U. S. BEER BILL
FOR THE SENATE
W ' PASSED BY 230 TO 165 VOTES 40
(United Press Association- -By L’.ectrlo
Telegraph—Copyright.)
Washington, December 21
The voting on the Beer Bill was 200 to 165 in the crashing finafe. The House of Representatives went on record for legislation of beer containing 3.2 per cent, alcohol by weight equivalent to 4 per cent, by volume. The final poll came upop the heels of an overwhelming refusal to send the [Bill back to the Committee, an action ■which topped an all day procession of votes to beat back every single amendment ofllered.
It was the first time since the adoption of the Volsted , Act that either branch of Congress had held a vote directly on the issue of relaxing" the fundamental of the Prohibition enforcement law.
The Chamber was crowded during the progress of th e call. Th e galleries were /sprinkled with representative? of wet and dry organisations. The Bill now goes to the Senate.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1932, Page 5
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