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AT FOREIGN
SHIP OWNERS
Outside Interests Are Warned
By Admiral Benson to Keep
Hands Off American Mer
chant Marine Program.
U. S. WILL HAVE SHARE
IN TRAFFIC, HE SAYS
"Other Carriers Will Do Well
To Let Sleeping Dogs Lie,"
Chairman of Board Tells
Trade Organizations.
Washington, July 1. Warning
foreign interests not to attempt to'
interfere with the development of
me American merchant marine
Chairman Benson of the shipping
board, declared today that the board
was deterrAed to build up an
American merchant marine as con
templated by the Jones shipping
act, despite threats and propaganda
by such interests to defeat the law.
The United States," said Admiral
Benson, "is in earnest in its efforts
to place within the ownership by
United States citizens the control
of at least a part of its traffic in
imports and exports. If is stiould
by, any possible means be held that
the departments of the government
lack such authority as will insure
their being able to protect American
interests in such control, additional
authority will be asked by the ad
ministration and will undoubtedly
be granted by congress.
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
"Foreign carriers and those in the
United States interested more in
foreign than American institutions
will do well to 'let sleeping dogs
lie.' "
Admiral Benson's warning was
sounded in a talk to representatives
of Pacific coast chambers of com
merce and trade bodies and Ameri
can railway representatives which
have been disturbed by threats to
divert trade from points on the
I'acific coast because of the section
of the merchant -marine act permit
ting a preferential rate over foreign
carriers within the United States on
merchandise moving in export and
imoort in American vessels.
Such a threat, the chairman said,
"is( futile and idle."
"If such a threat is sincere and
the attempt is made to so divert
the business," Admiral Benson con
tinued, "the shipping board will allo
cate American ships to move the
business. The shipping board and
the Interstate Commerce commis
sioji will follow this action by other
steps which would further protect
the interests of the United States
against such foreign efforts to de
feat the purpose of the merchant
marine act.
"Nothing could more surely
brine about the enforcement of this
section of the law than adoption by
foreign carriers of their threat to
divert business from American
torts.
Protect All Interests,
"As this section is to be used only
where there is an ample American
tonnage to handle the export and
import commerce to any particular
port in a foreign country or a pos
session of the United States, we
cannot conceive how anyone who
has studied this law can assume that
the shipping board would make any
ccneral application of this section.
There will certainly be no enforce
ment of the provision without con
current action which will fully pro
tect alt American interests.
The transportation act has given
to the Interstate Commerce commis
sion authority in 'emergencies' to
direct traffic or establish embargoes
against movements of freight. It also
has authority to establish .minimum
rates on any commodity moving
subject to the interstate commerce
act within the United States.
Discriminate Against U. S.
' "The commisson is aware of the
necessity for prevention of congested
traffic upon the railroads of the
United States such as would be ac
complished by an effort by foreign
carriers to divert the export and im
port traffic now moving between
Pacific coast ports of the United
States and the orient either to Brit
ish Columbia or to ports of the At
lantic.
Admiral Benson said that in the
transpacific trade at this time there
seemed to have been specific and
successful efforts to prevent Ameri
can vessels from securing return
cargoes at certain points while ships
of other nations have come with
full loads. Application of the sec
tion of the merchant murine act pre
scribing preferential rates might be
invoked, he said, to icquire equal
consideration in cargoes from such
discriminating ports for United
States vessels, owned either by pri
vate citizens or by the shipping
board.
Two Ohio Newspapers
Pay Bonus to Employes
Columbus, O.. July . Robert F.
and Harry P. Wolfe, .fwners of the
' Columbus Dispatch ind the Ohio
State Journal, today t.aid ralf-year-ty
bonus checks to tneir employes,
totaling more thar, lUO.OOO. A
similar bonus was jiven their em
ployes at Christina? time
CLYDE BARNARD
NEW SECRETARY
OF STATE G. 0. P.
Executive Committee Meets in
Lincoln and Prepares Plans
For Campaign.
Lincoln, Neb., July 1. (Special
Telegram.) Clyde H. Barnard of
Table Rock was elected secretary
of the republican state committee at
V 3ro A
Clyde Barnard.
a meeting of the executive com
mittee, called by Chairman Charles
A. McCloud of York, at which a
number of the state officers were
present and gave their approval.
Lawson G. Brian, who has been act
ing secretary of the committee, was
made assistant treasurer and will
be in charge of the collection of
campaign funds.
Eleven of. the 12 members of
the committee were present, O. G.
Smith of Kearney being absent on
account of business. The entire
membership of the state convention
was made a speciaf campaign com
mittee. Mrs. Lula H. Andrews, who
has been acting as woman secre
tary of the oommittee, was reap
pointed by Chairman McCloud.
The executive committee dis
cussed with the chairman plans for
the campaign and played a joke
on the state candidates by assessing
them for campaign expenses and
notifying them the committee needed
the money. Some of them thought
it a good joke and came across with
the necessary lubricator for the ma
chine. Mr. Barnard, the new secretary,
has htid much experience in poli
tics. He was assistant clerk of the
iower branch of the state legislature
for several terms and chief clerk
later. He has been secretary of the
Nebraska state senate two sessions
and was secretary of the recent con
stitutional convention. He is a far
mer and extensive fruit grower and
is well acquainted with Nebraska
and its political needs.
Mr. Brian, the assistant treasurer,
formerly lived at Albion and was
for four years state treasurer. He
is a retired farmer and now lives
in Lincoln. He served as acting
secertary of the state committee
after the resignation of Secretary
Dunlap, about the first of he year.
Expect Early Action
On Attack of Coontz
Against Naval Heads
Washington, July 1. Action
probably will be taken by the navy
department within 24 hours in the
matter of Rear Admiral Benton C.
Decker's recent attack on Secretary
Daniels and Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt, it was said today by Act
ing Secretary of the Navy Coontz.
Admiral Coontz diclined to indi
cate what action he expected to be
taken, but said the matter had been
referred to Secretary Daniels, who
is attending the democratic national
convention at San Francisco.
"A reply from Mr. Daniels within
24 hours is expected," Admiral
Coontz said. "I have not acted on
my own responsibility in regard to
Rear Admiral Decker's letters," de
clared Admiral Coontz, "because
many of his charges against the
secretary and Mr. Roosevelt were
I personal. For that reason I be-
I l.evcd it to be the proper course
j to put the matter up to them."
i Train Destroyed by Fire;
All Passengers Escape
Pipestone, Minn.. July 1. Pas
senger train No. 52 on the Great
Northern railroad, running be
tween Sioux Falls, S. D., and St.
Pattl, Minn., was totally destroyed
by fire early today, the 75 nersons
aboard escaping with only minor in
juries. Explosion in Dublin
Wrecks Police Station
Dublin, July 1. The King street
police barracks were wrecked by an
explosion early today. Two hotels
and a nearby moving picture theater
were damaged. The soldiers were
called out and patrolled the district
in armored cars.
IRELAND MAP
OUT DEMAND
Sympathizers Complete Plans
For Campaign to Get Plank
In Democratic Platform at
San Francisco.
NAME COMMITTEE TO
ASSURE FAIR HEARING
Efforts to Pledge Delegates to
Support Cause Fails En
thusiasts Base Hopes on
Frank P. Walsh.
San Francisco, July 1. Under a
plank adopted today by the platform
committee, the democratic party
would express sympathy with the
aspirations of the Irish people for
self-government and pledge such
action in the matter as would be
consistent with international comity
and usage.
The action was taken after a long
debate during which the committee
rejected the subcommittee plank pro
posing to leave the question of the
league of nations and voted down
the proposal for a plank pledging
diplomatic recognition of the Irish
republic.
By C. B. DODDS.
Chicago Trlbunp-Omnhn ltee, Leased Wire.
San Francisco, July 1. With the
turbulence incidental to the progress
of a mountain freshet, the friends
of an Irish plank in the platform
gathered in an adjoining hall to the
resolutions committee yesterday and
mapped out a campaign to get what
they want.
Memories of the traditional stories
of Donneybrook fairs were recalled
as the delegates of Irish blood and
their compatriots that were not of
the convention, debated their cam
paign. Chairman John J. Fitzgerald of
Rhode Island almost splintered a
cane over the top of the desk at
which he presided in an almost con
Stan rat.tat-tat to keep order. A
score of voices were speaking at
times and recognition was sought
by a dozen speakers at once that
made the task of the chairman a
difficult one.
Fire of Oratory.
But through it all flowed the fire
and spirit of Irish oratory, such
as would have gladdened the heart
of any Irish audience, Fitzgerald
tried to check the avalanche of
words as the spirit of the occasion
moved the native instinct of his
audience by saying:
"We'll assume now that we are
all orators, so let's don't have any
unnecessary speaking. Shoot and
shoot quick.
"This isn't a shooting meeting,"
said a voice from the back of the
hall.
The accomplishments of the meet
'ing were:
Appointment of a steering com
mitte of one man from each state
delegation to see to it that debate
on the majority and minority reports
on the Irish platform planks is not
shut off and that the Irish cause gets
a fair hearing.
Appointment of a committee of 28,
two members of .which will call on
each of the 14 candidates to get their
views on the Irish question. '
A decision to stand absolutely on
the Irish plank proposed to the con
vention which was rejected by the
platform committee and to make no
fight on the floor for this plank.
Demands of Plank.
The plank demanded by the Irish
nationalists follows:
"Mindful of the circumstances of
the birth of our own nation we re
assert the principle that all govern
ments derive their powers from the
consent of the governed.
"We will support the continuance
of our long established and lawful
practice of according recognition
without intervention in all cases
where the people of a nation, as in
Ireland, have by free vote of the
people set up a republic and "chosen
a government to which they yield
obedience.
"Therefore, we pledge our party to
the policy of according to the elected
government of the republic of Ire
land, full, formal and official recog
Contltniied on Fane 4, Column 1.
Lutheran Ministers
Work for $8.64 Per
Year; Suits Cost $40
New York, July 1. Stating
that Lutheran ministers in Tran
sylvania receive salaries of only
$8.64 a year at the present ex
change rates and that a suit of
clothes there costs $40.00, or near
ly five years' pay, Rev. Berthold
Buckolla, special representative
of the Lutheran churches in
Transylvania, today appealed for
aid to the executive committee of
the national Lutheran council
which is meeting here.
Rev. Buckolla said the church
in Transylvania is 800 years old,
includes 230,000 parishioners and
maintains 300 common schools,
nine colleges, 18 technical schools,
12 girls' seminaries. 14 orphans'
homes and two hospitals. He said
the church's financial condition was
critical
-UTHORIZE COURT
OF JUSTICE AND
EQUITY IN IRELAND
Parliament Also Appoints Na
tional Land Commission Dur
ing Secret Session.
Dublin, July 1. It became known
today that the "Irish parliament"
was in secret session here Tuesday
and Wednesday and that decrees
were passed authorizing the estab
lishment of courts of justice and
equity and courts of criminal juris
diction. A national land commis
sion was appointed. Another decree
provides for the protection of per
sons occupying land against vexa
tious claims.
It was announced that the $1,
000,000 international loan had been
over-subscribed by $250,000 when
the loan closed.
The following message was sent
to Eamonn De Valera, "president of
the Irish republic:"
"The Dial Eireann, assembled in
full session at Dublin today, unani
mously reaffirms the allegiance to
the citizens of Ireland to your pol
icy: expresses complete satisfaction
with the work you have performed
and relies with confidence upon the
great American nation to accoj
recognition to the republic of Ire
land, now in fact and law estab
lished." ADDITIONAL CITY
EMPLOYES JOIN
CHICAGO STRIKE
Many Workers in Building and
Inspection Departments
Walk Off Job.
Chicago, Tulv 1. Dissatisfied
with the action of the city council
in denying practically all requests
for salary increases, groups of mu
nicipal employes in many depart
ments today joined the 2.000 city
workers on strike.
Police and firemen have decided
on no action. They asked increases
of $300 yearly and received from the
council 75 cents a month, $8 per
annum, making their new rate
$2,000.
The principal strikes today were
in the building inspection and en
gineering departments.
The striking electricians have
threatened to call out all street
lighting engineers and police and
fire alarm operators, , who are af
filiated with their union.
To grant the pay increases de
manded, the council announced last
night, would cost $20,000,000 while
the city is already practically
bankrupt and will have to discharge
many employes to maintain the
present schedules in somt depart
ments. Vermont Governor
Will Confer With
Harding and Hays
Montpelier, Vt., July 1. Gov. P.
W. Clement has been summoned to
Washington to confer with Senator
Harding, republican candidate for
president, and Will H. Hays is un
derstood to be en route to the capi
tal now, according to a statement
by Lieut. Gov. Mason S. Stone to
night. The purpose of the confer
ence was not made public, Mr.
Stone said, but it was reported that
it had to do with the question of
action upon the federal woman suf
frage amendment.
When suffrage leaders early this
week reported at the. democratic
national convention that Governor
Clement was considering calling a
special session of the legislature, the
governor denied it. He added,
when informed that the suffrage
leaders claimed to have such infor
mation from Senator Harding, that
he had not seen Senator Harding
and that the latter had not request
ed him to take action upon the suf
frage question. He refused to dis
cuss his probable attitude in the
event such a request should be
made.
Shipyards Corporation
Distributes Stock to Men
New York, July 1. Distribution
of more than $1,000,000 worth of
preferred stock was begun today by
the Todd Shipyards corporation to
employes at its yards here and at
Taroma, Wash., it was arnounccd.
The disbursement is a "loyalty
premium" for faithful and efficient
service for the last four years.
Each man will receive from one
to 50 shares, now quoted at $165 and
paying 10 per cent dividends. All
allotments are being made accord
ing to length of employment and
nature of service.
Germans at Spa to Demand
Standing Army of 200,000
Paris, July 1. Konstanlin Fah
renbach, German chancellor, will in
sist at .the Spa conference to be held
next week upon the manintenance
of a German army of 200,000 men,
restitution of territories now occu
pied by allied troops and deduction
of the cost of allied occupation from
the amount of reparations due, ac
cording to a Berlin dispatch to the
Petit Parisian. It is said he will
oppose French andPolish claims to
coal mines hi upper Silesia and will
.urge an international loan.
America
Leaders of Anti-Wilson
Factions Massing Forces
For Fight Against McAdoo
Doubtful if Opposition Can Hold President's Son-In-Law
Short of Required Two-Thirds Majority
Attempt Made to Throw Votes to Secretary of
State Colby, But "Solid South" Proves Cold.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire.
San Francisco, July 1. On the
eve of the balloting on candidates
for president, all the antiadminis
tration, the Cox, the Palmer forces
and the promoters of dark horse
candidates, are massing to withstand
the onrush of William G. McAdoo
toward the goal of his ambition.
Can they halt him and hold him
short of the 728 votes, constituting
the two thirds majority of the con
tention requisite to a choice? It
seems doubtful at this hour, despite
the confidence of George Brennan
of Illinois, Fred Lynch of Minne
sota, Jim Nugent of New Jersey
and other leaders of the opposition
that Mcdoo will be stopped and put
cut of the race.
Another caucus of anti-McAdoo
leaders was called late tonight to
make another effort to unite on a
candidate capable of solidifying the
allied opposition and defeating the
president's son-in-law.
Nemesis in Sight.
At midnight it was whispered
about that an agreement on a Mc
Adoo nemesis was in sight but the
identity of the candidate, it was
said, would be kept a secret until
the propitious moment arrived for
swinging in behind him on the bal
loting. Inspired by the Tammany and
other wet delegations efforts have
oeen made to line up the opposi
tion for Secretary of State Colby
who endeared himself to the foes of
prohibition when he warned con
gress during the war that the Ameri
can shipworkers would mutiny if
deprived of their beer, Charles F.
Murphy of New York is reported
1o have asked Jim Nugent to de
liver the New Jersey delegation to
Colby but Nugent refused, assert
ing he would stick to Edwards. The
solid south proved cold to the
movement for Colby who, as a pro
gressive, little more than four, and
as a republican eight years ago, was
d-noiir.ci-'r the democratic party as
reactionary.
The Colby boomers professed to
be sincerely eager to effect his
nomination, particularly the wets,
and some of the anti-administration
leaders who were passing arpund
the assurance that the organization
would fare better with Colby than
with the "crown prince of the Wil
son dynasty" in the White House.
Work Hard for Clark.
In other quarters, however, it was
apparent that the real motive for
putting Colby forward was to draw
administration support from Mc
Adoo, a move which it was insisted,
would not be distasteful to the presi
dent himself.
The friends of former Speaker
Champ Clark, sitting in the councils
of the anti-McAdoo leaders, have
done their utmost to obtain an
agreement on him but apparently
without success up to date,
There were indications that unless
an agreement should be reached on
some other man, Ambassador John
Would Like To Know
j " Tell me , woodrow;
JUST WHEN IT WAS )
S 1 AT AMERicA GAVE
W. Davis would stand a better
chance than Colby of rounding up
the support of most of the elements
opposed to McAdoo. The Davis
boom has been steadily growing for
several days and he is now declared
a second choice favorite in a num
ber of important delegations.
Those who are confident that the
convention will be deadlocked with
McAdoo short of a two-thirds ma
jority are counting on the assistance
of William Jennings Bryan, who so
far, has not disclosed his hand in
the nomination fight but is reputed
by his chief lieutenants to be oppos
ed to the selection of the president's
son-in-law. In these quarters, it is
predicted that Bryan will unlimber
with a savage attack on McAdoo as
Wall street's favorite democratic
candidate.
McAdoo Backers Confident.
The McAdoo folks were so confi
dent of success that they were in
favor of forcing the balloting this
afternoon. When . the nominating
speeches were concluded Wilbur
Marsh of Iowa moved that the
rules be suspended and that the con
vention proceed to ballot on the
Continued on Tagf 4, Column 1.
Seek Wife of Labor
Agent, Poisoned by
Acid While He Slept
New York, July 1. Detectives of
New Haven, Conn., and New York
joined in search here today for Mrs.
Alexander Sokolowsky, wife of a
Russian who was strangely mur
dered in New Haven last Saturday
by having carbolic acid poured into
his mouth while he slept. It was
first believed that jealousy inspired
the murder, but it since has been
learned Sokolowsky, who was an
agent of the American Federation of
Labor, was accused by some of his
comrades of being a spy of the em
ployers in the ranks of labor. Mrs.
Sokolowsky disappeared immediate
ly after the tragedy.
Three Persons Killed in
Food Riots in Germany
Berlin, July 1. Martial law has
been proclaimed at Lubeck, owing
to the serious disturbances there. In
the food riots the police used rifles
and three persons were killed yester
day. The citizens' guard was called
out and calm was restored by mid
night. The Weather
Forecast.
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temperature.
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14. DEMOCRATS
ENTERED IN RACE
F 0 R PRESIDENT
McAdoo, Cox and Palmer Fa
vorites With Scattering Les
ser Lights and Paddock' of
Dark Horses.
San Francisco, July 1. One brief
session early today brought the
democratic national convention to
the end of the tedious business of
hearing nominating speeches.
With John W. Davis, ambassador
to Great Britain, Senator Glass of
Virginia, Senator Simmons of North
Carolina and Francis Burton Harri
son, governor general of the Philip
pines, added to the list of those
formally presented, the convention
at the end of its midday session,
found itself run out of business.
The resolutions committee fram
ing the platform was not ready to
report and sent word it would not
be ready before 8 o'clock tonight.
Balloting Motion Fails.
On motion of Wilbur W. Marsh
a delegate from Iowa, and treasurer
of the national committee, an at
tempt was made to suspend the
rules which required the platform
to be adopted prior to balloting,
and go ahead with the voting for a
nominee.
Such a suspension of the rules
required a two-thirds vote of the
delegates and it was quickly appa
rent from the shouts of disapprov
al coming from all corners of the
hall that the prevailing wish was
to dispose of the platform before
proceeding to balloting.
Mr. Marsh, therefore, withdrew
his motion and the convention re
cessed until 8 o'clock, while the
platform committee continued to la
bor. Fourteen in Race.
When it disposes of the platform
with the inevitable contests over
prohibition, the league of nations
and the Irish question, and goes on
with the business of balloting, the
convention will have before it a
field of 14 candidates, headed by a
big three McAdoo, Cox and Pal
mera scattering of lesser lights and
including a paddock of dark horses
nearby.
Unless some of the expected plat
form fights peter out, there seemed
little prospect of the convention get
ting to the business of nominating
a candidate at the night session un
less it proposed to remain at work
until daylight.
The movement to perfect a combi
nation against McAdoo still was go
ing on when the convention went
into the night session, but consid
eration of the candidates still was
obscured in some measure by the
platform fight and the question of
whether William J. Bryan was go
ing to win or lose on his prohibi
tion plank.
$800,000 Bid on Liner
Accepted by Ship Board
Washington, July 1. The bid of
$800,000 for the former German
liner De Kalb, made by the Amer
ican ship and commence corpora
tion, was accepted today by the
shipping board. The offer of $.1,000,
000 for the great liner Leviathan,
made by the United States Mail
Steamship company, still is under
consideration.
LIQUOR ISSUE
TO GO BEFORE
CONVENTION
Bitter Fight Over Prohibition
Question Being Waged in
Platfqrm Committee While
Meeting Awaits Final Action.
PROSPECT OF SCRAP ON
LEAGUE PROBLEM FADES
Leaders of Administration
Said to Be Content to Let
Plank on Covenant Stand as
Framed by Committee.
San Francisco, July 1 Furious
warfare over the prohibition plank
began late today in the platform
committee of the democratic nation
al committee with every prospect
that it would be carried later to the
convention floor, no matter what
the committee finally should decide.
While the convention waited for
the committee's work to be com
pleted, wets and drys were locked
in a struggle which some members
thought it might take hours to term
inate. Leaving the subject until last be
cause it was the most troublesome
of all, the committee had made its
decisions on the Irish question and
the league of nations and had clear
ed away all of the lesser contro
versies delaying its report. But so
long as prohibition remained in dis
pute committee members agreed
that their troubles were far from
over.
Aside from the wet and dry is
sue, the biggest fight of the day was
centered in the Irish plank. Over
ruling its subcommittees, the com
mittee threw out the administration
plank proposing to leave the Irish
problem to the league of nations and
adopted in its stead a declaration
of sympathy and a pledge to take
whatever diplomatic action would
be in consonance with international
comity.
League Fight Fades.
But while prospects for floor
fights on prohibition and the Irish
problem were increasing, all likeli
hood that the league of nations also
would be subjects of open hostili
ties virtually disappeared. The word
was passed around that most of the
administration chiefs here were con
tent to let the league plank stand as
it was when it emerged from last
night's stormy committee meeting.
The reference to reservations,
added at the insistanc of antiad
ministration leaders, was not in--consistent
with the stand taken by
Prsident Wilson, his managers here
believed, nor in conflict with the
party's record.
Among the other planks complet
ed during the day was that relat
ing to woman suffrage, the commit
tee, after a long argument, follow
ing the advice of the subcommittee
by approving an appeal to demo
cratic officials in Tennessee, North
Carolina and Florida for quick,
action on the suffrage amendment
Many Favor Middle Course.
On the prohibition issue the sub
committee made no recommendation
at all and many members of the
committee were for steering the
same middle course in the final plat
form draft. A dozen or so of pro
posed declarations ranging fryi
ultrawet to ultr.idry were brouf;
in to the controversy, however, and
the whole scale of wet ami dry ar
guments was rehearsed as the debate
progressed.
William J. Bryan was the su
preme chief of the drys. He told
the committee bluntly that unless
there was a positive declaration for
preservation and enforcement of the
present prohibition laws he would
not hesitate to appeal his c.ise to the
convention itself. The vets, who
suggested everything from a wine-and-beer
plank to a blanket per
sonal liberty declaration showed an
equal determination to fight it out
before the party's final court of re
sort. ;
To make certain that the com
mittee's disagreement should be
kept in absolute confidence, Senator
Glass of Virginia, the chairman,
Uinished newspaper men and spec
tators to further and further
bounds as the day progressed,
throwing a cordon of police across
i ho hallways and other approaches
to the committee room. He lsp en
joined all the members to strict se
crecy regarding the subjects dis
cussed and action taken.
Bryan's Prohibition Plank
Drastic Enforcement Pledge
San Francisco, July 1. William
J. Bryan's prohibition plank, arou..d
which today's fight in the platform
committee is centering reads as fol
lows: "We heartily congratulate the
democratic party on its splendid
leadership in the submission and
referendum of the prohibition
amendment to the federal constitu
tion and we pledge the party to the
effective enforcement of the Vol
stead law, honestly and in good
faith, without any increase in the
alcoholic content of permitted bev
erages and without any weakening
of any other of its provisions."
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