The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-09

tN0elklScher BeObachter, were also
 dissatisfied with Hitlers direction
 of the party and were considered |
 vacation"
 some form but not committed to
 any particular resolution.
 King: T am for straight, un-
 qualified repeal. l vote wet and
 drink dry"
 Dill: Supports platform for un- qualified repeal.
 Bratton: For re-submisison in
 Black: For re-submission in some form.
 Nicely: Non-committal. Senator Stephens is absent but
 is understood to favor submission
 of repeal with protection for dry
 states.
 N Drys Get Busy l Washington, Dec 9-CUP)-Dry 1 chieftains mustered their forces to- | day for a last-ditch fight against
 modification or repeal. While the House ways and means committee continued nasty hearings looking toward early re- storation of five cent beer," the Anti-Saloon league, most power | full prohibition organization, met here in national convention. F. Scott Mcbride, superinten- dent of the league, said the con- vention marked the greatest con- centration of prohibition strength since the dry laws were enacted. "We will have hundreds of the most capable prohibition workers in the country here" he said. "We realize we have hard fight. Many solutions will be discussed" After organizing their campaign in the convention, the dry leaders next week will ask the ways and means committee to reject Chair man Golfers bill to legalize light wines and beer.
 Chances of stopping the measure in committee, were regarded as slight based on the record vote on | the Garner repeal resolution, the committee is three to one anti | prohibitionists.
 l However, 1t was becoming in- creasingIy apparent from the atti- tude of members that the Collier bill will be drastically rewritten before presentation to the House. PaIatable Beer Washington, Dec 9-(UP)- Anti-prohibitionis voiced before the House ways and means com mittee to-day their major argus ment that Q palatable beer which would satisfy Americas thirst must have more alcohol in it than the 2.75 per cent proposed in the Collier bill.
 McCabe said that 2.75 per cent beer as tentatively proposed in the Collier bill must be considered the absolute minimum" Beer of that alcoholic content by weight, as we'll as beer of slightly higher alcoholic content Rs pro- posed by other brewery represen. tatiyes, would be notwithstanding in fact" he said.
 He said modification must be such a manner "as to discourage the illicit manufacturer and the bootlegger." The law should pro- vide for sale of beer by draught as we'll as bottle, he said. Discussing federal taxation, Me- Cabe said that considering the de- pression now on and the underpaid purchasing power of the people the , retention of the pre-prohibition tax of $6.0O0 per barrel would un- doubtedly result in smaller volume of beer sales and less revenue than would be produced by lower tax rate"
 "Realizing the condition of the | federal treasury, and the complex ity of the situation, we can only ask that the burden be not made so heavy that the brewing industry cannot carry it.
 The representative of the near beer producers placed his organiza- ton squarely behind the stand oi | many house members that the wine section of any modification measure should not be bound up with beer legislation. He said he did not believe the "non-intoxicating" beer legislation should be prejudiced by possible court decisions that naturally fer | mented wines are intoxicating in fact" and hence unconstitutional. McCabe predicted an annual federal beer revenue of $20O,OOO.- 900 on an estimate first year pro- duction of 14,000,000 gallons. ., Legalization of beer that could be sold at a nickel glass would I llCIcdCc SlAPAOJ AhOhS eNAAN RS SON~~~ significant new revenue, the com- mittee was told.
 Joseph DiIworth, of Pittsburgh representing a banking and indus trial subcommittee, set up at one
 of President Hoover's conferences told the committee beer legaliza- | tion would stimulate capital ex'
 penditure.
 He estimated Volstead act modifi-
 cation would mean capital expen' ditures.
 He estimated Volstead Act modi-
 fication would mean capital ex.
 penditure of between $40,000,O0(
 and $50,000,000 in the cities o
 New York, Milwaukee, St Louis
 and Pittsburgh alone.
 Dillworth told the committee
 which hopes to round modifi'
 cation bill into shape for house
 action next week. that indirect ex
 penditures as a result of a change
 in the Volstead Act would run over
 $150, 100000 in four cities.
 Railroads, steel mills, and mum
 erous other industries would b' aided, he said.
 Repr sentative Horr, republican Washington, asked immediat'
 modification but advised the com mittee to keep the beer tax, low
 Ito discourage the consumption O
 hard liquor."
 Edward Verdi, Hoboken, N. J. associated cooperage industry
 asked beer legalization on behal of his industry to stimulate bust } ness and employment. | Representative Amlie. republi