Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
DECLARES REVISION
| IS NOT YET BARRED
FeSS Says President Has
Only Rejected Substitute
Offered in Law Report.
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vestigation proposal by Senator Tydings,
Democratic, Maryland.
Commission members who would talk,
even privately. continued today to stand
by the denial issued yesterday that
President Hoover had sought to head
, on q modification proposal, or that any
change had been made in the report
after 1t had been signed.
They indicated that whatever dis
agreements there were-and there were
more than a few-arose within the
ranks of the commissioners themselves.
House in Dry Battle.
The House had a prohibition battle
on appropriations scheduled for today.
An alliance of Independent anti-pro-
hibitionists and the organized wet
block were seeking to GUST form the
Justice Department bill allowances for
prohibition educational work. inform
ers, wire-tapping and purchasing liquor
evidence as well as for expanding the
force of agents by 500. An acknowledge
ed fllibuster earlier this week had post
in the WickerSham document had sub
sided
Last night Jouett Shouse, chairman
of the Executive Committee of the
Democratic National Committee. issued
statement criticizing both the COM
mission report and the Presidents fail
ure to indorse the complete document.
1.-THE one concrete thought contrib
uted by the commission" he said, sis
proposed revision of the eighteenth
amendment il the continued effort of
enforcement under the existing statutes
should prove unsuccessful.
That seems conservative enough, but
President Hoover makes the comment
that he sees serious objection to 1t and
therefore must not be understood as
recommending it.
Hoover Stand Hit.
1.-THE conclusion is unacceptable that
the President appointed this commits
sion not to seek a remedy for the exist
ing evils of prohibition enforcement.
but with the not wholly ingenious res
ervation that If 1t found according to
his own ideas 1t would be all right. but
that wherever 1t departed from these
ideas he would repudiate the report"
At the same time Henry H. Curran,
president Of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment, asserted
his organizations opposition to any
change but outright repeal and added
criticism of Mr.. Hoover's transmittaI
with its definite stand against repeal
or revision:
1.-THE instant rejoinder Of President
Hoover to the painstaking report Of
his commission creates q situation so
serious as to compel the anxious con-
Germ Of every thoughtful American.
This Is because the point of the
report y its insistent finding of the
fact that the prohibition amendment
is unenforceable. ."
Spokesman of two dry organizations,
the Board Of Temperance of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, and the w. c.
T. u, said the Presidents message re-
moved all doubt but that Mr.. Hoover
was aligned on the dry side. Earlier
Senator Fess of Ohio, making it clear
he was speaking not as chairman of
the Republican National Committee,
and without consultation with the
President, gave 1t as his personal belief
that Mr.. Hoover'S stand was the one
he would maintain in the presidential
campaign next year.
Early Decision Expected.
Yesterday the Supreme Court took up
"AAC OA1AA OCSAoAOh AlOluulB tIiC eight
zenith amendment invalid, hearing argu.
mept for and against it. An early de-
cision is looked for
AS well as the Senate, the House
was given resolution for investigating
the Wickersham Commissions processes
In reaching its conclusions. The pro-
posal, by Representative La Guardia.
Republican, New York, would 90
farther, however, and institute a sweep
ing investigation of prohibition as a
whole, directed by a joint committee.
In both branches proposals had been
introduced also for revising the eight
zenith amendment along the lines sug-
gested by the commission, giving Con-
gress the power to regulate liquor trafhc