Word: volstead
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...decision of the Supreme Court that the nationality of a ship " partakes more of the characteristics of personal than of territorial sovereignty" altered the problem of enforcing the Volstead Act. As the decision pointed out, foreign ships, like foreign persons, when in United States territory (which extends to the three mile limit) are subject to the National Prohibition Law. Likewise United States vessels, like United States citizens, are not bound by our law when outside of United States territory...
...account of the unforeseen circumstances precipitated by the Supreme Court's prohibition decision, several modifications of the Volstead Act have been proposed. Of these the two principal ones...
...18th Amendment and the Volstead Act apply only to actual United States territory...
...Congress may amend the Volstead Law to prohibit liquor on American vessels, but the Court's decision declared that it had neglected to do so by the terms of the present...
...used to catch rum runners is still the subject of discussion in Washington. According to reports: the President favors it; the Navy Department looks askance; the Attorney-General is preparing an opinion; it is not legal; there are no funds for it in the Treasury Department (which enforces the Volstead law); it is illegal to spend Navy funds for the purpose; the Navy has no funds; there is an emergency fund which might be used. In brief: nothing is yet done...