Show Yale and Students at Variance on Rum Young Men Say There Js Is More Drinking and Irving Fisher Says No Finally Admitting He Doesn't Know Wet Dry Hearing Nears Close With Big Throng Present April 24 By 24 24 By y The Thc Associated Press The Press vy closing scenes of the senate prohibition inquiry were weri en enacted en- en enacted acted today in a setting and au an atmosphere that lifted the event far above the ordinary in congressional procedure Al- Al Although Although Al Although though the capitols capitol's largest committee room was selected for forthe forthe forthe the final chapter of testimony and argument it could not ac- ac accommodate accommodate ac accommodate the crowd that gathered to see the weeks of tempestuous tern tern- discussion c come me to their dramatic close Brigadier General Andrews the prohibition enforcement enforcement chief was summoned again to the committee room as one ot of the final witnesses for tor the drys drs but before ho he took the stand the committee heard Rus- Rus Russell sell Rus-sell sell Leo Post of at o Hartford Conn chairman ot of o the he Yale News deny direct testimony about conditions at the university previously given by Professor Protessor Irving Ir JoI Fisher her called several days ago by the drys Only a brief time remained for testimony before the closing arguments arguments ments In which Julius Juliua Codman Cadman of Boston Doston appeared as chief counsel for the wets wet and Wayne Vayne B D Wheeler of at the Saloon Anti-Saloon league as spokes Spokes- Spokesman spokesman man for the drys drs APPLAUDED I EI Senator Reed Heed Democrat of ot Mis- Mis Mis Missouri was the first committee mem her ber to appear and ond as he made his way Vay to the committee table and took up a position from which he ne could continue to th the merciless cross t cross examination i which he has submitted the wit witnesses witnesses nesses of ot the dry drys there was a burst of at applause from tram the tha crowd Post was on the stand but a II few tew minutes He ic took oath to the cor- cor correctness cor correctness redness of ot a statement published In the tha Yale News that Yale Vale stu- stu students students stu students dents had voted oled four to one against prohibition and that drinking at the college was on the Increase This testimony was corroborated by Greely Sturdivant Jr of Port rort Portland Portland land Me MI managing editor of ot tle News Doth Both witnesses said stu- stu tu- tu dents ha had iad 1 no difficulty In obtain obtain- Ing obtaining obtain whisky Do they get et It from bootleggers or ot at regular stores flaked asked Beed eed RESENTMENT T GROttS GROS GROS GRO S From the tho bootleggers Sturdivant vant want said Post rost told the committee that the greater the attempts to enforce prohibition tho the stronger the tho senti sentiment ment against it at Yale Do the bootle bootleggers gers search out out the students persisted Reed X No 0 the tho students search out the bootleggers Albert Albrt Wells eils of ot Bristol college an editorial wl-Lter wl on on the News then prohibition testified the vote on tion at the school was with ballot boxes placed at convenient convenient convenient places on the tha campus A copy of at the ballot as printed In 11 the News was placed In the record 4 Is there thero any difficulty tor for Yale students to obtain all aU the hard liquor liquor they want Reed asked Wells Veils Only at times There are plenty plent ot of bootleg bootleg- bootleggers bootleggers gers Yes sir Any difficulty of ot tho ho getting away from the tho campus to set get liquor 1 No sir 0 O STUFFING What hat proportion of ot the stu- stu students stu students dents voted In the referendum asked asked Senator Go Goff Republican ot of West Virginia About 2500 out of oC a n little over Were cre there any duplications ire In irethe inthe the balloting asked Chairman Harreld who No So replied replica helped to count the ballot ballots ballota- You haven't come to stuffing ballot boxes at at Yale yet have havo you asked Reed Heed X No 0 sir Professor Sor Fisher then took ll tie stand Ho Ito said he lie did not question the tho sincerity of ot the tho students but added tha that It if the committee want want- wanted wanted wanted ed to get at the facts asto as to drink drink- drinking drinkIng drinking ing at nt Yale Tate now V and before prohibition It would not turn to pres pres- present pres- pres present ent cut day students who were about 11 yrs years old when prohibition be- be became became be became came effective Only a a- little a-little little over 60 50 per cent of at atthe the faculty voted that drinking was greater now than before prohibition prohibition prohibition tion Professor ProCessor Fisher said G SI D All of ot the faculty Is not colu- colu com competent to testify because many came here herl utter 1 1319 1119 19 It was for forthe forthe the reason that I went to those who knew know the facts tram from from the rec- rec records rec records They wco wc-o unanimous ls In Ih lr conclusion that that drinking drinking had decreased ed I think the students ht have e been misled by wet propaganda The professor said he had gone gons after arter the facts as to whether drinking had Inere Increased sed not the tho thoc c cause use as was vas mixed up UI with this referendum While White there Is drinking today tolay at Yale as at ot other where we have naming flaming youth I think It is less lees than at ot any other college ot of Its lis slit size he adde added It you could pet get the records could l not the students have gottels them also 7 asked Reed Heed DOESN'T They had only 48 hours In which to prepare to voto vote on It It Fisher re- re replied rep plied p he Presser Pressed by Reed Fisher said cald thought It better for the students to get liquor from tram a bootlegger because open n saloon loon than from an op open thero is not so 80 much of or it Dont you know Yale want from tho th can get all alt they bootleggers aNo I dont think so Po know anything about t lo you ou o X I thought not |