Evening star., 1932-11-27
REPEAL PUT AHEAD
OF. DRIVE FOR BEER
BY PARTY LEADERS
Smell Dissents, However,
From Garner Plan for Vote
on First Day.
SENATE HELD WILLING
TO EXPEDITE ACTION
Brewers Call Meeting in Capital to
Draft Report for House
Committee.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


House and Senate leaders, in dealing
with the prohibition question, now pro-
pose to put the horse before the cart;
to dispose of the proposal to repeal OF
revise the eighteenth amendment
before they undertake to modify the
Volstead law so as to permit beer.
This does not mean that the beer
bill is to be abandoned. But it does
appear that congressional leaders be-
neve the main question should be
tackled first in this prohibition fight
This may or may not appeal to the
brewers, who already are counting ths
days until they can manufacture and
sell beer to the American public. II
certainly will not hurt the feelings o!
the winters and distillers who have
been rather afraid that If beer were
legalized without some action being
taken on the whole question of alco-
hohc beverages, they might be CON-
PEELED to wait much longer for action
on their products.
Speaker Garner, who has the right
to recognize a member of the House on
December S. the opening day Of the
session, to move suspension Of the
rules so that resolution repeating OF
revising the eighteenth amendment
debate, 20 minutes on each side, yester-
dnv cYr,rnSSed hic iyatarfiny1 NJ fo1lotr-
ing that procedure.
Smell Wants Vote Later.
The Republican leader Of the House
Representative Smell Of New York, on
the other hand, prefers to have vote
taken couple OF weeks later. He
said that he wished action taken al
the earliest practicable time, but that
he thought the, first. day of the as
sembling of Congress was not the
proper time to act on so important Q
question.
However. If Mr.. Garner persists in his
plan and the wet forces advance q
repeal resolution, II will be up to the
House membership to fish or cut bait
There Is a persistent belief that the
necessary two-thirds vote for the reso-
luton Will be forthcoming, particularly
in view of the election results, In view
Of the victory Of the vets in States
holding referendums, and In view OF
the platform declarations by both the
Republican and Democratic parties.
Failure Of the House to act ON the
repeal resolution the first day of the
session might force q vote over to De-
cen1ber 10, which is the second day
in which to suspend the rules and take
up a measure are in order. However,
the Rules Committee of the House, II
1t is desired. may bring In resolution
at any time to suspend the rules and
make resolution IN order.
Senate Leaders VIII Aid.
The Senate leaders expressed them
selves yesterday as entirely willing to
expedite action on a repeal or re-
vision resolution in the Upper House.
Senator McNary of Oregon, assistant
Republican leaoer Of the Senate, said
that he believed repeal resolution
could be taken up in that body the
second week of the coming session
and disposed Of before the Christmas
holidays. He also expressed the opinion
that a sufficient number Of Senators
would vote for the resolution to put 1t
through by the needed two-thirds vote.
Senator Pat Harrison of MISSISSIPPI
Democrat, was just as willing to have
such resolution come up quickly, and
he. too, said he believed IL would be
adopted.
In the opinion CT the Mississippi
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