PROHIBITION
CONGRESS DISCUSSION (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) WASHINGTON, Ist February. The concensus of wet and dry opinion in and out of Congress to-day opposed Mr Fort's proposals for Volstead Act clarification. Representative LehlImch, a noted wet, said: "There is only one way honestly and sincerely to enforce Prohibition —drop shams and subterfuge and declare the use of aleholic beverages a criminal and turn our enforcement forces against him. In this way we have a certain and prompt showdown of Prohibition." Senators Shepperd and Borah, drys, characterised Mr Fort's interpretation as "amounting to nullification." Mr Whitehouse declared informally that ■Mr Fort was not speaking for the Hoover Prohibition Commission. ! Mr Doran said: "Few people make beer fit to drink and soon tire of it." i The association against the Eighteenth Amendment issued a statement declaring that Mr Fort was "illiterate" as concerns the Constitution, and that the modification he proposes is illegal.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 3 February 1930, Page 5
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153PROHIBITION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 3 February 1930, Page 5
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