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Show PROHIBITION They're at it again in America and even as in the days of World War I we may yet hear that America is dry. Most of us in the United States armed forces could not be classed as violently opposed to liquor control con-trol for most of us believe in moderation. On the other hand, there are few of us who could be included in the group of Americans who felt "the noble experiment" experi-ment" was a huge success. It is with alarm therefore that we learn of the growing political strength of the anti-liquor crowd in the United States. Taking advantage of wartime conditions and restrictions res-trictions the new prohibition group s working nght and day for legislation which will give America prohibition pro-hibition in fact if not in name. Nsing the tactics of the Farm Block, the anti-liquor crowd is tawing on amendments to pracctically every military appropriations appropria-tions measure in a. desperate effort to secure prohibition or the nearest thing to it they can force through Congress. Rationing is playing into their hands and gives them a good excuse, and no opportunity is missed to use this excuse in their effort to limit the production and distribution dis-tribution of liquor of all types. We can remember the days of prohibition, when moonshine wdiiskey made quick fortunes for bootleggers, bootleg-gers, crooked politicians and dishonest police officials. As a result we claim we know what we wTant in the way of liquor legislation and feel those at home should wait until we return before initiating further lesisla-tion lesisla-tion on the liquor control. The Stars and Stripes. |