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Show oo HOUSE SGSI1T REPEAL OF PMieill IT WASHINGTON, March 4. The house today refused by an overwhelming overwhelm-ing majority to repeal the prohibition enfoi cement act. The repeal measure was offered by Representative Egan, Democrat, New Jersey, as an amendment to the legislative, leg-islative, executive and judicial appropriation appro-priation measure, and Speaker Oilletl ovenuled. a ' point of -order against it. Mr. Egan also proposed elimination from the bill of an appropriation of 4,jO,000 for. enforcing the dry acl Both proposals were defeated on one roll call. The vote on the Egan motion was 254 to 8G. The house then passad the : legislative bill without a record Vutc. no |