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Show Molificatlon of Liquor Law Expected Washington. Proposals for legislation legisla-tion modifying the Volstead act with respect to the sale of beer and light wines were regarded Thursday at the treasury as extremely likely as a result of the outcome of Tuesday's election. In the meanwhile, however, Secretary Secre-tary Mellon was reported as holding that the treasury's policy of a strict enforcement of the prohibition laws would continue unchanged despite the expression of public opinion in different dif-ferent states, until congress acts. Unless the question actually comes up in congress( high treasury officials indicated little consideration will be given to the possible sources of revenue reve-nue which might be developed from taxes on beer and wine. |