BEER BILL
IN THE UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON, November (22. Speaker Garner told a newspaperman to-day that in his opinion t the United States House will pass the Beer Bill at a short session, but he refrained from any forecast as to the probable time. Mr Garner said also that with the Beer Bill and the reductions in Government expenses, it might be possible to secure a balanced budget- without passing other forms of taxation. Asked what percentage of beer he favoured, Mr Garner said “Within the constitution.”
“About 2.75 or 3 per cent?” he was asked. “Somewhere around that,” ho replied. The Speaker gave as a guess that legalised beer for revenue would bring in 250 to three hundred million dollars annually.
Meanwhile, White House aides to Mr Hoover said that the President had neither affirmed nor denied his •veto would be given to any Beer Bill that Congress enacts. Representative Britten said that he bad taken up beer legislation with the President, and he predicted that Mr Hoover would not veto the Bill.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1932, Page 2
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174BEER BILL Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1932, Page 2
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