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...Wilson has taken a wrong course in recommending that Congress remove the statutory ban on the manufacture and sale of wine and beer, which is to go into effect in accordance with law on July 1. To be sure, a technical case of some strength can be presented in support of the recommendation, in view of the fact that the war prohibition act to which the President refers was designed "for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultural products...
...this law, Congress in effect 'anticipated by about six months a nation-wide prohibition under the Federal amendment. The amendment cannot be repealed; it must be enforced, beginning next winter. So far as any individual is concerned, it may make little difference whether wine and beer can be bought and sold for beverage purposes in the second half of this year, so long as they must go under the ban within a few months at the latest. But something more important than that is now involved. Having determined upon its policy, the Government should adhere to it for the sake...
...Congress of International Students is holding a meeting in Paris at the present time at which representatives of colleges and universities all over the world are present. The object of the congress is to strengthen the bonds existing between the students of France and the students of other nations, particularly of the United States, and especially to deal with the following questions: equivalence in respect to diplomas and credits in different universities, study tours and missions, travelling fellowships exchange of professors, and special courses in France for foreign students...
...sentiment of the country. If the "bone dry" lid, that was set up under the pressure of war conditions, were tightly clamped on the country, there would be great grinding and jolting before the nation finally stabalized itself again. The President has acted judiciously, and we urge that Congress begin to cut the red tape as soon as possible, in order that July 1 may not be a national day of gloom...
...seems to me that of the first actions of the St. Louis convention are particularly significant. The delegates voted down the 'Grab Bill' to give every discharged soldier six months additional pay. This bill had been proposed in Congress as a political measure in order to win votes from the many discharged soldiers for its backers. It was entirely unnecessary, as the $60 bonus law gave all the aid that was needed to get a discharged soldier back on the job. By repudiating this bill, the Legion showed that it intended to keep to its newly adopted tenet of steering...