Evening star., 1933-01-13
SENATORS MODIFY
HOUSE BEER BILL
TO INCLUDE WINE
AIcoholic Content Reduced to
3.05 Per Cent by Judi
ciary Group.
TAX CLAUSE is LEFT
AT SIS PER BARREL
Results of British Parliament Study
Taken in Arriving at Figure
on Strength.
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
A modification Of the House beer bill
was agreed upon today by a committee
OF Senators, to provide 3o5 per cent
brew instead of 80 per cent and also
to allow wines
The House bill was draStically re-
written to make it alright against con-
stitutional objections.
The committee now will report TO the
full Judiciary Committee, which must
pass on the proposition before it reaches
the Senate.
The new alcoholic content represents
SO per cent by volume as compared
with the House fgure of 4 per cent by
volume.
: Definition Is Avoided
The committee attempted to remove
constitutional objections by avoiding
definition Of what constitutes an in
toxicating beverage. but limiting the
penalties of the volstead act to those
beverages above sos per cent alcononc
content.
Senator Walsh, Montana Democrat,
explained the subcommittee adopteo
this percentage because it had been ar
rived at after scientific study by o
commission appointed by the British
Parliament as Notwithstanding.
The language of the change in the
new proposal to limit penalties to oev-
erage above 305 per cent. follows:
"NothinQ in the national prohipitlon
act as amended and supplemented snali
annlv to any OF the following, or 70 any
AT ar failure to act in respect OF any
of tf,e following containing more tnan
ans per cent by alcohol by weight:
Beer. ade. porter, wine, similar lels
rnented malt or vinous liquor or iruis
juices"
Tax Clause Untouched-
The subcommittee left untouched the
<,arse of the House bill taxing beer at
S5 q barrel, and it viii apply to all the
LIQUORS permitted under the Dill.
Chairman Blaine, announcing lne
subcommittee's action, salo ue Hvm ts,n
draft would be submitted 10 tle ,,ar iun
judiciary Committee at us regular
piai,9e,s subcommittee Is the one
which recently drafted the prohibltion
repeal resolution now pending peiore
H,aine intends to make an effort 70
brinp that resolution up Wltnn the
Meanwhile the Republican wet bloc
an the House took emphatic exceptlon
10 the provisions OF the Senate repeal
amendment which would give the Gov
eminent power to control reIail us
tribution OF liquor. x,, ot
Representative Beck, Repupncah, ol
Pennsylvania, chairman, salo we. ~
ruhIicans in the House would oppose
fhe amendment. If it reached there con-
taininr the controverted sectlon.
Sneaker Garner and several other
nemocracs have said the measure olo
mot conform to the Democratic plat-
form. 49,, ,,ro,,,,
were not present for adoption OF the
resolution. but Beck said those VINO
did attend were unanimous in their
opposition. ,,,,o., n.. gro,,n believes
that any repeating amendment snoulo
fully vindicate the principle OF local
self government and should not contain
any police power in the Federal Gov
ernment to regulate or prohibit the
meJIlOQS Ol lCtdA NA0SA A~~SN
toxicating liquors.
This would perpetuate the evils OF
the present prohibition system ano
would not restore local self government
to the States.
this group the right, If the Senate
resolution should come before the
House Of Representatives in its present
form. to determine for himself how he
should vote, it is the consensus OF this
group that this compromise OF the
principle of local self government
should not be accepted by the House oi
Representatives"
Hoover Veto Expected.
Strong, Democratic support is back
of the beer bill, which the party has
made an integral part Of its budget
balancing program.
President Hoovers views have moi
been announced, but his friends or
Capitol Hill are confident he would veto
the bill
The subcommittee also redrafted the
permit provisions of the Volstead act
repeating them and rewriting them te
permit the manufacture OF beer anc
wine above sos per cent, provided tney
ere reduced before sale to that hgure
or whatever alcoholic content Is per-
mitted by State law.
Senator Walsh, explaining the actor
Of the committee in changing the alco-
holic limit to sos per cent, said:
"a commission appointed by tht
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