PROHIBITION: Committee Hearings

A little committee room became last week the hub of political interest. Five men sat during long hours sometimes lasting into the night to learn about prohibition. They were the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Four are Drys. One, James A. Reed of Missouri, is wet.

The panel of witnesses against Volsteadism appeared first, led by thoughtful Senator Bruce of Maryland and industrious Senator Edge of New Jersey:

Senator Bruce made, according to Senator Reed, the ablest presentation of the anti-prohibition case ever submitted by a...

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