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Show I PROHIBITION IS I TOBEJMM NEW YORK. April 21 The govern-I govern-I f r j mcnt proposes a literal enforcement of i the war-time prohibition act. Includ ing a ban on production. and sale of all !' heers and wines, whether or not tlrv are intoxicating, ihe department of justice jus-tice announced through a special rep rosentative in the federal court today ; 1 While no steps will be taken to pi (i f ' rent brewing, pending a court determi nation of the law's conetltutionalltj f. i l raised by brewers of the N6 York Rill district, manufacturers will operate in peril of future prosecution, according i 1 the statement of William ('. Fitts, J special counsel appearing for Attorn";" Leneral Palmer in the b er litigation ; The attorney advised Judge A. N. Hand, who heard arguments on the government's motion, to dismiss the jl ? i i suit brought on behalf of the nal oh ll brewing interests by the Jacob Hoff-man Hoff-man Brewing company, to restrain the federal authorit les from interfering ' with its production of two and thre.. il ' At luat"trrs per cent beer, that the de-, de-, partment of justice did not know and J;f l did not care whether beer of the strength indicated was intoxicating H qj The law prohibited sale after June SO of distilled beverages as well as manufacture after April 20 and tare after June 30 of "beer," wine and otn- i ' ' intoxicating malt or in. .us !:.uors for brewing purposes," pending the de-; de-; mobilization of the military forces, he 1 said. "The words beer and wine" w. re not qualified, in the opinion of the gov-I gov-I ernment, he added, and the apparent congressional intention to stop the I "'waste" of grains and fruits in their production in any strength would be enforced With "half the world" looking ro America for food, Mr. Fitts cont. nd !. the necessity of its conservation wm Will II grater "even than on the day of Chateau Cha-teau Thierry." and it was equally es-U es-U sectial that liquors be withheld fro:n public sale while the army and navy were undergoing demobilization. To this statement Jude Hand add: d his opiinon that the war was "still ,n progress," which upset one of ihr com-III com-III I 1)841131115 contentions. |