AMERICA’S “DRY” LAW
PART OF THE CONSTITUTION MODIFICATION PLANS OPPOSED REPORT TO PRESIDENT By Telegraph.-—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, June 3. The special sub-committee of the Senate in charge of the recent prohibition inquiry adopted a report recommending the indefinite postponement of action upon all Bills ottered for the modification or repeal of the Volstead Act. The sub-committee sets forth the view that as long as the Eighteenth Amendment is in the Constitution no legislation can he entertained contrary to its spirit and purpose. The result was not unexpected, as the committee was composed of four “dry” and one “wet” senators. In the meantime, Federal prohibition agents, under the leadership of General Andrews, are seizing a million gallons of liquor monthly from rumrunners, moonshiners, and bootleggers. Nearly 70,000 have been arrested in the past 11 months for illegal possession, sale, or transportation of liquor. Bootleggers operating on the Canadian and Mexican borders are losing on an average 15 automobiles daily. The Government uses *tlie best machines in aid of enforcement and sell 3 the remainder.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12465, 5 June 1926, Page 5
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