Evening star., 1932-12-13

dry goods, dairy, soft drink and other
forms of helpful, not hurtful, business"
Representative Treadway asked Bishop
Cannon what the attitude of his church
would be in the event the Supreme
Court should rule that 80 per cent
beer was constitutional.
Against Resubmission.
IF the Supreme Court rules that is
constitutional, that is the dictum OF the
Supreme Court, but it might be over
turned by my church people who drink
II and become intoxicated" Bishop
Cannon answered.
He said that when he was in college
he used to help put friends to bed who
were intoxicated on per cent beer.
Treadway said his principal interest
was the revenue feature Of the bill be-
fore the committee, but told Bishop
Cannon, '.in view Of your long expe-
Tience in reference to the eighteenth
amendment. which, however. is not be-
fore us. want to ask il you are op-
posed to submission of the eighteenth
amendment to vote of the people?"
odiss Church has gone ca record
against resubmission," Ca>1on said.
Then you are guiI>d by the attion
of your church?" Treadway asked, to
which the bishop replied in the af-
firmative, but added that he also op-
posed resuhmission
Then you personally are against
resubmission?" Treadway pursued
You were in favor of submitting the
eighteenth amendment IS years ago,
and it was adopted by the States"
Yes"
Matter of Opinion.
"Then if a majority of the people
favor resubmission. it is up to us to per-
nit them to vote on it. We simply are
reason why the States should not be
given an opportunity to vote on it?"
Now" Cannon said, you are going
up stream that has a great many fish
in it. I found that the question was
not settled by Congressman Is years
ago. We did not get Congressmen to
vote Tor il. We were fought down the
line. There was no such idea prevail
ing in Congress then that the eight
e-nth amendment should be submitted
II disagree with you entirely" Tread
way said, 1T is, OF course, matter of
opinion"
Treadway asked the bishop what he
would do If ne were a Representative
and his constituents wanted him 10 vote
for resubmission Of this question.
I'D try to show them that they were
wrong"
Then you wouldn't come back to
Congress" Treadway commented, and
the spectators laughed
Bishop Cannon told the committee
that he had no suggestion TO offer If a
change were to be made in the LIQUOR
laWs-legalizing beer or whisky, be
cause believe there is no way TO con-
troll this problem other than through
prohibition
Subject to Church.
IF the Supreme Court upheld beer
with an alcoholic content Of 2.75 or
80" Representative Mccormack. Demo-
crat, Massachusetts. asked, would YOU
accept that definition as final where
communicates of your church are con-
Cerned?'
Il would say" Cannon told him.
that the Supreme Court can only pass
ca the constitutionality Of a law. If
members of my church drank tnat beer
would be subject to the discipline OF the
church
You referred to the action Of con-
ferences Of your church Mccormack
said
Yes Cannon said Il did that be-
cause l understood that this COMMITTEES
las members from Mississippi. Arkansas
and Kentucky l wanted th1m to know
how their constituents feel"
Chairman Collier is a Mississippian.
REPRESENTATIVES VinSon and Pagon
democrats, are from Kentucky and
Arkansas reSDectiyetV
Mrs Boole followed the bishop.
There were no questions when she con-
cluded.
Mrs. Boole, who said she represented
10.5C0 local unions of her organiza-
tion. told the committee that passage