The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08
BATTLE RACES
|NHOUSE
LIQUOR LAWS
Prohibition Is Injected Into
Fight for Liberalization
of Rules.
DRYS READY FOR TEST
Garner Moves to Speed Up
Program; Mrs. Caraway
Seated in Senate.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-Prohi-
bition was injected into the fight
for liberalization of rules today in
the house, which considered pro-
gram of changes that would permit
vote on this controversial issue
for the first time since the law was
enacted.
A speech by Representative Crisp
of Georgia and the rules debate
delayed the reading of President
Hoover's annual message.
Crisp, who is dry, said he is
ready to force a vote on prohibition
or any other question"
The public, he said, is entitled to
know how members Of congress
stand on prohibition. This would
/ be possible through the rule that he
sponsors, he added.
Garner Speeds Work
An hours debate was provided for
consideration of the rules program,
which is designed to make house
procedure more flexible and check
the power of leaders and committee
chairmen to pigeOn-hole legislation.
Adoption of the Democratic pro-
gram was indicated. Republicans
were not permitted to offer amend
ments.
Speaker Garner said he expected
the house to be ready to get down to
work by the end of this week, but
that the Democratic program prob
ably would not be formulated be-
fore the first of next week.
Democratic leaders moved to
speed up legislative procedure by
completing their states for the i'm
portant appropriations and rules
committees.
Ludlow ON Committee
The committee on committees
added seven Democrats to the ap-
preparations committee as follows.
Parks, Ark; Ludlow, Ind; Blanton
Tex; Granf1eld, Mass; Abernethy
N. c.; Douglas, Ariz., and Hart
Mich.
Four we're added to the rules
committee, which determines prec-
! edence of legislation in the house
They were Greenwood (Ind), Driver
(Ark.), Garrett CTex) and NIcNfil-
Ian Is. O..
Garner expects the appropria-
tions committee to begin drafting
the first of the annual supply bills
within few days
Measures to check Short-selling of
both commodities and securities
and for federal regulation of stock
and commodity exchanges were in
PRODUCED in the house by Rep
resentatiYe La Guardia CRep, N. "
Mrs. Caraway Seated
In the senate, a highlight of the
day was the swearing in of Mrs
Hattie Caraway of Arkansas, q
slight, brown-haired woman in the
garb of mourning, as the first active
United States woman senator.
lingering a handkerchief, but
otherwise exhibiting no outward
sign of the grief and nervousness
which possessed her, she wen
through the brief formality tina
made her a member of the body II
which her late husband served.
For an uncomfortable hour TIT
woman senator sat in the front rov
of Democratic benches beside mi
nority Leader Robinson, who was he
husbands colleague. A fine point o
constitutional law had interrupted
the regular order of senate business
Mrs. Caraway came to be sworn o.
the arm of Robinson. BY chance
she stood before the Vice-Presiden
to take the oath in company will
a new senator of different back
+ ground, Warren Barbour (Rep., N
j., who is rich, huge of body ant
eager for his new duties.
Mrs. Caraway signed the senate
register on which her husband'
name first was placed in 1921. Still
lingering the handkerchief, she wa
escorted to the rear seat assigned
her on the Democratic side. Sht
wore black, unrelieved by even {
white neckpiece.
To Vice President Curtis, Senate
Caraway said merely, Il do" in sub
Scribing to the oath.