The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-23
COMMITTEE ASKS
CONSIDERATION OF
DRY Law CHANGE
Suggests Modification Of VOL
stead Act to Permit Beer
Manufacture
SEEN AS AID TO J0BLESS
recommendation Made by Com
mittee on Unemployment
After Hot Fight
SEEN AS AID TO JoBLEsS

Detroit, Sept. 23.-R-The Ameri.
can Legion's unemployment commits
sion Wednesday recommended that
the Legion national convention give
consideration to modification Of the
prohibition act to legalize beer.
The recommendation made by the
commission said:
Your national employment ON
mission feels 1t to be the duty Of the
commission to present the following
to the attention of this convention:
That. when it shall properly come
before this convention, due consider
alton be given to modification Of thu
Volstead Act to legalize real beer
without conflict with the constitution
OF the United States in the interest of
furnishing added employment. Your
commission believes that hundreds of
thousands Of Jobs MAY be created
through such action"
Received With Cheers
The commissions declaration on
beer was received with q cheering
demonstration. It was read by How
ard F. Savage Of Chicago. past ma
tional commander Of the Legion and
chairman OF the unemployment COM
mission.
Action was taken on the brief report
on beer. which was presented separ-
ately from the main body Of the COM
nnittee's report. Savage pointed out
that the commission was merely rec
omlnending that the Legion give con-
sideration to the beer proposal.
The main body Of the commissions
report reviewed the work Of tho L.
gion's Washington conference on I'm.
employment and made recommends
lions that the convention give con-
sideration to advocacy Of further Q
Strtctton Of immigration and to Tho
promotion Of public works as q means
OF unemployment relief. The conn
mission also recommended that o
sideration be given by employers and
workers to the five-day week and TIE
six-hour day.
Held Long Debate
The resolutions committee after
nearly three hours Of debate. voted
against q resolution which would have
kept prohibition question from the
convention floor.
The resolution was presented by
Dan steck. former United States SEN
ator from Iowa, leader of the prohi-
bition forces, and was defeated BY q
vote Of % to 20.
The vote came after Chairman Ed
gar Of New Jersey, head OF the Legion
policies committee, presented three
resolutions covering the various phases
OF the prohibition problem-repeal,
modification and tempering existing
laws. 6teck at once asked the COM
mittee to adopt q motion recon-
mending that "the Legion should not
concern itself with the wet and dry
question"
The Legion voted to hold it's 1882
national convention In Portland. Ore
gon.
No other invitation was received by
the convention.
Bonus Question Looms
The bonus question wa pushed In.
to prominence Tuesday night by q
statement from the national ON
mander, Ralph T. O'Neil, in which he
renewed his promise there will be full
and free discussion on the issue. It
was the first utterance on the subject
by q Legion leader since President
Hoover's address at the opening ses-
sion Monday In which he called at
tention to the condition Of the ma
tional treasury and asked no burden
be added to 1t.
DICTIONARIES were warned WedneS-
day by a former comrade in arms.
Administrator Hines of veterans at
fairs, not to risk public goodwill BY
demanding further payment on the
adjusted service certificates.
Has Ear to Ground
Speaking from the same rosTum
in the crowded hall Of the American
Legon's annual convention from
which President Hoover delivered q
similar appeal on Monday, Hines said
lone with his ear to the ground can
not have failed to hear an occasional
rumble and criticism directed toward
the American Legion because Of its
anticipated further demands in behalf
Of the e~x-service men,"
Hines urged also e~x-service rnen
think carefully before demanding at
this time pensions for widows and
orphans Of veterans whose deaths
were not caused by war service.
But II the Iegionnaires should de-
termine to ask this, he added:
Then, I earnestly urge that the ef-
fectiveness Of your appeal. In such an
admittedly worthy cause, be not per-
mitted to be discounted, as surely 1t
will be, by any other action looking
to an even greater encumbrance
against the treasury. such as the fur
ther payment on adjusted service GER
~tificates."
In our present national economic
emergency we must consider the
plight Of our citizenry at large. even
at q temporary sacrifice Of our own
just needs.
FORMER nAK0TAN Dies