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Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-24 | Page 10 | Administration Remains Silent on Beer Rumors

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Date 1930-10-24
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City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Administration Remains Silent on Beer Rumors
Type article
Date 1930-10-24
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 10
OCR Text nON i REMAINS SILENT t I Wishes to Avoid Charge of cf Aiding l ling Ei Either Side i in inI f I C Coming ming ming- Elections S t I 1 By PAUL R. R no MALLON WASHINGTON oc Oct 24 U UP UI- UI lAn An latitude of ot is being main main- tat at 1 at the tho Whito I House uso in the theS S rumors that President Hoover cr er t rid his law enforcement nt com corn lori soon oon soon may recommend 44 cent be beer r. r If 2 president and his his' a associates have Indicated they do not caro to dignify diGnIty by ly an official denial tb the tm unconfirmed d 1 Information barim has ba run rim over o the private Wires of brokers broker brokerS the of ot the the- r administration S high command Is le explained ex cx- x- x b by th the Imminence o of ot th the congressional election in which pro pro- n is such nfl n outstanding Privately those In authority hen suggest tho the unverified report may havo o bc been m spread by tho those thoo e in interested interested in promoting the wet cause at nt the polls AVOID CHARGE The Tho administration leaders leader wish wIe 1 to v ld any possible charge of aid aid- either side with affirmations or denials they say MY Is Is however a n strong Indication IncH Indi cation in the highest quarters that th tIle WIckersham c commission Is Iscon con contemplating IaUn a a. report which ma may not be bo acceptable to somo sorno extremely dry organizations As s exclusively re reported by the United d Press last Tuesday those in positions of great responsibility hero bellevo a a. modification of ot the Uw law may bo be suggested by the c corn com n- n mission Some portions of ot the commission rep report rt are aro known to have havo been tentatively tentatively ten ten- drawn but n t completed The will meet here November November November No No- vember 5 5 the day after election eJection to ado Jit t its conclusions Tho The report l is scheduled to be bo in th the hands of or the president by the middle of ot November November November No No- vember and may bo sent to congress when it reconvenes the early part of December ALCOHOL FIGURE The 44 per cent alcoholic content figure has bas not before been men men- One half of ot on one per cent centIs Is allowed by the tho Y r act Demands De Do- m mands have been made b by some wet wet organizations for per cent beer Leei There Is la a dispute as to I wh whether ther such beer would be non Intoxicating In fact If It tho the Wickersham commission hould decide tho the causo of or law V enforcement en en- would be b better served d b by an increase in the alcoholic con con- on- on tent ent of ot beer the change chanSo could not noto be o wrought either by the commission commis- commis slon sion on or the president It would have h to 0 be enacted b by congress a a. ma- ma 01 Uy of ot tho the house and senate It probably would take the form lorm of ot a proposed amendment to tho the Vol Yol- stead act
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