Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1932, Page 5

REPEAL PUT AHEAD “OF DRIVE FOR BEER Congressional Leaders Lean to Procedure, Though Snell Favors Longer Study. Senator, the people are entitled to have this question of prohibition put up to them and he i5 prepared to vote for a resolution so doing. Senator Fess of Ohio, Republican, Discuss Dry Who has been a strong supporter of pro- hibition, said that he preferred to vote | for a resolution following the lines of | the Republican national platform. per- | mit:'ng States to go wet, but outlawing he = 1 pledging the protection | which wish to remain dry neighbos, Peozlx's Right Supported. | Whether Senator Fess would vote for | 8 resclution merely submitting the ques- tion of cutright repeal, he did not sa):‘ He is keeping an open mind on that | question, he said. But he added that the | argument,_the people were entitled to a | vote on the question had much weight | with him. Senator Borah of Idaho, Republican, and opponent of repeal of the eighteenth | amendment, has insisted that in a short s2esion of Congress, like the com- ing ssssion, it would be impossible to dispose of such controversial questions for lack of time. Hewever, there sezms to b: much determination on the part of Senatcrs to get rid of this liquor problem as quickly as possible. Many of the Dem- ocratic Senators zre adverse to a spe- cial session of the new Congress imme- diately after President-elect Roosevelt | takes his place in the White House. | They feel that if they can dispose of | the prohibition issue at the short ses- ion, it will be a big step toward post- | ing a call of Congress next Spring. Speaker Garner (right) and Representative Snell THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 27, 1932—PART ONE. BEER BY BOTTLE OR BY GLASS WORRIES CONGRESS BACKERS Law Repéal; Republican, of New York, leaders of both parties in the House, pictured as they discussed prospects of a Dzce er 6. Congress can provide for the election of Stite consiiiuticnal conv pass on the propcsad amendi Constitution, there is an opinion among { members of Congress that it would be better to leave to the Legislatures of the States the duty of providing for these constitutional conventions. A large number of State Legislatures, some 44 as a matter of fact, are to meet next January and would be-in a position to Most of the Democrats in the House | act promptly if the Congress should put | #nd Senate in this Congress are to be | through a repeal o revision resolution. | owdown, vote on prchibiticn repeal on the opening day of Congress, —A. P. Phoio. BYRNS ANNOUNCES FOR SPEAKERSHP A F.LYETTOAGT Committees to Begin Report- ing Tomorrow at Cincin- nati Session. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, November 26—The! fifty-second annual convention of the American Federation cf Labor, with its major problems yet to be m:t, com- pleted its first week of work today. The shorter work-week, considered one of the most important subjects cf | the convention, has been discussed sev- | eral times, but definite action on| methods to bring it into being remain | to be taken. Having rejected a resolution to seek a constitutional amendment for a five- | day week end six-hour day, committc studying the matter are expected to be- gin reporting Monday. Opinion was expressed by some | speakers, when the resolution was re- Jected, that the aim could be attained “most practicably by direct co-operation between union labcr and employers.” ‘To alleviate effects of the depression on labor, the federation plans to in- tensify its campaign urging buyers to seek union label products. No time was lost in expressing, through a resolution, | union opposition to a general sales tax. | Speakers called this form of revenue “a move to soak the poor.” As for compulory unemployment in- surance, cmphasized by President Wil- | fam Green as of top-ranking impor- tance along with short:r work-week pro- posals, that :ubject hes been discussed |only in formal addre:ses. During the | week resoiutions were adopted favoring unionizing chain store employes and laundry workers. BEER UNDER 4 PER CENT UNWISE, BUSCH ASSERTS Brew for Working Man Without Legal Restrictions As if alcoholic content and amount of tax were not problems enough to plague beer enthusiasts in Congress, there is looming larger than ever the perplcxing question of whether it should be sold by the bottle or by the glass. is_the saloon. With both political parties on record against the saloon, drafters of pro- posed legislation are wracking their brains to find a way of dispensing legalized brew without invoking reccg- nized evils of the saloon. ‘This will be one of the major puzzles to be tackled this week by modifica- tionists in the House who are on the “Executive Commiltee” of the wet bloc. Leaders of this bloc are Representative John J. O'Connor, Democrat, of New York and Representative James M Beck, Republican, of Pennsylvania. In' the minds of this group lies & joint determination to protect “the in- terests of the working man,” whose thirst for beer is represented as over- powering. No Time for Red Tape. ‘The average working man, it is ar- gued by his champions, has neither the money nor the time to spend in un- tangling red tape surrounding his legal b2er. Bottled beer, they hold, is all right for the rich man who likes to quench his thirst at the club, but the poor man wants a quick g for lunch, and he doesn't want to go home or to & club to drink it. “We are going to try and give the working man his glass of beer without bringing back the saloon,” it was ex- plained yesterday at the office of one member of the wet bloc. “How this can be done will be discussed at a confer- ence of beer advocates in the next few days.” So far the saloon question has been | somewhat ignored in the rapid develop- | At the bottom of this question ! Is at Bottom. relish beer, but fear return of the saloon evil. It would be extremely difficult, they declare, to draw a line fine enough to separate over-the-counter sales, for instance, from over-the-bar “beer par- lor” business. If the soda fountain is to be permitted to dispense beer on tap, | they ask, would not the correr drug store become the modery-day saloon? The saloon question is closely bound up in all proposals for repeal of the cighteenth amendment, too. The Glass anendment contains a provision against the saloon. but it appears that this measure will be repleced by some other if the plan for first-day consideration of repeal is carried througi, as Senator Glass is said to have indicated he wishes his amendment sent back to committee for revision. It was this proposed amendment that Senator | Glass accused the Republican National Convention of appropriating for’ its | platform. | " Congressional leaders are maklag no | claims that a repeal amendment can be rushed through Congress without a Istruggle. They recognize the I that | the demand for some safeguard against | the saloon is likely to result im pro- longed debate, perticipated in even by those who favor prompt repeal. Meanwhile they find themselves e!most lost in a maze of discussions chout percentages by volume and per- centages by weight and revenue taxes and State rights and recognized evils of the old era. PREFERS SALOON TO U. S. | ENGAGING IN RUM TRADE Dr. A. J. Barton Is Doubtful Con- gress Will Modify Volstead Act. Bankhead, Declining to Run, | ments with regard to repeal and modi- on re-election. If they are to abide | y their platform pledges in the next | Congress it would seem reasonable to| suppose they would do so in the present | Congress. sembem of the next Congress, having | | Filibuster One Possibility. Whether Senator Borah could organ- fze the progressive Republicans, includ- ing Brookhart of Iowa, an ardent dry, into a filibuster to prevent a vote on the liquor measure at the short session 4s a question. If the progressives un- dertook such a filibuster it probably ‘would be because they wished to force a ] session of the new Congress in Spring. Some of them assuredly would vote for submission of a repeal gesolution if they acted on the merits of the question. The form the resolution attacking the eighteenth amendment takes may | be important. The Democratic platform calls for a straight-out repeal amend- ment to the Constitution. The Repub- lican platform does not ask repzal, but revision of the eighteenth amendment. Senator Carter Glass submitted to the Senate in the last session a resolution ‘which, though it calls for repeal 8f the eighteenth amendment, like the Repub- licen platform, places a constitutional ban on the saloon and gives the Fed- eral .Government authority to protect the dry States from wet inyasions. This rescluiion was taken up for considera- tion in the Senate on the last day of the session, July 16, by a votz of 37 to | 21, with 38 Senators not voting. I is to be presumed that all the Senators who voted to take up the Glass resolu- ion at the time would vote for its paciege. The list of Senators not | volinz on the motion to take u th: | resgjution includes an overwhelming | number believes certain to vote for its passage or the pessage of a straight- cut repzal resolution. Giass Measure on Calendar. ‘This Glass resolution is on the Sen- ate calendar and may be taken up by & majority vote at any time the Senate desires. No action the first day of the session is likely, as the Senate follows precedent and will adjourn almost im- mediately after appointing a commit- tee to inform the President that the Benate has assembled. It will listen to the President’s me the second day then it has the Philippine inde- dence bill as a special order there- . _Senator McNary believes that this bill can be d of by the of the week and thus clear the way | the Glass or some other resolu-| . ‘There have been hints that Glass | ht like his resolution to go to a| ittee and there have it perfected ore it is voted on in the Senate. ht delay considerably the ac- | of the Senate. | If the House, however, sends over resolution dealing with the eighteenth endment, Senator McNary said he in favor of having that House | lution taken up promptly in the| te and acted upon. | President Hoover may have some- | thing to say in his annual message to the Congress on the subject of prohi- bition. He took a decided stand on the matter in his speech accepting the residential nomination, supporting the Since a_constitutional emendment is proposed by Congress cnly by a two- thirds vote in both houses, the President has no veto power over a constitutional | amendment. It is obvious that if two- thirds vote for the submission of an | amendment to the Constitution, a presi- | dential veto could not be sustained,| since it can be overridden by a two- thirds vote of the Congress. The principal point at issue between the Republicans and the Democrats seems to be whether a constitutional amendment repealing the eighteenth amendment should ban the saloon. The Democrats in their platform declared | against a return of the saloon, but pro- pose to leave the matter to the States. Some of the Democrats, however, be- lieve that it would be far easier to bring about ratification of the proposed repezl amendment if a bar is raised against the saloon in the amendment. Brewers to Meet Here. Meanwhile a committee representing | brewers was summoned to meet here’| this week to dreft a report to be sub- mitted to the House Ways and Means Committee when it opens hearings December 7 on a bill to modify the Volstead act. This committee was selected by the trustees of the United States Brewers’ Association and _includes Col.' Jacob Ruppert of New York, R. A. Huber of | St. Louis. T. C. Haffenreffer. Boston; Fred Pabst, Milwaukee; JuliuS Lieb- mal Brooklyn; Edward A. Schmidt, Phi'adelphia: R. J. Schafer, New York, and possibly Adophus Busch of the Anheuser-Busch Co., St. Louis. In St. Louis yesterday August A. Busch, prominent brewer, in a letter to members of Congress, urged legalization of beer of at least 4 per cent alcohol by volume, saying that any product with | any less alcoholic content “will fail to be accorded that response necessary to again popularize legal beer.” ‘William L. Goetz of Chicago, presi- dent of the Associated Producers of Cereal Beverages, also sent a letter to Congressmen, saying that a score of breweries now making near beer “unan- imously recommend an alcaholic content of 2.75 per cent by weight (3.44 per cent by volume),” because, he added, it was non-intoxicating in fact. “These men would like the new act so formed.” Geetz said, “as to discour- age the illicit manufacturer and the beotlegger and guarantee a pure, health- ful. non-intoxicating beer which can be sold through the ordinary channels of distributicn now in use for near beer.” DRY CAUSE IMPAIRED SERIOUSLY, SAYS BOARD| Big Beer Trade Declared Possibil- ity by Methodist Clipsheet—Ex- pects Reaction, However. | By the Associated Press. | | The weekly Clipsheet of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and | Public Morals, issued last night, said it| Declares He Will Support McDuffie. By the Associated Press The contest for the speakership in the next Congress was intensified yes- terday by the announced candidacy of Representative Joseph W. Bymns of Tennessee and a statement by Repre- sentative William B. Bankheed that he would support his Alabama colleague, Representative John McDuffie. The Democratic floor leader, Repre- sentative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, and Representative John E. Rankin of Mississippi, chairmen of the Veterans' Committee, previously entered the field. “I will be & candidate,” Byrns, chair- man of the powerful Appropriations Committee, said. He did not amplify the statement. Bankhead Makes Statement. McDuffie, party whip, and Bankhead, ranking member on the important Rules Committee, both have been considered by their colleagues as contenders. Mc- Duffie has not yet announced formally. “I shall support the candidacy of my friend and colleague, Representative John McDuffie of Alabama, and do what I can,” Bankhead said, “to se- cure his election.” “Many of my colleagues in the House have very kindly tendered me their sup- port for the speakership of the Seventy- third Congress,” Bankhead added. “I am deeply gratefu! for that assurance of their respect and confidence. How- ever, for reasons I feel justify me in so deciding, I will not be a candidate for Speaker.” Other Possible Candidates. Several other possible contenders are Representatives O'Connor of New York, Greenwood of Indiana, and Warren of North Carolina. Represertative Arnold of Tlinols, chairman ‘of the party caucus, said the 313 members-elect to the next House would be assembled probably after next xnch 4 to select a speakership nom- ee. Speaker Garner will become Vice President on March 4. Because of the overwhelming Democratic majority in the next House, Representative Snell of New York, Republican leader, will have no chance to be elected. He was the candidate against Garner in the pres- ent Congress. BINGHAM URGES BEER AT 3.2 OR 3.5 WEIGHT | Would Be Tasty and Not Intoxicat- | ing as Accepted by Consti- tution, He Says. Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, one of the leading pro- ponents of beer legislation, urged yes- would “be idle to deny” that the polit-| terday that the alcoholic content be Brewer Thinks It Would Encour- age Continuance of Bootlegging and Racketeering. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, November 26 —August A. Busch, a prominent St. Louis brewer, in a lefter today to members of Con- gress, urged legalization of beer of at | least 4 per cent alcohol by volume. | "“Any products under 4 per cent will | fail to be accorded that response neces- sary again to popularize legal beer,” he said. “It would be barren of that ap- peal that constitutes it an inviting and | palatable drink—would encourage the | continuance of bootlegging, racketeer- ing and smuggling—would foster the | trade of the alley brewery.” Busch sald 4 per cent beer is non- | intoxicating. A beer of 2.75 per cent, | he said, “would place the breweries in | the position of offering a substitute,” and he predicted that such beer “would be rejected by the masses of our people, who want and are demanding a beer in | all respects satisfying, and that will, so to say, furnish that warmth, satis- faction and contentment that a mild stimulant like a good, wholesome beer supplies.” DRY LAW WEAKENING | OPPOSED BY-METHODISTS North Georgia Conference Refuses to Say How Members Should Vote, However. | By the Associated Press. | ATLANTA, November 26.—Deter- mined opposition to any effort for weak- ening the eighteenth amendment was expressed today by the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, but it refused to say how its members should vote on pro- hibition. The stand was taken in the adoption of the Temperance and Social Service Board's report, but a clause to classify those who vote for modification or re- peal as “enemies of prohibition” and oppose them at the polls was rejected. Another clause of the original re- port that met defeat called on mem- bers of the conference to pay personal | visits to their Congressmen and legis- | lators and urge them to support the | prohibition laws. |7 'In place of that, a modified clause was adopted asking that Georgia Con- | gressmen be advised of the confer- ence attitude, with the request that they use their influsnce against legali- zation of beer, wine, whisky or any al- coholic beverage. INSISTS ON BEER SALES Hotel Employes’ Alliance Also Hits Overtaxation. The Hotel and Restaurant Employes’ Alliance, Local 781, is preparing to | fight any effort to prevent the sale of beer in hotels and restaurants if the beverage is legalized, it was said in a fication of the past week. Legislative drafting experts have been instructed to prepare a beer bill that does not specify percentage of alcohol or amount of tax, leaving these decisions to com- mittees. Nothing was said, apparently, about regulation of the sale of beer. ‘The attitude of most of the leaders on this question probably was sum- marized in a declaration yesterday by Speaker Garner that the saloon prob- lem was “a creek we don't have to cross till we get to it.” He was replying to & question by a newspaperman as to what safeguard against the saloon would be contained in the proposal of the Democratic leadership of the House for immediate repeal of the -eighteenth amendment. Urges Repeal Vote First. ‘The Speaker reiterated his belief that | the whole beer question was one that, in the “natural course” should not come up until Congress has had an op- portunity to vote on outright repeal. With the question of what will be done about the eighteenth amendment out of | the way, concerted attention can be given to beer legislation, he explained. Beer bills in the past have been di- vided into three general classes. First, there were those which merely sought to | amend the Volstead act by raising the allowable alcoholic limit, with no re- striction as to method of sale. A sec- ond group raised the alcoholic limit and restricted sale to original containers for consumption in the home or places other than the place of purchase. The third class raised the alcoholic content so that wet States, by appropriate legis- lative or other action, could provide for manufacture and distribution of the legalized product. The ‘“original container” restriction was aimed, of course, at the salooh. where most of the profits were derived from the sale of beer on draught—from the bung. A saloon, however resplend- ent with mahogany bar, foot rail, free lunch and “art,” could never be & suc- cess with bottled beer that could not be imbibed on the spot. One of the latest suggestions - for amendment of the Volstead act has been made by a local attorney, Nathal B. Williams, in a letter to Senator Tyd- ings, Democrat, of Maryland, who is a champion of the wet cause. The at- torney proposes that Government con- | trol be restricted to “distilled and forti- fied liquors,” leaving such products of | “nalure” as beer and win3s free frcm interference. Tydings is said to approve this plan. He is preparing a liquor bill for early introduction, but whether it embraces such a scheme is not known. Some wets have advocated sale of bottled or draught beer in restaurants with regular meals as a means of cir- cumventing the saloon, but here, again, no provision is made for the workman who carries his lunch box, or, for that matter, for the man in the bread line.® Smacks of Barroom. Draught beer, on the other hand, smacks too much of the barroom of Volstead days to suit those who By the Associated Press. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., November 26. —Dr. A. J. Barton, known for his work with national prohibition organizations, said today he was ‘“not much con- cerned whether the saloon comes back if the liquor traffic comes back” as he “would prefer the saloon to having the gm‘ernment engage in the liquor traf- His statement was made before the North Carolina Conference of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South. “I do not believe Congress will modify the Volstead act,” Dr. Barton said, “but if it does legalize anything intoxicating in fact, the Supreme Court would not uphold it.” BAZAAR TO BE HELD |Sodality Union Will Sponsor Three-Day Event. The Sodality Union will hold a three- day bazaar beginning tomorrow at Car- rofl Hall, 924 G street. 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