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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1931)
THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Wednesday, January 21. 1M1 PAGE SIX Submit Plan for Modification of National Dry Act Six of Eleven Members of Wickersham Commission Outline Amendment Placing Liquor Control With Congress OF CITIZENS IS REQUESTED Interest Mutual Declares Executive Vice Prei ident ' "" Of Organization ' llj II. K. aitchksov Katiirnl Corp- ' Oregon We are definitely and rerma- lTlrir. 0r. Washington. Jan. 21 (AP)-iierc is the st of row. onr Interest are mutini. Uj,e pan for modification of the prohibition amendment Ve cannot exud without you and I ' , , fuel also without us and lib-1 proposed by Homy .. Anderson, and recommended for I consideration by Law Enforcement Commissioners Ken- ' r. ' ' '"i'von, Loesch. Mackintosh, McCormick and Pound: 14 . i! -It is proposed that as soon as practicable, by appro- i priate action of congress and of the states, the eighteenth j ! amendment be modified or revised as follows: The connr.ss shall havo. : ,. I ; 4 : -T" " regulate or to prohibit , invested '-the manufacture, traftlr in or ' : 1 transportation of Intoxicating 1 1 ' ' " , . , , i I liquors within, the Importation I --hould be required by taw ' . . . ,RU .. I....I...1I.. li. ,., h,v. thereof Into, and tne exportation i ..,.. Iherof trora the Inlled Slates i cuae. medicinal or saoramental and all territory subject to thel Purposes of over one-half of one Jurisdiction thereof, lor beverage! lM'r cent alcoholic content by vol- Ulllf I IHH 111111111)11. Iliuupiiiui purposes , manufactured ex port ed . t m niHi rt ed in interstate commerce, or sola solely tiv the nat ton til cor- conferring power upon congress; I. ' . . h cr to prescribe the nlcvholio oon lent of the various kinds ami ..A.iltsil a mtohl 1... tf,A amanrMiMnt tm. ,.,frtrn,f.-l Imported. with the traditional principles of. our system of government. By J ' it would (rive to the amendment the necessary flexibility. 1 he itren to the end that' if the pro-i 6ra,1,-s ot IS. K. A1TCHESOV i posed modification Is adopted! "AH alcoholic liquor so the national prohibition act, quiri or pronmea nimm - but ga the convenience; that . are known to tbe modern world .would have been denied to you. We want tbe co-operation of " the chamber of commerce, the service clubs and the people of ; the community generally, lake all human a sendee. we are likely to make errors In the rush of getting this ureal project tin . tier way, but they will be quick ly corrected If yon will bear with us and if yon will call our at tention to anything in which we can better aid in our mutual op- . building. The company will become bet - ter acquainted with yon all as time coca on. There is nothing that builds u pa friendship as rloso association In a common problem, and this association we .will have. be Federal Dry Head Will Be Transferred PORTLAND. Jan. 21. (API Jesse Flanders, who succeeded Wilbur K. Newell as assistant administrator for Oregon, last Sept. 1, will be transferred to San Francisco Feb. 1 as special arent in the intelligence unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau. The announcement was made bv Amos W. W. Woodcock, na tional director of prohibition. The change was made at Fland ers' request. Before taking the Oregon job he was in the intel ligence department seven years. Commissioner Woodcock inti mated a California man may suc ceed Flanders, although the Ore gon congressional delegation sug gested an Oregon man. Examinations for the job were token here recently. Among those who took tbe examination was George Alexander, state pro hibition director. Good "Get Rich' Quick Plan" Says . Prominent Doctor KANSAS CITY. Jan. 21. fAP) V-Dr. Jabee N. Jackson, former President of the American Medi cal association, says that the Wickersham commission's recom mendations to remove reitric tions on the number of liquor prescriptions a physician may write "would make doctors rich oulcklj." 'It would turn the ooolleg kers' business over to the medi cal profession," he asserted. ' WASHINGTON he wholesale (laughter of whales for commer rial purposes which Is killing off this huge animal win cease If a bill presented to the league of nations Is passed, according to a report from the U. S. department nf state. It is hoped that by iu Mitutlng a partially "closed" sea son on whales, similar to that in stituted by the United States on heals, the number of the former will greatly increase In tbe next few years. would continue in force thereun- promptly placed in bonded wurt der until concress enacted some I houses of the corporation. . . . other plan, thus avoiding any; "The corporation should only break in the system of control allowed to mnke sales and and preventing the restoration shipment of such liquors in any of the saloon anywhere in the state to a corporate agency crea I'nited States. j i,y such state. similar in "I'nder the proposed amend-, KPneral character to the nation tnent as modified. concress i ,-orporation. for the purpose would have mil power (II to of purchase and distribution' continue the present system ot : .t11r local sale of such liquors absolute national prohibition, within Ihe stale if and to the or lit to remit the matter In I tent permitted by the laws wnoie or in part to tne siaies. thereof. or 131 to adopt any system of effective control. Sime greater flexibility is one of the outstand ing needs of the present system. this modification would be made even if the policy of ahsolute na tional prohibition is to be con tinued. ' "That congress should then create a bi-partisan national commission on liquor control, which should have full power under such laws as congress might enact to regulate and con trol the manufacture, importa tion, exportation. iransportaion in interstate commerce, and also the sale, as and to the extent hereinafter stated, or intoxicat ing liquors of more than one half ot one perrentum alcoholic content, for beverage p-poses: and to exercise similar regula tion and control over alcoholic It the state at its optW,n,treasur. elected not to adopt the system it could establish or continue prohibition, in which event u -m,i.i have to enfoivo its own la.-, wtihin the stale, but tho f..H.,rr,l law would net permit sales or shipments into that state by the national corporation ex- cent through the state in roaa Kverv aspect of the operations ,..ii,.cH would be subject to the raninl and regulation of the ission and appropriate pen alties would be prescribed tor violations of the law or oi sucu regulations. "The price at which the vari ous llqnors should be sold by the national corporation should be fixed or approved by the ..nmniission after hearing in proper cases The prices should be based primarily upon liquors for other purposes, and;,,,. H..,d unward on the basis M Inilncl.i. I al,.n).nt n .I, . . of alcoholic content. me lower prices on low alcoholic content of industrial alcohol, to the full! extent necessary to render the system of control of such liquors for beverage purposes effective. "The powers of the commis sion as to the regulation and control of the traffic indicated and of the agencies created for the purposes thereof should be fully as complete as those of the interstate commerce commission over railroads and should in every respect lie adequate for the purposes of the plan. j 'That congress should create a national corporation for the liiiunrs such aa lighi wine and beer, and the highest prices nractirable on high alcoholic content liquors, such as whis kies and brandies. "The prices should be such as on the one hand to limit the nsp and. on the other hand, not high enough to permit the illeg al traffic in or sale of such li quors. . . . The price should be us nearly uniform as possible throughout the country. 'The national corporation purposes of the plan, all of glionld sell and transport only to slock of which should bo pri vately owned, or In its discretion a number of such corporations, such as one for each judicial circuit. . . . "It should be vested with the exclusive right and power to be exercised under' Ihe control and regulations of the national com mission) of manufacture, impor tation, exportation and tran-por-tation in interstate commerce. state agencies created lor me purposes of local distribution and sale within the slate. This would be entirely optional with the state. If any stale desired in establish or continue prohibi tion it could do so. In that i event it would have to enforce Its own law within the state, hut would be protected by the federal government trom pi?" i questions they would bo subject entirely to slate control and could easily be adapted to the varied social and economic con ditions within the slate. "Matters of price, return and other financial and operallng details within the state would be controlled by the state com mission along the same lines i already discussed, and the sur plus revenues from operations within the slate would go Into the state treasury as a special fund to be disposed of by the legislature of Ihe slate. . , . "The stale could permit local option as lo the establishment of a sales agency In any given com munity. These agencies should he In buildings wheie no other commercial activity is carried on. should be open onlv at certain hours of the day. on such business days as might be proscribed by state law or regulation. . . . "Sales should be limited lo persons holding license books, I which should he issued by the! state agency nearest the fixed abode or voting place of the hold er under regulations of the com mission. The holder should be required to sign an agreement In this book to account fer Ihe pur- L-hases made thereunder at any time on request, and to Ihe satis faction of the state corporation or state commission. . .'. The amount of wine and beer below an alcoholic content to he fixed from lime lo time by the ap propriate commission might or might not be limited lo u reason able quantity In any month, hav ing a retard to the proposed use by the purchaser with a view lo limiting the use and preventing punhases for for illegitimate pur poses. . . , "I'pon conviction for violation of the law, lor drunkenness or other cause provided hy law. the! book should be cancelled for snch time as might be prescribed. All I state and national regulations: should seek to restrict sales and , use as far as mav be done, with ) out leaving a possible demand which could be supplied at a profit by bootlegging . . . No ad-1 vertiseinenl of aliohollc liquors or solicitations of purchases I should be permitted j "The excess revenues from ihe operation of Ihe naitonJl cornoi-; ation would go Into the lcdi-r.ii treasury, and those trom thoopei atlons ot state corporation and Us franchises would go intu t lie state These revenues, whlcn now go entirely lo the lawless and criminal classes, would undotit't edly he very large. Tiiey would be subject lo disposition by con gress and Ihe state legislature re spectively. They should bo set aside as special fund? in the respective treasuries, and ued for educational purposes, especial ly as to the evil resulting from the use of alcoholic beverages and for the eradication and prevention of those conditions which cause excessive drinking, or which tend to create a demand for intoxicat ing beverages." MEET T BASKETBALL LEAG U E WILL T A ppecUil meet. nic uf thi Kla math Fall laketlmli LeuKUtt If tailed tor Wednesday uikIU h( the Klamath Spot linn Coodn company at K : :tti. The purpofte of I lie meeting will l to Ret cVervthtiiK in Miapo for the spelling of the leujc no's pchoditlo hit h will Marl Ihe following HH'k at the American Legion hall. Thu playinn floor Itaa been ne cured trom the Lealon houne committee and thai conuutUe 1m h.-vviiiK the basket a relocated and the Hue repainted previous to the opening of the er!en. lu addition to thin they are. koImk to oil the floor and put every thing In readinoNt for the teams and the team followers. To Nuino riMverN 1 n t e re.-1 in ba k el b.i li in at n greater pitch than ever before in the city and thu I .tun uro un ioii9 for the leasee to set Mart-1 ed. The delay ha a been due to, the lack of kmiik whore team could orKanUe und condition their team tor a playlim M-anou The names ir all placer mut he in at the mefttni; Wednesday I nUht. A limit ot 10 player a team has been et by the league officials and not bs t han mv following; Wednesday iiikIu any pl.ier Malted hy u t am will n ' he aide to play until his name has been filed with the ;inue sec re I a ry. Ten days i t he tunc in ea-e of tranf-iH fr.m omv tCi lo nuoiher. Si IVane rntctv. The forfeit fee of Mo ami a j::.ro w tirk lue fee inul tie pa hi to the treasurer at Hits mefMiitj befot t a schedule can be di a u ! up. At thi-t meeting any othei I "Look Aloft!" Motorists Advised v. r t r.tti Iiiiiii Ihe bourd of nniirul. This houid will sellle all disp s mid iciriiliito the play duiliis Hio season. II Is Ihe wish of lite hague. thai Ibis oiiiiiuliiitloii will .in ir on from nr lo eur and inn t (nils o have a luskelluill league fuiicilonlng In Mm i liv or Klam ath Kails. i .i i -M' r'. Tr - t mi 4BBBBBBaBBfey ' i.T HI A Mere n the flint "airplane crosltm" slu in be ihm h-d ua the Tacit ic oast. At lileudale. I ill., tit the eUe f the HhiioI Central Air Termlual. many pluttes iouh loomiui: uii-r the roadwav each day at IukIi peedi. To ke p moim tt f i iih heiux tartled at the nIkIh of a huiie phnu overhead, iiiiiiukik of l he an port have erected l he nbovt if,ii pointed out bv Minn Klicu Ib-pkinv proup lhiiic to enter a team I t an luake i4ppli ullixi. Al 'i e-i -1 :ii l)i i uie hi leu ins Mi.n t , .ind ready to ko and oiu- te.nu, I eaily to eiltef. HKikltm sevrti ' leiin-, An eifihth team would ' lit wel. oini'd 1 The folio a nit ! a ins n i row in rill bet K t.f the le:c:te ' Mac - J Mat r's Store-. 'c et luni-i-r, K HlIHl lletiif.ilw. I'llltl Tiie llbtillt mori' No-IM.ity ii il it the l.aWNim l.lfvhouud N.llpte) n utiv lo etitt r und teini In di -iretl The b ttj ue of lb la N hi e 1'ov Vat (indole, president . 11 1 M J l' Hn. v. -e pi. -.i,.-m, imd Kd Ar thur, m'i ret ir v -i m - it i ti . ttlUfi", Kent .ml W.iKii vit'i Hieubtiti Coloring of Oleo Is Cause of Suit In Federal Court rOHTI.ANIt. Jan. -1 . I T -Ctdoi luu of (ileomarnai lite In ihe llkeiie-H of butler U deleiided 1U an atta k 111 it on the On koii taw lu fedeial distit Kt iuuiI lieiw bv I hi i kee Ka iiioun Koodx. n . The milt ue. k lo lelnnii Him slato dali v ami ftiod eoinml'otloti r from enrorcliiK the lu pro hibition mauutat lut o and nale of OlenUtai KUI the aillbally eololed to lllillalH bullet Namluii Mm own piodm t. I to HllllolN ol ptnal n drtldlen Hit- word "UleomaiKarlne ' lt pilnlid 111 bittdface lel'eiK nil the pin k n; and t iintemU ihU Ik mitri b in lo let Ihe cons-unier know the uaiuia of (lie prodliet lit) I. I H " HI' 111. IN - Ireland nenU a tii; tier ,u" to pitde.l Km Inher men fiinu the tin.iNioiiN of outl.iw flrthenneii on Ihelr Kroumh KiU el men i outeml that with a h te Slate Nuvv thin would not happen. At present there U but on boat prole. tlUI the Whole lettlll of lieliiiiil oiihI, and It c.inii-n do Mie (oh udt'iiuatelv. ti hoiea--nl "na y " would a I no r dti MtntiKitlttiK. tt U ald. loo lllsKV lehell' tnelaltitid Ml M-ek. ten wife 'I it in at a lo-a to un dei Miami vniii i ondu t w lo-u a piirli-d. I ralil K""d b.o ami whr didn't you r-pl ' I wan Jil"l ubMlil lo do Hell rietia. but I t he kd iiivjh If. I m a I raid miu w on 1.1 in . if".- ma of lrlitr In have Die l.i I w.tfd.' I Un ..lu tt-nm ntltsiHp If a STate and of sale as and to the exienti el.,f"d to ro Into the national hereafter stated, of all alcoholic I jlvm t would create a state liquors for beverage, as well as (.;,mmi,ion ani a stale corpora tor medicinal and sacramental ,jon ,imiiar in character and purposes In, within or from the ,,tru(.tur(. 0 the mill al agen terrltory of the United States or' ... ,iisui,..d. with similar pow ers and functions within the state. subject to the jurisdiction there of. .. . ''The financial plan of the cor poration, lo he fixed In its char ter and in operation subject to the control of the ' commission, should provide for an issue of stock of only one class to be sold at par. to be entitled to cumulative dividends limited to such rate upon the actual capital invested as might be determined by congress, or with its author ity by the commission. A rate of not less than 6 per cent nor more than 7 per cent is suggest ed. "The corporation should be permitted to retain from its earnings not exceeding 2 per The stale agencies would have to conform in general out line to a plan prescribed by the national commission in order to Insure uniformity throughout the country as to matters of general consequence, hut as to local Peiican Boys Beat Lamm's By 53-46 Score Pelican school basketball team last niRht defeated th La mm Lumber company team in game played at Pelican City. 5 rt to 4 6. The Pelican boys took the lead at the outset of the fame and were nevnr headed. Mello of Pelican City - hiuh man of the cam with 21 point while Johnny Pastexa was rlo behind with 16. Preo wan hiRh point man for Larniu'a with 14 pointn. The Pelican Hchool will play the Itoosevelt school at the Fre mont school at 4 p. tn. on Janu ary 27. TO IMCNS KHINK PARIS A propo-iil to barn". the power of ih Rhine river be tween !ale and Strasbourg, a distance of S" miles, in heins con sidered In Kra tie--. The project as proposed will include eight hydro-electric plant h and a lateral canal to accommodate) river trat-fu-. An annual production of 5. oOO. 0. Of kilowatt hours is planued. . . IIKRK'S WHAT'S COMING UK KLIN Berlin 1 netting a fa pace for Kuropean fashion lately, und the latt fad to ap pear on the Htr1! hero In u fur trimmed apat. Kur of a color to mau li th. hue of the sii.t$ them selves boldly flaunt itself to the public from underneath the trous er c.uffn of weli-drespd gentlo nien. The style li wide-prad in (Jfimany, it U paid. Chair Vote Breaks Deadlock aBaBBBaaBBBnaWVVrKB.BTClRHf vti' 1 ' i, : ' When Ihe i tnh state legislature was deadlocked recently in elec tion of It president. H look the vote of Senator John M. Knight, Iteptibllran, to decide the Issut. Senator Knight was uu'ilcr doctor's care for Injuries received In an automobile accident, but a wheel chair was pressed Into service lo bring the senator lu legislature, ilia vole turned Ihe lid and Senator Kay K. JJilllugliniu was elected. We Congratulate Natural Gas Corporation of Oregon upon the completion of gas service et Pacific Meter Works American Meter Co., Inc. Cas measurement Engineers and Manufacturers of gus in ters, (as apparatus, control devices 493 Eleventh Street San Franti.tco 2118 Atlantic Street Los AnKclea to. eset wfosf when iou WMIT i 1 1 T T phone ' s;v qpHERE will be an adept Ad.Tata at our eni Z ' eager and competent to render helpful aervica 'vpfc'-. x; ;"' and transmit your desire to the 8,000 daily read- sZ's1'' -aViJi er of our Classified Column . . . people who lind W$fo's' 'illlll li mdrff' I. ur W,nl Ad Pa'te Market Place for the things ylp'Vllllljil -mmTfvgr they want . . . and a Clearing House for the thing s!as'TT.y J they have which you may want. - r
