Show l t tl l i O WETS LOOK TO WOMAN AS NEW duEl By P Stewart lEt E Service W WASHINGTON March Con 18 11 Congresswoman Florence Florenc P Kahn of California emphatically den denies denie lea that th she he aspires aspire l to leadership of the wet bloc In the th house hour of o representatives Maybe Mayb she h doesn't but theres there's such a thing thing- as beIng drafted Mrs Kahn Is being being- talked about for the th lob job anyway vay Con Congressman ressman John Philip Hill HI 1 of o Maryland Is wet leader now but Hill Hili is figurIng on breaking break In a Into Inti the th senate Besides some ome of the th wets wet have bave an Idea there would be b strategic advantages e In having having- havinga a woman oman II as a their standard bearer of course cour that she lh was a capable one which th there r Isn't any doubt about In Mrs Mr Kahns Kahn's case The Th popular Impression Is that women are r dryer than men on an average avrice A good g many of them might mig be b won over with a women woman l leading leading- the th fight lent for tor dry law lav modification So the th wets wet reason Mrs Mn Mr Kahn ICahn by th the w way WIY y reasons otherwise On the th prohibition question she h told me Inc women like men differ with localities and groups but I believe bellev they average about aboul alike alike the th country over ever Cons Congressman Hill Hili certainly Isn't jealous Jalous of the talk about In Kahn as wet wt lea leader er Indeed Mrs Mra Kahn says ay she h thinks h he started 1 It for tor a Joke loke as al she h put puts it It Mrs aIrs Mr Kahns Kahn's unduly modest The Tho Th wets wet arent aren't joking laking Speaking of wets Mrs Mr Hahn I doesn't take tak kindly to the th designs tion wet u wet as It tf she sh were a friend trind of ef the th demon rum ruin Im for modification of tho the Vol Vol- Vol lead act for act tor light wines and beer beer- she h said ld to me m In the th interest Interests of temperance not temperanc not to encourage drinking to to It it- Im for tor an enforceable law It never hever seemed to me that per cent drinks would improve condition condItions tile the til wets wd complain of We W have hav one half ot or I 1 per cent beer now It doesn't satisfy the bibulous and their efforts forts to find satisfaction tl f elsewhere t la is what makes all the tho trouble I dont don't be be- be they'd like Ii per er p r cent much better so o how would It help belp hl anything I put Iut this que question lon to Mrs l Kahn Hahn Perhaps 76 per cent Is lust just ju a gesture she h replied Im not well elt enough h acquainted with alcoholic beverages g to kno know exactly alcohol What percentage of alco- alco Isol hol would bo be b the lh which minimum minimum la is what It ought ht to be b kept at- at at atto atto to make mk beer and ht wines wine ac ae acceptable But personally when I say aay ay beer and light Ilg-ht wines wine I mean real beer ber be land and real light wines Inea nine with a clent alcoholic content to make them o eo o The Th wets wet know they cant can't do 1 anything In thi this congress The They may even have bave h v to submit to hay hay- haying log ing some om things thing done don to them But they do hope bope hop for tor gains g In Inthe Inthe lithe the next concree congressional lona onal elections If this thIu thi hope hop I fi Is realized even v though the th wets wet still till lack a a ma majority to modify the th law theIr theli succeeding drive will bo be b terrific On the th other hand If they lose ground und their th lr demoralization will willbe willbe be very considerable |