Show Ys s AfRAID Of Is IS CHARGE BY mC EDGE Fate ate Committee Ad- Ad Jurns urns Without fg g on Open Hearings S BOOTLEGGERS AID SALOON ANTI-SALOON a Confident of in Booze War pens Wine-Beer Wine Drive HINGTON March S 8 AP Ara APa Ar- Ar a discussion of two hours pate Senate judiciary committee adea ad- ad Bed ea today without deciding her r r public hearings should be beon beon on pending bills to modify the law lav directed h by JL majority e do committee indicated that opposed hearings and at one Senator Edge Idge Republican Jersey who vho has pending a proposal declared that opponents of open gs were afraid fraid the wets might out r ut a good case SPEAKS jor or Caraway Democrat Ar- Ar 3 declared public hearings give glye the impression of a ag ag aig ig g by bv congress on the pro- pro question and Senator Republican Idaho insisted tead stead act could not be wIthout violating the con- con The whole thing he add add- Iwed wed down to a the constitution Edwards Democrat New rid d Bruce Democrat Maryh Mary Mary- h h of or whom having havin intro- intro e to modify the pres- pres also urged hearings The Thesey sev sey senator created a stir ommittee when he charged were contributing Saloon Anti-Saloon league asked f C f. f he replied it t need an any iny it i ls seU- seU self self-evl- vl- vl I ws Starts 0 t INGTON March 1 8 AP AP- AP I t that the government will vill he upper hand on the theof theor I of or bootleg liquor Assist Assist- tarv Andrews of the treas- treas cha charge ch ge of prohibition ent en- en t t. t today began mapping against wine vine and ugh the establishment of squad to give particular to 10 those beverages chinery to be set up will to that announced aimed at checking the version of industrial al- al ough ough a a. separate en enforce enforce- Sad ad Ion lion of a Lax tax cereal bev- bev by the new nev revenue law 11 breweries in in the country Action by bv internal revenue rn on or page 6 S. S i DRYS AFRAID OF WETS IS 75 CHARGE HURLED BY EDGE Continued from flom page 1 agents and with this its as a n. wedge 1 Mi An Andrews Is optimistic tIe that he can control future supplies of oC b beer er Urgent requests for public hearings hearings hearon hear hear- ings on the whole subject of or prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- w were ware re preserved today to the senate judiciary committee by hy Senators Edge Republican and Edwards Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards New Jersey and Bruce Democrat Maryland They are authors of proposals for modification modIfication modi mod of the liquor law lav IS OPPOSED Senator Borah Bomb Republican Idaho has proposed that the measures be reported back to the senate unfavorably unta- unta oraby and the vote In the committee committee com corn must first come on that proposition Senator Edge said he had thousands thousands thou thou- s sands of letters from every state in inthe Inthe inthe the Union urging action b by congress congress congress con con- gress to end what he described as deplorable conditions resulting from the attempt to enforce prohibition BIG ISSUE I I am sure none of you take the position that this Is not an Issue Edge said It Is Js a a. big and vital Issue Referendums are being taken all over oyer the countr country Senator Bruce told the committee commit commit- tee that public opinion is moving so fast on this question that It Is not unseasonable for me to o offer an amendment to the eighteenth amendment His amendment would provide for prohibition for those states that desired it with the government government government gov gov- manufacturing Intoxicants in those places where the people voted against prohibition To enforce prohibition In the ports of New Jersey he said salt would re require require to- to quire quite one enforcement officer to each three persons but he insisted New Jersey was law abiding |