Evening star., 1933-02-20

| of the submission hereof to the St
ties of candidates for public office, re-
question
| DO you favor or oppose the legal
| lied liquor traffic and the saloon?'
! This will be the battle cry that will
| arouse the crusading spirit of the drys.
No surrender, no retreat, no COM
promise will be the slogan. The repeal
resolution seeks to restore the legalized
| liquor traffic would make certain the
| return of the saloon. and make difficult
| if not impossible the enforcement of
| State and local laws prohibiting the
| sale of intoxicating liquors"
Predicts Return Of Saloon.
Continuing the debate in the House,
Representative Nelson predicted that
under the provisions of the repeal
amendment The old saloon with all its
evils would return.
Representative Granfeld of Massa-
| chusetts, Democrat and wet, attacked
Mr.. Nelson and the drys, insisting that
the drys always kept quiet about the
| speakeasies.
In quick succession other members
of the House, vets and drys, were recog-
nized and spoke for a minute, or at the
most two.
Tarver of Georgia, Summers OF
Washington and Christopherson OF
South Dakota and Guyer of Kansas. all
drys, predicted the return of the saloon
| and strongly opposed the resolution
Among the vets who spoke were Boy
Ian of New York and Lichtenwalner
Of Pennsylvania.
Guyer of Kansas shouted: Every
Democrat and Republican in this House
| repudiates his party platform when he
votes for this resolution. He votes for
a return of the saloon.
boo, boo!" roared the vets as the
Speaker pounded for order.
II don't understand" continued Guy
er, this unholy alliance of the leader
ship of the Democrats and Republicans
in this body In support of this resolu-
ton. It is in defiance of and betrayal
of each party platform"
Declares History Being Made.
Representative Beck of Pennsylvania,
leader of the wet Republicans, told the
House It was making history today
For the first time we are giving the
people an opportunity by direct vote
to say whether they wish to amend
tllC SOllotitublOll, odi0 14l oSNh.
He declared that nothing more alb
horent than the eighteenth amend
ment to the men who wrote the Con-
stitution originally could have been
conceived Mr. Beck said that there
had been a movement on foot for years
to convert these United States into
United State" This movement, he
said, had its climax In the eighteenth
amendment, which denied to the people
the right to live their own lives.
Asks Wrong Undone.
I'VE are asking the American peo-
ple," he continued, Ito undo a wrong
which 10 years of experience have dem
onstrated to be an absolute failure"
Representative Dyer of Missouri, Re
publican wet, shouted to the House that
this proposed amendment was not
question of return of the saloon, but
of taking out of the Constitution the
eighteenth amendment. He insisted
that the States should always have had
the right to deal with the liquor traffic.
Cheers and boos greeted Representa-
tive Blanton of Texas when he took
the floor B1anton has been an un-
reconcilable dry for years. Blanton de-
manded that the drys hold that line"
He Rid that the mothers and fathers
of tie country today were calling upon
the House to hold that line"
Hold it" piped up a member from
the floor
Disregards interruption.
Mr.. Blanton, disregarding the inter-
ruption, began to read from a letter
that he said he had received this
morning.
"The letter says began Blanton.
Hold that line" suggested Repre-
sentative Sirovich OF New York, a wet
The House rocked with laughter. When
Blanton could continue, he read from
the letter which apparently was
threat against himself unless he voted
wet on this resolution. One sentence
from it said this is an ultimatum. Vote
right and keep your nose out Of pro-
hibition."
Lines formed outside the gallery
doors in the hope of vacancies among
the crowded seats.
Mrs. Henry Peabody and Mrs. Jesse
w. Nicholson, long prominent in pro-
hibition activities, sat in the section to
the right of the Speakers desk and not
far away was Rufus Lusk, of the Cru
saders, ti-prohibition organization.
The majority of the spectators were
women and they leaned forward as
Representatives strolled to their seats.
Conversation was liked the hum of a
great hive of bees.
Lights in the chamber were off and
the cloudy day outside produced the
aspect of twilight.
Row Precipitated.
During the speech of Representative
Eaton, Republican, of Colorado, advo-
eating an amendment, short row was
precipitated when Representative Brit
ten, Republican. Of Illinois, sought to
ask him a question.
Blanton shouted at Britten ''the gen.
tleman is out of order"
Sit down." Britten roared back
THE fight for repeal is not led by
the hierarchy of any church, it is led
by the lower -archy of all the churches, -
said Oliver, New York Democrat
For the resolution, Representative
SABBATH Democrat of Illinois, said
saloons are not authorized by it."
Representative Mary T. Norton, Dem
ocrat, New Jersey, said This is happy
day for me-"
Sees Better Conditions.
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