SENATE PASSES ANTI-BEER BILL, HARDING EXPECTED TO SIGN
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 8, 1921, the United States Senate passed the Willis-Campbell* anti-beer bill** which prohibits the prescribing of beer by physicians and "limits the extent to which whiskey and wines may be prescribed."
After the bill goes to conference, President Warren G. Harding is expected to sign it into law. The measure will effectively nullify the Bureau of Internal Revenue's regulations which govern the use of beer and wine as medicines.
*Philip Pitt Campbell (1862-1941) was born in Cape Breton, Canada & educated at Baker Univesity. PPC served in U.S. House of Representatives (R-Kansas) 1903-1923 & was chairman of the House Rules Committee 1919-1923.
**Willis-Campbell Anti-Beer Act, a.k.a. Beer Emergency Bill, permitted physicians to prescribe only wine or distilled spirits to patients neither to exceed 24% alcohol by volume (48 proof). It was signed into law by President WGH on Nov 23, 1921.
SOURCE
"Senate Votes Against Beer By 39 to 20," The New York Tribune, August 9, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
