Show COURT REFUSES TO To STOP REPEAL Final FinaI Effort to Block Formal I Proclamation Proves Failure 8 Br United Vetted Press WASHINGTON Dec Justice 5 Letts Leti of District of Columbia supreme court today dismissed a petition for a writ seeking to restrain acting Secretary Secretary Sec See of State Phillips from proclaiming proclaim proclaim- ing ratification of the prohibition repeal repeal re rc re- re peal amendment The writ had been sought by Canon William Sheafe Chase Brooklyn N. N N Y and the Rev George S. S Dunan Duncan Duncan Dun- Dun can an Washington of the International Reform league They contended the state stale ratifIcation ratification leation lea lea- tion conventions ns were not held in iii the I manner contemplated by the tion Ion and they sought to prevent Philips Philips Phillips Phil Phil- lips fro the proclamation which he is required to Issue when the he thirty sixth state ratifies the re- re repeal repeal peal jeal amendment f Justice Letts said that even if it the thc petitioners were entitled to the relief sought it would be futile to grant it He ie pointed out that the supreme court has las ruled that constitutional amendments amend amend- ments become effective at the thc moment mo- mo ment nent the requisite number of states have ha lave ratified it and that the proclamation procla- procla nation matlon by the secretary of or state is a amere amere mere formality The proclamation had been written today oday and Phillips was ready to issue it t as soon as he receives word from Utah the thc thirty sixth state The president resident also will Issue a proclamation tion ion as required by the thc tax law which provides for repeal of certain levies when prohibition is repealed |