Washington, Jan, 80.
'The Senate, Finance Committee, after several days spent in studying the" beer legalization. bill, recom= mended that. the' bill providing for 8.05 per cent. alcoholic content. be passed as a revenue measure, cording to the Secretary of Trea sury Inv. Ogden Mills, the bill would bring "revenue totalling about '$125,000,000 annually. in the Senate, President Hoover, in While this report was being made a brief White' House statement, eau tioned against going beyond: the limits in making appropriations, said that, if all the. expenditures that have een recommended" by 'House committees were adopted, the total would exceed by $160,006,000 the. amounts ho had' estimated in budget message as necessary for [Government operation.
This amount would move than off-leet any benefit from the beer ill, friends of the President said. "How:
'Mz, Hoover' was later assured that' many of the recommendations made in. committee "would. be! cub Jdown by the House or the Seqate, 'The Treasury estimate of returns {from the beer measure, should it be passed, was challenged by. several nambers of Congress, who insisted That it would bring' ili $500,000,000 the first year.
'After. approval by the Finance Committee, " Senator" Reed "Smoot, dryest of all the Senators, both per= Sonally' and politically, offered the Bion the for. Senators inmediately began preparations for early. consideration, despite the fact that the President is expected to veto it.
Senate leaders were. told by. thoke who profess to be close s0 the Presi" ens Uthat he believes eer is intexicating. an 2 legalization "Wwould not. be-comstivitionaly—United: Press.
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