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Show LEADERS IKE " ' REWPROGRAM ADMINISTRATION BILL TIGHTENING TIGHTEN-ING VOLSTEAD ACT GOES IN TO DISCARD Plan of Action Set Out Ey Steering Committee Fixes Guitting Time; Truth In Fabric Out; Discussing Dis-cussing Debt Settlement WavhiiiKton, D. 0. The administration administra-tion bill for tUdiliriilUK up prohibition i:nforci:iiH-nt wan thrown Into the discard dis-card Tm-sday by the .senate Republican Republi-can Hleerlnx (oimiiitl.ee ulong with everal olInT Important measures. A program of let-isl.it ion was out-llneil out-llneil whirh lenders believe will permit per-mit adjournment, of c:oni;ress sine die by the end of this month. While the French debt settlement j was not terhnirally before the com-rnitioe, com-rnitioe, some Republican leaders said there wan little prospect of action upon up-on It at this session since the latest word from Raids was that there would bo delay by the Krenc h parliament. The committee sldetrai Ited the administration ad-ministration prohibition bill only after a fiKht, with Senator Willis, Republican, Republi-can, Ohio, (IcmandiiiK that it bo Riven preferential stains Instead of being Khovi'il over until the next and short session of congress. While turning down this bill, the committee agreed to have tho senate consider another administration measure mea-sure creating separate bureaus of prohibition pro-hibition and customs In tho treasury department with a director at the head of each. The house already has approved tills bill. A majority of the committee was of tho opinion that it was useless to call up the hill to put more teeth in the Volstead act unless the senate was prepared to remain here for many weeks while the whole wet and dry issue was again fought out on the floor. There wero threats that the drys would undertake to call up the bill, which is now on tho regular calendar, and force action before adjournment. If this course should be pursued the wets said they were ready to call for a showdown on a national referendum on prohibition as well as on their hills for modification of the Volstead act. |