Show COURT UPHOLDS PROHIBITION BILL LIQUOR INTERESTS LOSE LAST FIGHT WAR-TIME WAR DRY LAW BEING APPROVED Decision Decson Rendered by Supreme Court Rever Reverses Reveres es Contention That Measure Was Outside of Emergency Powers of Congress Washington By By unanimous decisIon decision ion fon constitutionality of 01 the wartime prohibition act was sustained on Monday Monday Mon Ion day December 15 by the supreme supreme court The opinion given by Associate Associate Associate ate Justice Brandeis held in effect however that the war-Invoked war dry period still may be terminated by pros pies proclamation of d tion In rendering Its opinion th the court however did not act upon the validity of ot the J prohibition act or 01 on appeals Involving the alcoholic content of beer leaving those c cases ses to future Mondays Monday's decision practically practically ally ally swept a away way all lippes of a w wet t Christmas as the possibilities of 01 the thew w act being repealed before constitutional constitutional con con- on- on prohibition tion becomes effective effe tive tI one month hence were considered remote The cases decided were those of othe the Kerit Kentucky ck Distilleries and Warehouse I comp company ny of Louisville Ky and Dryfoos Dry Dry- foo foes foes' Blum and company of New NewYork Instituted for the purpose of compelling compel compel- ling Jing tl the e government to release whiskey lsley from 1 bond Jr id b both th cases the the court denied d con contentions con coil S of Elihu Root and other at- at s s 's for the distillers ers ers' that th the act In violation of the constitution takes pi pr hate vat property without v just jut that the period of the war v emergency m for which the act was passed had terminated that the the law I Iwas was an Interference with the state p police powers at and d' d dan an undue exercise se of of the war po powers ers of congress C Congress did not intend for the war wartime time act ct to terminate on l the con conclusion lusion lu- lu sion slon of of- the war war but but at th the end endo o of ottlie the period of demobilization in the view of the court which held eld that the conclusion o of th the tM war war clearly ar clearly l arlY did n not t mean cessation cessation- of hostilities Th The hO wartime act ct til the court al also o said is pot not asserting that morn more than nine months were given distillers to dispose of their st stocks which time the tue court believed to be adequate fe The act ct al also o was not noUre- noUre re repealed peal pealed d the court held by the prohibition constitutional amendment which l It asserted is binding ng not not only In p peace ace but also in war war times |