Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-01
Measure Cuts Jones Law
Penalties for First
0ffenSeS.
SENATORS WOULD LIMIT
CRIME BODY FUNCTIONS
Proposal Is Made to Cut Support
to $4,000 and Hold Group
to Prohibition Study.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The House bill modifying the Jones
prohibition law to provide slighter pen
alties for first violators of the dry act
was reported to tie Senate today by
its judiciary committee.
At the same time, conferees of the
Senate and House again reported dis
agreement on the provision put in the
second deficiency appropriation bill by
the Senate restricting the Law Enforce
mehJ commission to an appropriation of
$4,000 next year and combining its ac-
IlVltles to study of prohibition alone.
House Expected to Back Hoover.
A move is expected in the House
70 authorize the S250,000 for the com
mission requested by President Hoover.
Chairman Norris of the Senate iu-
olclary committee expressed a willing
ness 10 bring his resolution proposing
Senate investigation of prohibition
enforcement to a vote, but this was laid
aside and it is considered dead for
this session.
Leaders were hopeful of getting
through the prohibition bills which
received the committees approval
The committee amended the House
bill TO provide the smaller penalties
should apply only where there has
been no previous conviction or pre-
vlouS violation of the dry law within
two years.
The committee also approved the
House measures defining petty offenses
under the dry law and authorizing de-
1endants to waive jury trials. How
ever, no action was taken on the other
bill of the Hoover Law Enforcement
commission program to allow trial of
lquor cases by United States COM
miSsioners.
$500 Maximum Fine Proposed.
The bin modifying the Jones laT
would fix MAXIMUM fine of $500 and
Jal! sentence o. not more than six
months Tor those convicted who do
not sell, make or transport more than
gallon of liquor
Meanwhile, prohibition came to the
lore IN the House, where Representa-
tive Celler, Democrat, New York, in
troouced resolution calling for an
investigation by the House judiciary
committee OF charges made by Maurice
campbell, retiring New York prohibi-
ZION administrator.
The Judiciary Committee would be
empowered to investigate prohibition
enforcement in the Office of the New
YORK administrator for the past three
years.
Representative Celler, in his resolu-
bon, set forth that Campbell relinuuish-
edN his post as prohibition administra-
tor \ under conditions that indicate
great laXity in the enforcement of the
Vols6ead act and the interference bv
New York Republican politicians in the
enforcement of that act"
Campbell resigned rather that accept
3 transfer to Boston under the read
justmeTtts, which attended the transfer
of prohibition enforcement from the
Treasury to the Justice Department to-
day. I'M statement last night, he
charged There were brewery, whisky and
alcohol permits that local politicians
and certain administration officials in
Washington feel must be restored in
order to Secure necessary support for
the Republican ticket in New York this
Fall"
Resi- natiOn Creates Talk.
While Government officials scanned
the statement closely, no public ex-
pressions on it were forthcoming from
that Source.S 1t was a topic of discus
sion on Capitol Hill.
The CellerN, resolution said "the en-
forced resignation of. the said Campbell
follows the raiding Of the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel and the Central Park Casino,
favorlte rendezvous of the fashionable
and tac wealth9A
The resolution repeated the Camp
bell charges thar certain United States
Treasury officials 1are insincere in their
efforts to enforce the law and have
publicly demonstrated that fact" and
said the Federal Ngrand jury of New
York City has handed up a present.
1nent charging Iaxity' and 'malfeasance'
in the Office OF the\ said Campbell, and
." Campbell charges United States
Attorney Tqttle, ,atN New York, with