EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT

Evening Star, Issue 21292, 22 December 1932, Page 8

EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT

MOVEMENT FOR REPEAL DRAFT OF RESOLUTION PREPARED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, December 21. (Deceived December 22, at 10 a.m.) The tentative draft of a resolution to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment emerged to-day from a United States Senate judiciary. Drafted as a basis for discussion and not necessarily representing the views of the committee, it would give Congress power to prevent the return of the saloons. HOUSE PASSES BEER BILL WASHINGTON, December 21. (Deceived December 22, at 11 a.m.) The House of Representatives passed the Beer Bill to-day. A CROWDED CHAMBER BILL NOW GOES TO SENATE. WASHINGTON, December 21. (Received December 22, at 12.45 p.m.) The voting was 230 to 165. In a crashing finale the House of Representatives went on record for the legalisation of beer containing 3.2 per cent, of alcohol by weight, equivalent to 4 per cent, by volume. The final roll came upon the heels of an overwhelming refusal to send the Bill back to the committee, and topped an all-day procession of votes to beat back every single amendment offered. The action marked the first time since the adoption of the Volstead Act that either branch of Congress has held a vote directly on the issue of relaxing the fundamental Prohibition enforcement law. The Chamber was crowded during the progress of the call. The galleries were sprinkled with the representatives of wet and dry organisations. The Bill now goes to the Senate.