committee, to which was assigned
the task of considering the law en-
forcement commissions proposal that
United States commissioners should be
used to hear cases OF minor violations
of the prohibition laws, is to meet to-
morrow.
The debate over prohibition In the
House yesterday reached the acrimoni-
Gus stage on several occasions. Repre-
sentative Beedy, Republican, of Maine,
dry" demanded that language used
by Representative SABBATH, Democrat, of
Illinois be taken down" so that 1t
might be expunged from the record on
the ground that 1t was an attack on
the judicial branch of the Government.
IL turned out. however. that 1t was La
Guardia, and not SABBATH who had made
the remark to which Mr.. Beedy OBJ
jected, and the incident passed
Representative Schafer, Republican.
of Wisconsin, aroused the "drys" from
the Southern States when he shouted
President Hoover was elected by the
American people because of his bril-
lance and ability and not because the
Democratic candidate was a wet "
Schafer insisted that the last presi-
Dental election was not q referendum
on the dry question.
Representative Clancy, Republican,
OF Michigan discussed the convention
OF the Anti-Saloon League in Detroit
last week, charging that the meeting
speaker condoned promiscuous killing
by prohibition agents and indirectly
melted the agents to kill more men,
women and children"
Normally Seen Ahead.
Before long" shouted Clancy, "the
country will return to normalcy. Vio-
lence and lawleSsness by Government
officials will not be encouraged success
fully by the league. Graft by prohibi-
ton officials will not be winked at.
Crime and immortality will be lessened. +"
A bill was introduced by Representa-
tive Sirovich, Democrat and wet" of
New York which would compel the
Government to use pyradene, malachite
green or diethylpthalate in denaturing
industrial alcohol. These are emetics.
not poison. DR.. Sirovich said last night
that he had been assured by a number
of "drys" that they would support his
bill.
Representative La Guardia obtained
the floor to make his point of order
against the appropriation for prohibit
ton enforcement as soon as the Treas
ury-Post ONCE bill was taken up In the
House yesterday. His argument that
the eighteenth amendment was inoper-
alive because three fourths of the States
had failed to re-ratify it during the
first seven years after its original rati-
fication was ridiculed by a number OF
"drys," including Representative Beedy
and Representative Ramseyer. Republic
can, OF Iowa. Representative VIII Woo0
of Indiana, chairman of the appropria-
tons committee In charge of the bill.
declared that the House would be vio-
lating the Constitution itself If 1t I'M
dertook to pass on constitutional
question, reserved to the Supreme
Court.
During La Guardia's argument Rep
resentative Cramton, Republican. of
Michigan, rose to leave the chamber.
La Guardia urged him TO remain, but
Cramton declared that unless 1.-The gen.
tleman from New York has something
more serious to present" he would be
forced to leave. Representative Wood
insisted that the eighteenth amendment
and its constitutionality had been ar
gued before the Supreme Court and
elsewhere by leading lawyers OF the
country without this question having
been raised before. 1T remained for
the gentleman from New York to md
this fly speck."
The "drys" In the House rode rough
shod over every proposal advanced by
the VETS" Some of the VETS" how
ever, expressed satisfaction because
none of the "drys' had risen to speak
in defense Of the use Of poison for de-
maturing industrial alcohol, as they have
done in the past