PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 4 June 1926, Page 9

PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.

V EXTRA EDITION.

THE VOLSTEAD ACT. MODIFICATION NOT DESIRED WORK OF ENFORCEMENT. CAiJL.iI- PKKSS ASSOCIATION—COPY EIGHT. Received 12.55 p.m. to-day. WASHINGTON, JiLiie 3. The special Senate sub-conmiittee in charge of tiie leteni Pi’ohibition inquiry has adopted a report hide-inito.y postponing action upon all Bills ottered lor the modification or repeal of the Volstead Act, setting forth the view that so long as the Eighteenth Amendment is in the Constitution no legislation can be entertained contrary to its spirit or purpose. The result was not unexpected, as the committee was composed of four “dry” members and one “wet.” In the meantime, Federal prohibition agents, under the leadership of General Andrews, are seizing a million gallons of liquor monthly from rum runners, moonshiners, and bootleggers. Nearly 70,000 people were arrested during the past eleven months for illegal possession, sale and transportation of liquor. Bootleggers operating on the Canadian and Mexican borders are also losing an average of fifteen automobiles daily. The Government uses the best machines to aid in the work of enforcement, and sells the remainder. —Aus.-N.X. Cable Assn.