ito-day codded to defer for a fortnight any cons.deration of Senator Norris' resolution calling for sweeping investigation of all aspects of prohibition enforcement Feb. 27.
Encouraged by tha result of mass evidence submitted at committee hearings against prohibition, leaders among the "wets" to-day made it} known that they planned to carry the issue into the approaching Congressional elections.
"We shall label every candidate! either wet' or dry,' said a spokesman or this group, Representative Fiorello H. La-Guardia of New York is a leader in this movement. He declared to-day that up to the present time there thas been a noticeable lack of courage on the part of leaders of both the main parties.
While Mr. Taft, lay at the point of death here to-day, Mr. Fabian Franklin, testifying before the House Judiciary committee, quoted, Mr. Taft's prediction in 1918 to the! effect that "prohibition will fail to! prohibit and will lead to lawless-ress." complete repeal of the entire Eighteenth (Prohibition) Amend-_ ment was advocated today by Pierre DuPont of the extensive DuPont manufacturing interests in the course of testimony before the House Judiciary Committee which is conducting hearings on proposed Prohibition legislation.
Mr, DuPont said that Americans were' accustomed to strong drink, while they were not educated to consumption of light wines and beer, so he could see no merit in Proposals to change the prohibition law to permit sale and drinking of such liquors.
Prohibition or lack of it can make little difference to American industry, Mr. DuPont declared.
"Our men were sober and industriows before prohibition," said. "They are the same way now Prohibition had failed to curb the use of alcohol in the United States but on the contrary it had simply made its use a matter of breaking, the law, he went on.
The industrialist declared that! prohibition had nothing to do with prosperity in the United States, in spite of statements by many prohibitionists, Mr. DuPont took definite issue with the motor magnate Henry Ford in this matter.
Many business men themselves! drank but believed that prohibition, was "good for the workers," said Mr, DuPont.
Asked whether that included Mr. Ford or Mr, Sloan of General Motors, Mr. DuPont remarked, "You'd better ask them."
Many other witnesses before the! committee to-day described what they declared to be aspects of business depression which came in the wake of prohibition-—United Press.
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