PROHIBITION DISPUTE
ALLEGATIONS IN SENATE DRINKING IN CLUBS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. A sensation was caused to-day when, during the recrudescence of the prohibition dispute in the Senate, Senator Brookhart read a letter asking an investigation into the alleged drinking of gin cocktails in the ( ontuiy Club, New York. As the club includes in its membership most of America’s leading citizens, and the ex-United States Attorney-General, Mr. Wickersham, head of the President’s Law Enforcement Commission, is vice-presi-dent, there was an immediate ilarc'Senator Brookhart expressed the hope that Mr. Wiskersham would be able to advise how such 'violations in the club could be stopped. Senator ■ Tydings said scenes such as were alleged in the letter could be seen in other clubs in other cities. Senator Copeland, speaking for Ins own State, New York, declared there was more drinking than ever before.. Senator Tydings, continuing, said that 813 persons died front alcoholism in the United States in 1D29, and-the Government had seized 250,000 illicit stills and 27,000,000 gallons of ferment mash. Outside the people apparently do not drink, but inside they have all they want. _____
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17173, 1 February 1930, Page 5
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