The Detroit times., 1916-01-12
Littlefeld Discusses S
Policy of Liquor
Committee
DECLARES HE'LL
NOT BE BOTHERED
New Regime Spells
Doom of Cafes That
Cater to Women


| hauling on the new EqTor commit
tee II I can help IL" said Aid. Sher-
man Littleheld. chairman OF the
| 1919 committee. Il ara willing TO
give everybody a square deal, but
the less people bother me about
| liquor matters between now and
next May. the more likely they are
10 receive merciftl treatment. l
am short.tempered and don't like
delegation OF saloonkeepers and
their friends following ne around
every time | poke my nose In the
city hall The same warning goes
I for the anti-saloonists."
The new committee viii meet
-hortIy 70 formulate plans for hand
I lirs the 1916 applications There Is
plenty Of time between now and the
April hearings for private invcstiga-
ton. Aid. C. ". Burton. who was
chairman OF toe committee last
year. and Is now serving under Lit
tleheld, does not think chat the cou-
mittee ought 20 rely for its inior-
nation regarding saloons and cafes
on the testimony % police officers
and the applicants for a neE license.
i he advocates the employment OF p
rrivate detective 70 gather the kind
Of information that the committee
wants He would keep the saloon
Eeepers and cafo Hroprietors under
surveillance the year around.
Cafes Nhat ea,er 20 women must
go is the dlctuu of President Rus
ter to tho Hcuor comi1fttee The
downtown district viii be closely IN.
/ spected by the committee The aid
ermen Of the First. second and
Fourth wards have given their word
af honor that they will not culy re
fuse tc iutercede Tor cafe proprie-
/ tors in their respective wards. but
hey viii furnish the liquor commit
tee with any information they have
I against undesirable license holders
Aid Burton K=atinE, GHrhard
\ and Kurz. tho other members or
me liquor committee. have all had
I Previous experience in handline
/ liuror applications Chairman Lit
tlehelG Is sponsor Tor the stateEeut
. that there will bc no leak iu The
committee this year Last year and
the year previous tie members
we're considerably hampsreI In their
work because )utEider1 were in.
formed of everything ttat took
place IN secret ssions. The mem
her who was suspected of talking
outside the COMMITTEES room, Is not
on the new license board.
Aid. Godfrey FreIwald, the new
chairman OF the ordinance commit
tee. says one Of his FIRST duties viii
be to attack the building code that
was so frequently amended last
year
cts almost an impossibluty %
build a house under the present
code and comply with half the re.
quirements Of the. law said Aid.
Freiwald Nobody seems 20 uu-
derstand the code not even the
building department think good
start would be to throw out the en-
I tire code and begin over. AS chair
man OF the committee on ordinances
/ will not stand for any more tam
pering with the code. It's a Chi
nese puzzle now"
Aid Eddie" Barnett. former
/ chairman OF the ordinance commit
tee. was "miffed' when be learned
that he had been removed from the
seat OF his former triumphs Aid.
/ Barnett becomes chairman OF street
openings, trading with Aid. Fret.
valid.
AS chairman OF street openings,
Barnett will have an opportunity TO
work actively against the petition OF
the Grand Trunk, asking for the
closing OF Hastings-st., between
Franklin and Atwater-sts.. 20 allow
the construction Of freight sheds
Estimator "Dick" Kramer. boss OF
the first precinct OF the Third ward
is against the petition. Barnett and
Kramer are political friends.
"To hell with tho corporations,
I'm for my friends and my constit-
uents," Barnett remarked when the
petition was FIRST fled
Aid. John Jakel drew the chair
manship OF the sewer committee. a.
was expected. He Is the only Dem
ocrat TO get a chairmanship The
continuation OF Aid James Vernon
al the head Of the committee on
public utilities aud AID. Maurice j.
Heating was also ia line with the
Z, election forecasts.
Aid. Nose WarteIl. whose gener-
osity IN settling claims OF relatives
and friends against the city direct.
ed considerable criticism az him
when be was chairman OF the com
mittee on claims and accounts, stnl
remains on that committee, AID
al" Kunz being the new chairman
AID Q W Burton's reappOiniment
as chairman of the committee on
ways and means Dr. a tribute 20 the
aldefman's business ability Aid
| W. n. C. Hindle f. the new head
Of the House OF Correction commit