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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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In Seattle, B. H. Hicks of the Anti-Saloon League predicts legal beer in Washington is far off after state dry law repeal, vowing Drys will seek Supreme Court injunction against Volstead Act changes, citing Eighteenth Amendment.
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Lifting Legal Beer to Lips
Is Far Off, Says
Anti-Saloonist
INJUNCTION TO BE
SOUGHT, HIGH COURT
Claim Made that Drys Will
Not Quit, Only Start-
ed to Fight
SEATTLE, Nov. 14.—Residents
of the State of Washington will
not quench their thirst with legal
beer for some time, if ever, said
B. H. Hicks, State Superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League.
Hicks said the Drys do not know
the meaning of the word quit and
have only started to fight.
The State Dry Law was repealed
at the General Election held last
Tuesday.
Injunction Proceedings
Hicks further said that if the
Lame Duck Congress, meeting in
December, modifies the Volstead
Act to permit four per cent beer,
some national
dry organization
will undoubtedly bring injunction
proceedings in the Supreme Court
to block the move on the grounds
that such a beverage is inconsis-
tent with the Eighteenth Amend-
ment, because four per cent. beer
is intoxicating, in fact.
Supreme Court Rulings
Hicks said the Supreme Court
has consistently held beer was in-
toxicating and it is not necessary
even to prove the alcoholic con-
tent.
"Washington is not likely to see
open beer parlors or wine and
beer for sale to the public for a
long time yet. It will be neces-
sary to repeal the Eighteenth
Amendment first and the Drys will
do some effective work preventing
that," said Hicks. It will take at
least two years to repeal the Eigh-
teenth Amendment."
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Primary Location
Seattle, Washington
Event Date
Nov. 14
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Outcome
state dry law repealed at general election last tuesday; drys plan to fight modification of volstead act via injunction in supreme court; prediction that legal beer is far off and repeal of eighteenth amendment will take at least two years
Event Details
B. H. Hicks, State Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, stated that residents of Washington will not have legal beer soon due to ongoing fight by Drys; if Congress modifies Volstead Act for four per cent beer, national dry organization will seek injunction in Supreme Court claiming it violates Eighteenth Amendment; Supreme Court has ruled beer intoxicating