Evening star., 1932-05-24
BINGHAM OFFERS
REPEAL MOTION
Moves for Early Ballot on
Resubmission of Dry Law
Question.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In move to get an early vote on re-
submission of the prohibition issue,
Senator Bingham, Republican, of Con-
necticut, today introduced a resolution
Sor repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment and will seek to bring it up at
the first opportunity.
Bingham. in statement off the floor.
said he took this action because OF the
delay of the Judiciary Committee In
reporting out any resolution OF the
many before it proposing repeal and
modification"
Il will ask to have this repeal resolu-
tion taken from the table at the first
opportunity" he added, and on that
vote we will get test on resubmisslon
of prohibition to the States
The Bingham resolution would return
to the States the power to regulate
liquor, giving Congress power to regu-
late the sale or transportation IN inter-
state and foreign commerce.
johnson Asks Showdown.
Senator johnson, Republican, Cali
fornia, called upon the Senate to meet
the issue of resubmission a. this ses-
sion in a statement last night, asserting
1.-The prohibition law should be put up
to the States
Some move by Senator B0rah, Re
publican of Idaho, the prohibition
champion and member OF the Judlcl-
ary Subcommittee about to report on
the resubmission proposition, Is being
awaited.
It was he who wrote the rigid dry
enforcement plank of the 1928 Republi-
can convention and there is reason to
believe he has again been approached
to help draft the prohibition plank this
year. He has declined for reasons un-
stated.
Leaders Await Borah Statement.
Borah has turned a cold shoulder to
tentative propositions advanced IN high
administrative circles for a referendum
on prohibition, but there is no GER
tainty that he is unwilling to have a
test on a referendum offering protec-
ton against return of the saloon should
the eighteenth amendment be repealed.
That is what leaders are waiting to
learn.
With Borah on the Judiciary Subcom-
mittee are Senators Walsh of Montana
and Dill of Washington, two Demo-
cratic prohibitionists
Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis
consin, is chairman of the subcommit-
tee He and Senator Hebert. Repub-
Ic2n, OF Rhode Island. the olher men,
ber. are both opponents of national
prohibition.
Work for Moist Plank.
Some prominent Republicans are en-
deavoring to draft a moist plank which
would hold the party's dry support, but
they have been unable to draw support
from dry organization leaders consulted.
Representative Smell Of New York,
the House leader, who is in line for the
permanent Craftsmanship of the ma
tional convention, predicted the plat
form would contain liberal plank on
the liquor question, but details are still
In the making
The Senate, meanwhile. faces an
other test presented by Senator Bing-
ham. Republican. of Connecticut, on
275 per cent beer as substitute for
the excise taxes III the revenue bill
The House again, and finally, yester-
day refused to consider legalization of
275 per cent beer by a vote of 228 to
1863, but -prohibitionists who forced
the ballot got largely what they ex-
pected-a record vote for use in the No
vember elections.