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Show 11011 STDRflEE IIJJPED Effort to Amend Prohibition Prohibi-tion Enforcement Bill Fails in Committee. WASHINGTON-, Juno 24 A man's rlfiht to store liquor in his home for the1 onj? dry period aftT July 1 stood up j today axaluHt an attack on, that provi-i aion of tin: prohibition enforcement bill I before the house Judiciary committee. I Near the end of an all-day fission the committee voted down an amendment which would have made It unlawful for a citizen to have liquor In his possession; lit ruck out a section which would have prevented "use" by a citizen of, liquor In hta private dwelling, and decided that In the matter of general enforcement there would be no d if fero we between wartime and r-onstilut Icmal prohibition. ftven with this and oilier changes, the, bill as it will be reported out tomorrow or Thursday is considered as all -em-bracing. So druHtlc are its provisions, memherH of the committee, mild. that, while a man may put a icecr of heer in bis cedar, lie may be convicted and fined if, for Instance, he wears a watch fob on which there Jh a picture of the keg as an advert luemont. In a general consideration of the measure mea-sure the committee made a number of minor chanKe. but principal fiht was over the question of the riffht of home storaije for personal use. Representative Morgan, Democrat, of Oklahoma, endeavored en-deavored to have stricken out the section sec-tion reading that "It shall not be unlawful unlaw-ful to possess liquor In one's private dwelling while the same is occupied and used by him only as his dwelling." Ardent prohibitionists on the committee voted against the Morgan proposal for the reaHon, they said, that nothing was' to be KHined by enacting a law so drantlc an to arouse the hostility oT people who rejoiced that the day of the saloon had ended. Prohibition members supported an amendment eliminating the1 proviso' that the liquor must be obtained and placed in storage prior to date the act would become be-come effective. As amended, the section reads, "that such liquor need not be reported, re-ported, provided the burden . of showing that possession is legal is upon the 'possessor." 'pos-sessor." As amended the section stands: "That no person shall on or after the date when the eighteenth - amendment to the constitution of the Ihlted States. rocs into .effect, nor while the,' war Prohibition Pro-hibition act. shall be in force. ' manirfac-ure. manirfac-ure. sell, barter, give away, transport,. Import, export, . deliver, .furnish) recelv or possess any intoxicating liquor, except as authorized in thi,s not, anil all the provision of. t,tils act. shall, be literally construed to the end .'that 'intoxicating liquor as a bo vera go may be- prohibited. Liquor for non-beverage purposes and Wine f 0 r sacra m e n t a 1 pn r po s e s may be purchased, sold, transported' and used as herein provided." - . Every person legally permitted" to-have liquor is required to report to. the proper Authorities within ten dnys after the passage of the act, and possession after that dato "by any person not legally permitted per-mitted under this title to possess liquor, shall be regarded as evidence that it is kept for purposes of sale. This, however, .joes not apply to home stocks."" The bill's definition of what is intoxicating intoxi-cating liquor any beverage or product -containing more than one-half of one per -ent Alcohol was retained. It was said ctb"t members of the committee discussed this ppc't ion at Nrg' h, r;ome c'.n:.'i:w!ir: ' that if one c. r.gr undertook W lritoxt.:;.ttng llquofs as win-half of .n Pt o-nt, 4in";hnr con'rs c.i;d com"; along and ni;tke it fuur j.-r cki.I, or uny j flgtjr.; it cb'; j l-lfpiv-Sf-nt ;n iV': i:trd, arpointfrd ::st. ye:ir with ''luirman Vol r--t.-t.vi aiid I'.r-uit- j , s.-it at ivp W'huh-y of S'iu'h. Otrui n.i to .draw up a b.il i,r '-ut-ir---rr.r.'. of v:r-j t:me prohibition, er:d--:-.vb;-"d to have tn? j '''immirtee substiti;T.; his hill. "h;urTr.! ! V';filead ruind it c; : i -f ;t i:ht Urn to th s i ! -f'-ct and was .suM.iin'-d. It was .aid i j the war-time .iK.-asurt; wan it. or-: libc-ml ! In its provisions, but a:i th commit'.-o ; had r-rfusr-d to separate the w;t r-1 i rr.i- ! and Cinstitu t ionn I proh.bitioii, it was un- 1 willing. memoirs explained, to make any; distinction in the matter of enforcement. |