Show BEER Bill IS SHOVED ASIDE Senate Shuts Door to Immediate Immediato Change In Law v By Vote of 50 GO GOto to 25 Bingham Protests As Measure Is Pig con The senate shut the door abruptly abrupt abrupt- ly Monday upon immediate modification modification modification modi modi- of the Ule act to legalize brewing of beer thus temporarily temporarily tem tern removing this politically vexatious issue from harassed legislators on Capitol hill Protesting to the last the persistent persistent persistent per per- Senator Hiram Bingham Republican Connecticut saw his per cent bill sent to rest in inthe inthe inthe the pigeonholes of the judiciary committee for the remainder of this congress Democratic Floor Leader Joseph Joseph Joseph Jos Jos- eph T. T Robinson Arkansas was responsible for the strategy which shelved the beer proposal without a direct vote Bingham sought to toI test Democrats on their platform I plank calling for immediate modification modification modification modi modi- of the act aswell aswell as aswell well as repeal the eighteen a- a He failed after several several sever sever- al days of hammering for a direct vote The vote was 50 to 25 on Robinson's Robinsons Robinsons Robinson's Robinsons Robinson's Robin Robin- sons son's motion which sent the bill to the judiciary committee to determine determine determine de de- I termine the delicate question asto as asto asto to how much alcohol in beer would make it intoxicating in fact Robinson and other Democrats insisted insisted Insisted in In- they were willing to legalize legalize legalize legal legal- ize beer that is not intoxicating and which thereby would meet requirements re requirements requirements re- re of the eighteenth a- a Twenty-six Twenty Re Re Republicans and 24 Democrats voted to send the bill to committee thus taking a stand against a vote on the issue Fourteen Fourteen Fourteen Four Four- teen Republicans and 11 Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- voted against shelving the measure The test vote thus showed 25 senators standing squarely for immediate modification to permit beer The surprise in the vote was the wet vote of both Florida senators senators senators sena sena- tors Duncan U U. Fletcher and Park Trammel who previously have voted dry Their switch was interpreted in interpreted interpreted in- in as the result of the re recent recent recent re- re cent wet trend in their state which swept Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen Dwen out of her house seat scat inthe in inthe the next congress The daughter of William Jennings Bryan was defeated in the primaries by a wet Democrat Turning the bill over to the leal legal le legal le- le gal al minds of the judiciary committee committee com corn to answer the question that physicians and commissions have Continued on last page BEER BILL HILL SHOVED ASIDE quibbled ov quibbled over in vain was taken as a sly sort of joke to get the perplexing Issue out of the way No one expects the committee which has declined to take action on numerous beer bills before it ft to do anything about the Bi Bingham bill |