Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1933, Page 5

ROOSEVELT URGED TOVED BEERBL Conference of Drys Holds Signing of Measure Would Violate Constitution. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt was told that he | could not sign the 3.2 per cent beer bill | without violating the Constitution, in a letter made public last night by the National Conference of Organizations | Supporting the Eighteenth Amendment. | %8¢ The group urged a veto. “The bill was not designed as a meas- ure for prohibition enforcement, but to raise revenue,” the letter sald. “It is based upon the false legislative premise | of seeking to legtlize the maximum amount of alcohol in a beverage not actually intoxicating, which is some- thing physically and scientifically im- | possible of accomplishment, since alco- | hol affects no two individuals alike. | Percentage Fixed by Brewers. | “The percentage fixed in the bill is | that recommended by the represent- | atives of the brewing trade as the amount which would afford the largest volume of sales and result in the great- | est amount of revenue to the Govern- | ment."” | The communication was signed by F. Scott McBride, general superintendent | of the Anti-Saloon League of America, | and Edward B. Dunford, its attorney: | Ella A. Boole, president of the National | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and Izora Scott, the legislative repre- sentative; Clarence True Wilson. gen- eral secretary of the Methodist Board | Many States THE EVENING Restrict Beer Only 14 Free to Sell Brew Within 15 Days After Passage of Bill—Action Some Include Certain Localities. By the Associated Press. ‘There are only 14 States in which beer can be sold unrestricted as soon as the Federal Government legalizes it, which will be 15 days after President Roosevelt's signature to the 3.2 per cent bill. In others a varied situation exists. In some beer can be sold after a speci- fled time: in some it can be sold in certain localities; in others proposed action to license or regulate the bever- ge is pending. In still others—at least 10 States—neither has there been repeal of prohibition laws nor is official action pending toward licensing beer. The 14 in which beer can be sold immediately after United States legali- MEXICO WILL FIGHT FOR U. S. BEER TRADE Sonora Brewers Request Aid of Government Against Legalized Beverage. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, March 21.—A battle of beer is brewing on the border. Sonora brewing interests have solic- ited the co-operation of Gov. Rudolpho Elias Calles to combat competition of legalized beer in the United States. In- Pending in Others and | zation are: Arizona, California. Illinois, | Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, | Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, | Pennsylvania, Washington and Wiscon- | sin. In North Dakota beer can be sold after July 1, in West Virginia after | June 9 and in Wyoming after May 18, | contingent on legalization by the Fed- eral Government. Maryland and Dela- | ware laws permit sale in certain parts |of the States. Some States have re- pealed their prohibition laws, but will not permit beer sales until control |laws have been passed. In others that | have passed repealers, beer can be sold | without such control legislation. Many States have licensing or control pro- posals pending. REPEAL CONVENTION BILLS ARE OFFERED "'Dry" Measure Urges Delegates’ Apportionment Same as Ten- nessee Legislators. | By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 21.—Two | bills calling for conventions to vote on | | prohibition repeal, one characterized by its authors as a “dry” bill and the other as a bill “just for resubmission.” were introduced last night in both houses of the Tennessee Legislature. The so-called “dry” bill, which Sen- formation here today was that the ator Walter Franklin said had the of Temperance, Prohibition and Public | Morals: Bishop James Cannon, jr. | Sonora chief executive will undertake chairman of the Board of Temperance |a tax-reduction plan in furtherance of and Social Service of the Methodist | a campaign to undersell the American Episcopal Church South, and Eugene | product. L. Crawford, the general secretary: Wil- Beer brewed in Sonora is of higher liam Sheafe Chase, general superintend- | alcoholic content than the beverage to ent of the International Reform Fed- |be legalized in the United States by the eration, and Edwin C. Dinwiddie, super- |bill which is expected to go to Presi- intendent of the National Temperance | Bureau. 3.2 Held Intoxicating. Saying President Roosevelt in his|Charles Kiesselbach, brewing company | bill for a special election to select dele- message to Congress recommended legal- ization of the beverages “of such alco- | holic content as is permissible under' the Constitution.” the organization added that “eminent scientists” had testified to congressional committees | that 3.2 per cent beer is intoxicating. Among those quoted were Dr. Walter R. Miles, professor of psychology at Yale, and the late Dr. rdarvey W. Wiley, for years chief chemist of the Agricul- ture Department. The “Sixty-fifth Congress whica sub- mitted the eighteenth amendment,” the Jetter continued, “by record vote in both | branches rejected amendments which | declared, “in our opinion, will not be | | acceptable to beer drinkers. would have had the effect of exempting beer from the prohibitioa of that | article | “The investigation of the brewing in- terests in 1918 by a Sendte committee showed that the brewing industry bit- terly opposed the prohibiticn amend- ment with the belief that the eighteenth amendment was intended ‘o prohibit beer and was not designed to grant to that industry a monopoly of the liquo: traffic, and certainly the advocates of the eighteenth amendment so under- stood it. “The bill passed by Congress does not in terms deciare beer of this alcoholic content to be non-intoxicating, but seeks through indirect methods of with- drawing criminal penaities from its manufacture and sele to defeat or thwart the purpose of the first section of the amendment which the Suprems Court of the United States declared Congress could nov do."” Howard Attacks Bill. ‘The constitutionalily of the beer bill also was attacked last night in an open letter to the President from Clinton N. Howard, chairman of the National United Committee for Law Enforcement. | He said the measure, as passed. “ex- | ceeds your recommendation and the| provision of the Demccratic platform as ‘of such alcoholic content as is per- missible under the Constitution.”” He saild Mr. Roosevelt had captured the support of the Nation, but that signing of the bill “will Jcse to you that | needed united confidence and support and prove a moral affron: to the Chris- | tian population of the ion.” dent Roosevelt today. “Brewing interests of Mexico are not going to give up the beer business on the border without a fight,” said official. upon his return from Hermo- sillo, Sonora state capital. “And when we say fight, we mean exactly that.” Saloon _operators were discussing plans, to become effective jointly with proposed tax reductions. that would re- | | duce the price of hard liquors in Sonora | and further counteract the competition of 32 per cent beer in the United States, along with a reduction of “over the bar” beer prices. Beer purchased by tourists in Nogales, Sonora, for a long time sold at 15 cents a glass, or two glasses for 25 cents. The United States beer, Kiesselbach The al- coholic content of Sonora beer is 4 per cent.” Sonora saloons now pay high taxes to the government for licenses to oper- ate, in addition to the manufacturers’ tax on beer. OHIO MAY GET BEER, BUT NO BRASS RAILS State Guards Against Return to Saloon, Amending Bill. By the Associated Press. Senate Committee COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 21.—Ohio | may have the foam, the stein and even the pretzel with her 3.2 beer, but no brass rail. ‘The Special Beer Committee of the Sepate has decreed there shall be no return of the cpen saloon in Ohio and has amended the Ackerman liquor con- trol bill accordingly. ‘The decree carries with it a pro- vision that beer to be drunk on the premises may only be sold in bona fide hotels, restaurants and clubs and in them only at tables. There is no in- hibition against sawdust on the flcor. Neither house of the Legislature has approved the measure, immediate en- actment of which Gov. George White asked in a special message prepared for | delivery tod: OUR DAIRY PRODUCTS lend themselves perfectly LENTEN DISHES backing of the Tennessee Anti-Saloon League, provides for a convention of 99 delegates apportioned in the same man- | ner as the 99 Representatives in the | Legislature. The other calls for 63 delegates to! be selected from the State at large. Under this plan the election ballots would contain the names of 63 dele- gates for repeal, 63 against and 63 with | no_opinions expressed. | " 'November 7 was fixed in the “dry" | gates to a_convention to be held in | Nashville December 17. ~ue other bill provides for the elec- tion of delegates at a Statewide elec- tion on June 22. the convention to be | held here July 12. MICHIGAN DRYS LOSE | FIGHT ON REPEAL VOTE Effort to Block Election of Con- Lost Be- fore Supreme Court. vention Delegates By the Associated Press. ! LANSING. Mich, March 21.—The | Michigan Supreme Court today denied a petition to restrain the secretary of | State from certifying for election April '3. the names of delegates to a State | convention to act on the proposed re- peal of the eighteenth amendment. The petition, filed by the Michigan Allied Forces, a dry organization, chal- | lenged the constitutionality of the man- | ner in which delegates to the conven- | tion were nominated. By action of the | State Legislature a wet and dry can- didate for delegate to the convention were named in each legislative district! | by the county clerk, probate judge and prosecuting attorney. ‘The convention is to be held April 10. 250,000 BEER CASES GIVES DAY-NIGHT WORK By the Associated Press. NATCHEZ, Miss., March 21.—The plant of the Naticnal Box Co. here has started work on rush orders for | 250,000 cases for bottled beer. These orders will keep the plant busy day and | night for two months, and it is stated that prospective orders for beer cases will be sufficient to insure day and ! night operation at capacity for a year and a half. The immediate effect will be the lling back to work of about 300 men. | to STAR, WASHI MANY MARYLAND AREAS ‘BONE DRY Eleven Counties, Under Pres- ent Laws, Prohibit Sale “of Beer. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., March 21.—De- spite the fact that Maryland is given great credit for inaugurating the move against prohibition and legalization of beer, even the proposed 3.2 per cent beer cannot be sold in nearly half of the “Free State” as 10 of its 23 counties are “bone dry.” Ten counties forbid the sale of liquor and place rigid restrictions on its im- portation for individual consumption, The laws of another, Montgomery, would prohibit the sale of beer and wines, but would permit it to be imported for_consumption The local option law in Montgomery County would prohibit the sale of beer and wine in that community, but would permit residents to bring them or have them delivered to their homes from other jurisdictions for their own use if the national prohibition act is modi- fled to legalize beer and wines, accord- ing to former State’s Attorney Rcbert Peter, jr. Peter sald that the law in Mont- gomery provides that it is a crime to possess intoxicaling liquors in that county only when they are kept with intent to sell. The local option law would have to be repealed to permit any sale of the proposed beer and “vines, he declared. -Under the Prince Georges County local option law liquor cannot b: soid, transported or given away and a person may not have in his possession at one time more than a quait of intoxicating liquor or more than 12 pints of beer. Liquor or beer containing mo:e than 13 of 1 per cent of alcohol is construed as intoxicating. There is a question in the mind of State’s Attorney Alan Bowie whether repeal of the county law by the Legis- lature would supersede dry regulations | in various localities in the county. Only Allegany County is “wide open.” Even in Baltimore city. which even the most optimistic dry admits is little less than a stronghold of wet sentiment, there are large areas where liquor could not be sold in the saloon era. and where the sale of beer would be prohibited if thie present city law is not changed The boune dry counties are Prince Georges, St Marys, Calvert. Garrett, Harford. Washington, Carroll. Cecil, Frederick and Howard, with the excep- tion of Ellicott City, which may issue licenses for the sale of liquor Virtually the entire Eastern Shore is subject to the “gallon-a-month law" | passed in 1914. The sale of alcoholic beverages is forbidden. Counties governed by Some:set, Wicomico, Worcester, Kent, Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot and Queen Anns. < Anne Arundel County is wet only in spots. Sale of liquor is prohibited ex- cept within the City of Annapolis and in_the fifth election district. Baltimore County. which is nominal- ly wet. has a long list of proscribed areas within which liquor may not be | sold. REPEAL MOVE LOSES Kansas Hou-:e xil:sena(e Pl.ni to Set Up Machinery. | ‘TOPEKA. Kans., March 21 (#)—The Kansas House late yesterday killed g Senate resolution to set up machinery for Kansas' ratification or rejection of the proposal to repeal the eighteenth amendment. The vote was 64 to 54. 7 NGTON, D. C, |of America when they base their ap- this law_are’ § Today’s best bet! Bond Ten Payment Plan for Spring Clothes | borough, Hastings, Republicans. Total, 6. TUESDAY, M Vote on Beer (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday'y Star.) By the Associated Press. ‘The roll call on Senate adoption of the beer conference report follows: Democrats, for: Ashurst, Barkley, Bone, Brown, Bulk- ley, Bulow, Byrnes, Clark, Coolidge, Copeland, Dieterich, Dill, Duffy, Erick- son, Harrison, King, Lewis, Lonergan, Long, McAdoo, McCarran McKellar, Murphy, Overton, Pittman, Reynolds, Robinson of Arkansas, Thomas of Utah, Tydings, Van Nuys, Wagner, Walsh and ' ‘Wheeler—33. Republicans, for: Barbour, Carey, Couzens, Johnson, La Follette, McNary, Reed, Steiwer and Walcott—10. Grand total for—43, Democrats, against: Adams, Black, Bratton, Byrd, Cara- way, Connally, Costigan, Fletcher, George, Glass, Hayden, McGill, Neely, Pope, Russell, Sheppard, Smith, Ste- phens and Thomas of Oklahoma—19. Republicans, against: Austin, Borah, Capper, Dickinson, Fess, Prazier, Hale, Hatfield, Keyes, Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Patterson, Robin- son of Indiana, Townsend, Vandenberg and White—17. Grand total against—36. Senator Gore, Democrat, homa., voted “present.” Senators paired for or announced for the conference report were: Bachman, | Kendrick, Democrats: Davis, Kean, He- bert, Republicans, and Shipstead, Farm- | er-Labor. Total, 6. | Paired against were Bailey, Bankhead, | Logan, Democrats, and Dale, Golds- of Okla- Senators Trammell, Democrat, of Florida; Cutting. Republican, of New | Mexico, and Schall, Republican, of Min- | nesota, were absent and unpaired. This ' accounts for 95 Senators. There is one | vacancy. TAX ARGUMENT FOR DRY REPEAL IS CONDEMNED ARCH 21, 1933 NEW PLAN OFFERED T0 ELECT PRESIDENT Norris” Proposal Provides| Direct Voting in States on Candidates. By the Assoclated Press. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska | —author of the “lame-duck” amend- | ment to the Constitution—today intro- | duced in the Senate another constitu- tional change, seeking to revise the method of electing a President and Vice President. The proposal would permit direct voting in States on presidential candi- dates, with each State to have as many presidential votes as it has members of Congress. Instead of the candidate who wins the jargest vote winning all the State’s electoral counters, however, he would recelve only the proportion of presi- dential votes that his majority formed of the popular vote. Other candidates likewise would re- ceive proportional presidential votes, unless their share of the popular count was less than 1 per cent. | States would certify their popular vote to a joint session of Congress— which functions now as the electoral | college—and the presidential votes of the States be tabulated there, the can- | didate with the largest number to be adjudged the winner. In case of a tie, the House of Repre- sentatives would ~elect the President from the two candidates having the highest vote, each State to have one vote in the House. ‘The Vice President would be elected the same way, and in case of a tie, the Senate would select him. Co-Author of Webb-Kenyon Act HLIIITIIIIIIIIEIII 100722 Bays Wets Are Trying to Buy “Souls of America.” By the Associated Press. SHELBY, N. C. March 21.—Judge E. Yates Webb, co-author of one of the first national prohibition measures—the Webb-Kenyon act—in a charge to a ! Federal grand pury here said liquor in- | terests are trying “to purchase the souls peal for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment on the argument that a tax on beer will bring in 150 or 200 ! millions of dollars in_revenue.” | He said “there -re 50 to 60 languages | and dialects in the world today and in | not one of them can be found a single sentence relating to one good thing about whisky.” | Spanish Town Is Shaken. ALBACETE. Spain. 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Colonels’ commissions for Coach Adolph Rupp and the 10 members of the University of Kentucky's South- eastern Conference championship team, announced by Lieut. Gov. A. B. Chand- ler while acting as Governor, were is- sued yesterday. | yesterday, KENNETH MURDOCK SEEN AS NEW HARVARD HEAD Desn of Faculty of Arts Held Choice of University Corporation. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, March 21.—The Post says the Harvard Corporation has made Prof. Kenneth Ballard Murdock, native Bostonian and Harvard graduate, its choice to succeed Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell as president of Harvard Uni- versity. The Post says the 37-year-old des of the faculty of arts and sciences chosen by a majority of the corpora- tion as the best available educator to become the twenty-fourth president of America’s oldest university. ‘The corporation meets in a body next | Monday, the article says, and may vote | at that time to name Prof. Murdock | to the office, or they may withhold | action until April 10, when they meet | simultaneously with the Board of Over- seers. The initial choice of a new president must be made by the corporation. | The overseers can only approve or dis- approve of the choice. LEAS FREE UNDER BOND PEND'NG COURT HEARINGj Publisher and Son Return to Home | at Nashville to Await Resump- tion of Legal Fight. | | By the Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., March 21.— At liberty under $15,000 bonds each, Col. Luke Lea and Luke Lea, jr., were at their Nashville home today pend- ing resumption of the habeas corpus hearing by which they hope to defeat extradition to North Carolina. Counsel for the Leas asked & post- ponement of the hearing. scheduled for and Criminal Judge John T. Cunningham granted their request when no protest was entered by North Carolina’s attorneys. His fixing of their bond, however, was over opposing coun- sel's objection Consider Beer Bill. BATON ROUGE. La., March 21 (#). —Bills for repeal of the State prohibi- tion law and for imposing a $2 per barrel tax on beer were introduced last night in the Louisiana Legisla- ture, assembled in special session at the call of Gov. O. K. Allen to enact | those two measures. | *% A—S BEER CURB TAKEN UP AT HOME OF W.C.T.U. Re-enactment of Ordinance Ban- ning Sales Is Discussed in Evanston, IIL By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Il., March 21 —Evans- ton, home of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, today discussed re- enactment of city ordinances prohibit- m% the sale of beer. 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