| Show DRYS lEAD IN NEW CONGRESS BUT LOOK FOR LITTLE ACTION Dont Don't Believe Tighter Laws Likely On Eye Eve of Campaign SIDES LINING UP No Chance to Remove Prohibition as Bi Big Issue I WASHINGTON Sept By The Associated Wets WeLs and drys are lining up their forces for a resumption resumption tion of tb their lr annual warfare In con con- congress gress Neither side made any mate mate- material rial progress In the way of legislation at the last session but the drys are arc hopeful of getting through some of the administration proposals In the theold theold old Goff Go bill for tightening up the act Conceding that the drys have a preponderance of U tI votes otes In both the house and senate the wets say there Is no parliamentary method by which they can delay n a decision as the first session of the new congress will continue foe fot live lve or six months probably until just before the Republican lican national convention next June However proponents of additional dry legislation Incline to the view flew now that with a presidential campaign In Inthe Inthe the offing the party leaders wilt will not look with any great favor on enact enact- enactment resent ment of more stringent provisions to a law v which the wets now charge charCe Is tin tin- impossible possible of enforcement STILL BIG ISSUE While the prohibition Issue Is a non non- nonpartisan partisan one so far as congress Itself is concerned n It is In national n poll poll- fN rg tics cs more so at present t than perhaps ever before and party leaders see lit lit- little littie tie tle prospect of It being removed In ad- ad of the 1928 presidential elec- elec election tion unless It should be that both of the major parties nominated candi- candi candidates dates pronouncedly dry will be selected by the a. a c as their battle points In the new congress re- re remains remains mains to be determined but during the last session emphasis was placed I upon those proposals for revoc of liquor permits I for r search rc of dwellings ll JJr rb f I to have b been converted e into commercial distilling places and for tori stricter regulation of breweries COMPLETE CO CHANGE Whatever bill Is introduced on be- be behall behalf hall half of the drys will have to go through the usual process of commit commit- committee tee consideration with pUblic or private ate vate hearings Since the Golf bill lx the senate judiciary committee there has been n a complete chan change e In high prohibition enforcement officials and naturally the views of the new officials would be sought by congressional committees before legislation was reported to I either house At any hearings held the Anti Sa loon league will be represented by J F. F Scott McBride new legislative super super- superIntendent superintendent of the league selected tern tem temporarily at least to carry on the work ork whIch the late Wayne B. B Wheeler looked after for many years both In committee and the halls of congress WET PROGRAM 1 wets have not yet et formu- formu formulated their thell lull full program It la 13 certain they will come forward again with amendments to the stead Vol-stead act leav- leav leavIng leaving Ing to the courts what hat Is In fact In- In beverages thus removing the one half of one per cent restriction tion o of the law In other words they would extend to all beverages be the pro pro- provision provision vision governing cider and fruit juices Another proposal they will press Is that removing the restrictions on the amount of spirits a physician may pre pre- prescribe prescribe scribe lor patients This measure Is In line ime with one Indorsed by the Amer- Amer AmerIcan Amerlean lean Ican Medical association Whether the wets will press for a national referendum on the of repealing the eighteenth amend amend- amendment amendment ment and modifying the act has not yet been determined But neither these nor any of the other wet proposals have any chance of getting anywhere In the next congress which is overwhelmingly dry |
