Evening star., 1933-12-05
j. 5. MAY RELEASE
MEDICINAL RUN
Officials Weigh Plan to In.
crease Supply and Ham,
per Bootleg Trade.
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ing that repeal has occurred and that
certain taxes imposed by the act will
cease the first of the year.
There will be no ceremony in connec-
ton with the signing and issuance OF
the proclamation.
Another proclamation by the Acting
Secretary of State will declare the new
amendment in effect.
Automatically this will terminate
Federal prohibition policing save to
protect dry States from liquor importa-
tions and leaves the States to deal as
they see fit with strong drink and at
tendant difficulties.
This reverse in national policy was
dictated by majority approaching
10000, 900 of more than 10000 900 votes
cast since Congress submitted the ques-
tior last February. Thirty-nine States,
housing SO per cent of the population,
have voted.
Carolinas Stand Pat.
Only two stood by the amendment,
about which such dispute has swirled in
latter years, despite the high hopes held
when all the States except Rhode
Island, New Jersey and Connecticut
ratified it in infancy. The two were
the Carolinas.
But that today was history, some
thing for the chroniclers along with the
many fabulous features of the dry years
since the war. Immediate interest
centered in those three routine. albeit
ceremonious, convention meetings which
hold promise of legal liquor this eve
ming, if the events take place as
planned. In the Presidents proclama-
ton that means tax relief January J.
in Washington and State regulatory
planning-and after that
Just as the almost unanimous ap-
proval of the eighteenth amendment
all, neither does the preponderant actlon
on lis rejection signal an END
Controversy now smouldering Will
crackle into open argument when the
6PD1f and H0u0t TfTDTn W WYE w
LIQUOR taxes and attempt to get model
control law for the Capital City. Varia-
tions of the arguments Will reoouno IN
far-flung legislative halls TINS WlnCer
even as now Henceforth, the old de-
bates in new patterns-poSsibly-are
likely to recur year after year
Many Questions to Be Answered.
There seems to be agreement on but
one thing now: There is no telling
what will happen. A feeling between
bevilderment and expectancy is ABROAD
a wonder "just what does repeal mean,
will dire dry predictions materlallze
vii, rosy wet visions be fulhlleo? Is
the speakeasy to go? Will drinking be
more or less fashionable? VIII tne
saloon return by another name? oo
II goes. with time alone to say.
Whatever the uncertainties, tnoss
who voted left no doubt where theS
stood Thirty three States before TO-
Gav had notified the State Department
OF repeal triumphs, Texas only yesIsI .
day. Until North and South Caroilila
voted, the story was everywhere the
samegenerally by staggering margins
Prohibition strongholds IN NE" Ens
land, South and West gave way oe.oa
anti prohibition advances SO mliitaht o.
beverages dating we'll back into the last
century Now the organized drys are
reshaping their lines and say the COM,
hat will 90 on. Wet organizations III
some instances are disbandlng.
Utah SO long considered impregnaoie
for the drvs. made 1t point to nave lI'
convention be the thirty-slXth ana oe'
cisive one. II the other two conVen'
tions meeting today were going 7. u
dilly-dally for delay to get the "nonor
or ..plory." then Utah would go them
enc better and dilly-dally. too
Utah Delays Final Action.
Assurances we're given in Pennsyi'
yania and Ohio that they would proceed
.s per schedule, but-taking no chances
the Utah i-prohibitionists hao
their final action put off instead Oh
going ahead in the afternoon as had
been expected. 4
Phillips had sent along word to ON
rials in all three that quick mes
sage to him would be welcomed IN oroe
to speed the repeal proclai1latioIi. ~,
torney General Cummings ruling Was
that repeal took effect the moment the
thirtv-sixth convention wound up Its
business, but fast work on the message
was wanted Just the same to make re-
neal the more regular" by proclama-
ton.
When the Maine convention acts TO-
morrow. it will be the thirty-seventh tc
approve repeal. -
States which have not yet had
popular vote on the issue now foreclosec
are Georgia Kansas, Louisiana, M1ssls-
sippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Ia
k0la, Oklahoma and South Dak0ta.
Latest compilations show 2O,813,2 2os
votes have been cast, with l5,279,2lt
favoring repeal and 5,533,992 against.
1t must be remembered, however. tha'
these votes were not on the Wet-orI
controversy as such. out only on reten-
tion of the Federal constitutions
method Of control Even with repeal
the majority of the States are listed a.
dry
This situation has been changing, a
State administrations and legislature!
gWent2athree anounn so neSf noW or Wit Within IN shor
time probably WILL allow uduOr. Win |
variety of methods set up to license
and otherwise control sales.
States are watching to see what sue
cess attends the differing ventures, with
view to profiting from each other
benefits and mistakes.
Federal Control Dy Codes.
The Roosevelt administration, mean
while, after strenuous repeal efforts, ha
committed itself to the principle Of Fed
eral control by means of codes unde
the agricultural adjustment act. A
though envisaging a swing back of tn
repeal tide and getting ready to cop
with it. administration lieutenants hav
given the distilling and related indus
tries far less leeway than optimists il
their ranks had hoped for-and hav
given the impression that there will
no important relaxationS.
As on yesterday, President Roosevelt
today looked to his Cabinet triumvirat
of Secretaries Morgenthau and Wallao
and Attorney General Cummings fC
assurances of official adjustment to tn
new amendment. with a minimum
unsettlement and unpreparedness.
He had the duty OF proclaiming tf
date of repeal with the accompanyir
eventual effect of replacing certal
certain Federal taxes of over $4,000
900 a year. with increased levies @
liquor to make up that sum.
1t was Morgenthau's task to get reac
q ren0rt m the tax Situ tj0,, IN, Oeper