The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-06
DUE AS
SENATE BEGINS
LIQUOR STUDY
Committee Promises Close
Scrutiny of Bills
Provisions.

The state administration liquor
control bill, approved Monday by
the House of Representatives after
fierce battle, this afternoon faced
another bitter attack in the In
diana Senate.
Possibility of considerable revision
of the measure by the Senate was
revealed by Senator Walter S.
Chambers ID. Newcastle), member
of the public policy committee which
is studying the bill,
The committee this afternoon will
hold a closed meeting at which pro-
posed amendments will be discussed
Meanwhile the Senate recessed until
10 tomorrow when the committee
report probably will be ready.
Tooth Combed, He Says
1--WE have a fine group Of attor-
neys in this Senate and they have
been devoting lot of study to the
bill" said Senator Chambers.
1--WE are going over it with fine
tooth comb. One point that the
committee noticed at the public
hearing last night was that there
were few constructive suggestions.
Almost without exceptions the per-
sons who appeared were activated
by selfish interests" the Senator
declared.
The Senate approved Weiss bill,
which would have allowed only at
torneys to appear before boards and
commissions was killed in the House
by indefinite postponement.
Reps. Carl Woodland Cd, Michi-
gan City and Joseph A. Andrew
(R., Lafayette) called the bill
vicious"
Wage Bill Advanced
The House advanced a bill to re-
quire payment of prevailing wages
on public works contracts,
Rep. Justin Roberts (Rep., No
bleSville) urged indefinite postpone
ment. He said approval of the
bill would amount to a reputation
of the policies of the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration.
The prevailing wage" dispute in
Congress, however, relates only to
wages paid on work relief projects.
Both houses recalled, for minor
corrections, the Dyer State-NRA
bill which has been on Gov. Nc
Nuts desk for signature.
The Senate dealt death-blow to
the Webb bill which would have re-
pealed the 1888 law giving Marion
County one-half the revenue COL
lected for motor licenses.
Approve Legal Bill
With only one dissenting vote the
House approved a bill to allow
judges and county prosecutors to
comment on a defendants failure
to testify in his own behalf in
criminal cases.
The triple license system and the
proposed excise taxes were at
tackled by representatives of the
hard liquor and beer wholesalers
alliance, at last nights Senate hear
ing on the liquor control bill
L. E, York, Indiana Anti-Saloon
League superintendent, asked an
amendment prohibiting retail out
let's within 300 feet of church or
school. The local boards may de-
eide this question under the pres
ent draft.
Senator Jesse E. Wade Cd, Mt.
Vermont, strenuously objected to the
sale of hard liquor by the drink.
BootIegging Is Cited
''We have been talking about dol
lars and cents and have failed to
consider the souls of the people or
the corruption Of our YOUTH" he de-
clared.
Senator William B. James d.,
New Albany, in reply to Senator
Wade, charged the older genera
ton with responsibility for prohibi-
ton evils.
The bootlegger is the one who
ruined the younger generation" he
said.
ut is better to have a drink at
the bar than a drink from flask in
a parked automobile. My gener-
alton has suffered from the dam
nable laws that tried to legislate
our morals" Senator James added.