ANTI-DRY AGITATION.
PROPOSED REFERENDUM. Washington, Mar. 26. The first real offensive in the national campaign against prohibition commenced with the introduction in the Senate by Senator Edge, wet leader, of a joint motion calling for a national referendum on prohibition in the Congressional election of’ 1928. The motion invites individual States to conduct a referendum separately in connection with the' ©lection to the seventy-first Congrss. It is noteworthy, however, that the Presidential election occurs at the same time. The resolution provides details regarding how the referendum should bo held, under the supervision of the Postmaster-General and the Secretary of Commerce. The question it is proposed shall be submitted to the voters is as follows:— Shall Congress amend the National Prohibition Act so as to allow the manufacture, sale, transportation and possession of beverages contain-, ing as great an amount of alcohol as is lawful under the constituion, provided such amendments shall not interfere with the constitutional powers of the several States to legislate with respect to intoxicating liquors as each State may deem proper? In any State where the Legislature* or authorities had made no provision for a referendum by July 1, 1928, the Postmaster-General and Secretary of Commerce would be empowered to make arrangements for a referendum in that State. The motion would authorise the appropriation of a sufficient suiy for the administration of th© resolution as desired by the Secretary of the Treasury, who could reimburse States for any money spent in conducting the referendum. The motion must be adopted by both the Senate and the House before it becomes effective. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 87, 29 March 1926, Page 5
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