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Show LAWYERS OPEN NEW FIGHT ON VOLSTEAD ACT Supreme Court Is Asked to Reconsider Decision on 2.75 Per Cent Beer WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 William D. Guthrie, and Ellhu Hooi, counsel for' Christian Kelgenspuhn. S brewer of Nrwark. N. J., today filed with the United States supreme court a petition peti-tion for a reconsideration of the' court's decision on June 7 sustaining the validity of tho eighteenth amendment amend-ment and parts of the Volstead enforcement en-forcement net. The petition contended that the I eighteenth amendment was designed to deal exclusively with intoxicating Honors. Mr. Keigenspnhn. In hLs original stilt, sought to prose that beer of 2 . T 5 j per cent alcoholic content was not In-1 toxli .itlng MUM LD .! l KE ISQXS The leteet petition points out the' Import j and the magnitude of the' questions involved aud declared so far j us the petitioner has been able to ns-' certain "there Is no record of any Im-t portent modei n case Involving such vital questions being disposed of bj a court of final resort without explain-: Ing its conclusion." The brief said 'it Is difficult to; measure the force of the conclusions! six ted by the court or tho deductions properly to be drawn from them. Furthermore Fur-thermore the conclusions do not com-i pletely answer questions actually In-! volved in the litigation and submitted lor decision." The petition declared that the "do-! cislon has tended naturally to Invite I criticism and create much public dis-, satisfaction." PI BUG is DOl im IT.. It seems, therefore, the petition con-' tlnued, that it is not lrrevelant or Im-1 proper to urge, ln support of a plea to. a re-hearing that public opinion haa doubled and challenged the fitness of summarily challenging and dlspos- tug of a great constitutional controv- ersy Involving ust property interests and long-established legitimate Indus-; tnes and Intimately concerning the welfare of the whole people, without' disclosing the reasons for such dlspo-' sjUon. OO |