HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0193.005 2006-2008
Date: March 21, 2007
From: Deborah Spence ,•~J!~(! P~ 1'
To: Hawaii County Council
RE: Deny Budget for "Green Harvest" THE WAR ON GOOD PEOPLE
Aloha Elected Officials,
This is a history lesson about how industrial hemp came to be
called marijuana and then became "reefer madness".
My reference is the book 'The Emperor Wears No Clothes' by
Jack Herer published in 1985 and is now in its 12th Edition.
The CONSPIRACY AGAINST MARIJUANA
25 CHAPTER 4 THE LAST DAYS OF LEGAL CANNABIS
Breakthrough in Papermaking - A Plan to Save Our Forests
Conservation & Source Reduction - Conspiracy vs. Competition
"Social Reorganization" - Hearst's Disinformation
Bigotry & Apartheid -Marijuana Tax
" Did anyone ask the AMA ? " -Others Spoke Out
Protecting Special Interests -Self Perpetuating Lies
THE PROHIBITIVE MARIJUANA TAX
In the secret Treasury Department meetings conducted
between 1935 1937, prohibitive tax laws were drafted and strategies
plotted. "Marijuana" was not banned outright; the law called for a
°occupational excise tax upon dealers, and a transfer tax upon
dealings in marijuana."
Importers, manufactures, sellers and distributors were
required to register with Secretary of the Treasury and pay the
occupational tax. Transfers were taxed at $1 an ounce; $100 an
ounce if the dealer was unregistered. The new tax doubled the price
of the legal "raw drug" cannabis which at the time sold for one dollar
an ounce. The year was 1937. New York State had exactly one
narcotics officer. j q ~ ~ S
Comm. No,
Ref. To: Fre~
Ref. Uate 1 2~OT
After the Supreme Court decision of March 29, 1937, upholding
the prohibition of machine guns through taxation, Herman Olipant
made his move. On April 14, 1937 he introduced the bill directly to
the House Ways and Means Committee instead of to other
appropriate committees such as food and drug, agriculture, textiles,
commerce, etc.
His reason may have been that "Ways and Means" is the only
committee that can send its bills directly to the House floor without
being subject to debate by other committees. Ways and Means
Chairman Robert L. Doughton, a key DuPont ally, quickly rubber-
stamped the secret Treasury bill and sent it sailing through Congress
to the President.
' DID ANYONE CONSULT THE AMA? "
However, even within his controlled Committee hearings, many
expert witnesses spoke out against the passage of these unusual tax
laws.
Dr. William C. Woodward, for instance, who was both a
physician and an attorney for the American Medical Association,
testified on behalf of the AMA.
He said, in effect, the entire fabric of federal testimony was
tabloid sensationalism ! No real testimony had been heard ! This
law, passed in ignorance, could possibly deny the world a potential
medicine, especially now that the medical world was just beginning
to find which ingredients in cannabis were active.
Woodward told the committee that the only reason the AMA
hadn't come out against the marijuana tax law sooner was that
marijuana had been described in the press for 20 years as "killer
weed from Mexico."
The AMA had just realized "two days before" ...the plant
Congress intended to outilaw was known medically as cannabis the
benign substance used in America with perfect safety in scores of
illnesses for over one hundred years.
PLEASE READ THE REST OF THE LESSON IN THIS GREAT BOOK
ATTACHED; is a copy of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -HOUSE
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-House Resolution 237 -submitted late on night to an empty House.
1937 - - CONGRESSIONAL RECORD=HOUSE 5575
and disposition of bnsiaess on the Speaker's table, following 2 calf the attzntlea of the House to the Tact that in the
consideration of the legislative program of that day RECOBD of June 8, Instead c,. standing here and talking tb
The SPFavrFa.. Will the gentleman include is his request the empty benches, .I inserted aII address which I think is
also the special orders of the day? worthy of attention. This is an address en income-tax
Mr. DICKS'I'EIN• And following the special orders hereto- July 1932, inc which Ieset out ompletelY exactly0thed same
fore made. Mr. Speaker.
Mr. SN1.3.,L. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, things the Secretary of the Treasury communicated to the
how many hours have we now set ride for special orders President, as stated in. the President's message the other
after the completion of the regular business on Tuesday? day
MIt~ER. Dces the request of the gentleman from - [Here the gavel fell.]
New Yerk CMr. Dlcssxsar] mean that he IS to speak before I ~ aDOII~GHCI'10 k's deskSpeaker, I offer a resolution, which
we adjourn? '
Mr RAYBIIRN. Many of the gentlemen who have per- The Clerk read as follows:
mission to address the House at 5:30 or 6 o'clock in the ~ souse Resolution zs8 ~ ~ '
afternoon do not claim their time. - ~ - - lieaolnea, zaat I.soN secas, at the state of Pennsyivanla, be, '
Mr gNEL,L. I think we ought to have an understanding and be 1s hereby, elected a member of tae standing committee of
Bbont that. ~ the Rovae of Representatives oa Patents. j
Mr. RAYSIIRN. On Tuesday there wiIl probably be the lye resolution was agreed to. ;
conference .report -on the C. 0. C., and following that there Mr. DOIIGHTON. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution, which
will be the noamflitary War Department appropriation bill. I send to the Clerk's desk. ~
I rather think these matters are goiaG to take the day.' ~ The Clerk read as follows:: -
Mr. SNELL. I may suggest to the majority, leader we souse Reeolutioa zaT
oaght t0 Have as lladerstaading that when we have aII Reaoloed, That A. T. v+,ioxx, of the Grate of California, be, end -
hour Or 2 hOllI'a offal the completion Of the regular bOSiIIeSS he 1s hereby, elected a member nt the standing commltteea of the ' '
.of :the da9 nothing new w1II be brought up, including unanl- ~govae o1 Representatives mti the Public E,eads and Pubhc Bnlldmga
mous.coIISent requests: If Members want to talk to the and crovnda .
Members who may be here, aIl right, but the rest of us Tye resolution was agreed to. . - ~ ~ ~ ~i
WOUld IIOt be Obliged t0 Stay. OCCIIPATIONAL ESCLSE TES ON E[EEInIIANA
Mr, RAYBIIRN. I may say to the gentleman that when . -
'the-.legislative program for today 1s over-sad St is always Mr, DOIIGFrlON. I ask unanimous consent for the pros- .
over before these speeches begin-there w1ll be no further ant consideration of the hill (H. R. 8906) to Impose an occu-
le$islation considered on that day - ~ ~ pattonal excise tax upon certain dealers in marihuana, to
My gNF'T,T• GVhat about ++na^~^+ous-consent requests for impose a transfer tax upea certafn deal3nes in marihuana,
consideration o1 Private bills or matters of that sort? Does and to safeguard the revenue therefrom by registry -and
the .gentleman consider the entire work of the day to be r~pr~g,.. - _
over 'except for such speeches? ~ - - ~ ~ The Clerk read the title of the~bil] - - -
Mr:. _RAYBIIR.N." i consider the entire legislative proglsm Mr, gNPR,T,, Mi.: Speaker reserving the right to ot+ject
of-the day 1s over when such speeches begin. ~ .and notwltbstanding the Sact-.that mv.friend, REm; 1s in
Mr,: SIdEI.I. ~ That SS what I. want to_ havg's ;definite _ -Savor of it, 1s tills a matter we should bring up at this late
vnderstand]n6 about.' hour of the afternoon? I do not know anything about the
The SpF4KF13., Does the gelrtleman from New-York-de- .bill. ~It may be all right sad 1t -may be that everyone 1s
' sire an answer to his parliamentary inquiry with respect,to ' Ior it, but as a General PrinniPle, I am against bringing uP
the time already Granted fur special orders? ~ env Important legislation, and I suppose this is important, ~ i
Mr,".SNEI,L. Yes,~~Mr. fipeaker. ~ - since Jt comes from the Ways sad Means Committee, at this
The g,~r~;a, The Chair may state that prior orders fate hour aY the.day. - ~ ~ ~ ~ -
have.already. been made for 1 hour of time after rile cam- ~ Mr. DOIIGHTON."-Z may say to the distinguished gen- ,
pletivn of the legislative program on Tuesday. . tleman lrom New York that we have a unanimous report .
Mr, SNEI,L. I am not going to object, M.r. Speaker. from the committee vn this bID and there is no objection.
Mr. MICHENER. Mr, Speaker, reservmg the right to ob- 'and whlle we would like to get ft passed, if there is ar.Ly _
ject, there will be no one here at that hour. Why cannot objection, I shall not insist, of course.
the gentlemen take 5 minutes i1 they want to get ,their re- SNEhL. This 1s an fllustratton of the situation I , _ _
marks in the RECOan, sad extend theft remarks, and not was talking to the majority leader about a few moments ago.
punish the Speaker and the rest of the Members Who may If we hold a session unffi late 1n the day and somebody
have to stay here? ~ - ~ ~ ~ - brings up a piece of legislation, the average Member knows
Mr. DICKSTEII~. I am not going to punish the Members nothing about it, and while it is probably all right, it is -
of the House alter 5 o'clock, but ii there Ss a break in the ~ hardly fair to take it up at that time.
legislative program, I shall Lake the time. Mr. RAYHURN, Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield,
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request a1 the I may say that the gentleman from North Cazolina has
gentleman from New York? _ _ ~ stated to me that this bill has a unanimous report from the
There was no objection. ~ ~ committee and that there Is no controversy about it.
PERMISaION TO A?bRESa THE ROIISE Mr, Sl`IELIi What is the 1)111? ~ ~ _
Mr. ~TF'R. -Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Mr. RAYBIIRN. It bas something to do with something ,
to proceed far 1 minute. that is called marihuana. I believe It is a nazcotic oI some
.The SPEA1~ . Is there objection to the request of the kind.-~ - ,
gentleman from .Illinois? _ - ~ Mr. FRED M, VINSON. Marihuana 1s the same as
There was no objection. : - - ~ " hashish. -
Mr. YEI T u. Mr. Speaker, I am not going to burden the Mr, SNELf.. Mr. Speaker, I am not going to object but ,
empty seats here after the business of the day is over by I think it is wrong to consider legislation of this character
delivering a speech. I do not do It that way. I have spoken at this time o1 night. -
on),v a 2ew times since coming into this House. I have never ~ s>aaerE nrnor.i.En an,is exa .toner essm.uTTON srcNEn
spoken yet unless Z have given a great deal 01 care and at- ~nsP'72 announced b7s signature to enrolled hi71s
tention to the preparatlan of the speech I intended to give, Tne
I am not going to do otherwise at the present time. and a Joint resolution of the Senate of the following titles:
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