Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
DORIAN TELLS PLAN
FOR ALCOHOL RULE
Protection for Legitimate
Business Pledged by
Commissioner.

More protection for legitimate BUSH
ness in alcohol and stricter regulations
against the criminal element osten-
sibly engaged in business to cover up
illegal liquor operations" were pledged
today to the new Industrial Advisory
Council meeting at the Carlton Hotel,
by DR.. James M. Doran, commissioner
of the. Bureau of Industrial Alcohol.
Addressing the council, consisting of
representative leaders of the alcohol in
dustry, DR.. Doran laid before the coun-
sci new regulations soon 20 be issued
and declared they had been drawn in
such manner as to make 1t desirable ior
honest business men to obey the law"
THE Governments dealings with the
doctor, the druggist and the manufac-
turer are on the basis Of square deal,
declared DIR. Doran. Regulations al
fecting these groups OF citizens are
based upon that principle and are not
dictated by the operations of the oc-
casional criminal" He expressed his
thanks to members of the council for
their cooperation.
Officers Elected.
The council, in completing its Or
qanization this morning, elected as
Chairman Henry S. Chatfleld of New
York CITY, president of the National
Oil. Paint and Varnish Association:
vice chairman, A. Homer Smith OF
pbiladelphia, who is president OF
Sharpe e. Dohme and prominent in
American drug manufacturing circles,
and executive secretary, DR.. Harrison
E. Howe of this city. eminent chemist,
who is editor of Industrial and En-
afe{N
the American Chemical Society.
The new advisory council was named
by DR.. Doran, to include Is industrial
and professional leaders, to promote
better understanding and to establish
closer cooperative contact between the
Government and the business public,
principally scientific, professional and
trade organizations concerned with the
manufacture, distribution and use Of
alcohol and liquors for industrial and
medicinal purposes.
The council today devoted its princi-
pal attention to study of new depart
mental regulations promulgated to meet
new conditions created by the William
son act, which became effective July l.,
transferring the Bureau of Prohibition
from the Treasury to the Department
of Justice and creating the new Bureau
y
Department.
Guests at Luncheon.
Following the executive business ses-
sion this morning for consideration at
the new regulations, the council had as
its luncheon guests at the hotel
Assistant Attorney General G. Aaron
Youngquist, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Seymour Lowman and Com
missioner Doran.
THE Government welcomes the ad-
vice of industrial leaders, not for the
purpose of relaxing regulations. but
with a view Of applying regulations
with greater effectiveness to the end
that legitimate business will thereby be
promoted and safeguarded. With that
thought in mind. your views viii al
ways be given careful consideration,
DR.. Doran said in a luncheon address.
Legitimate manufacturers and users
of industrial alcohol, as q group are
organized nationally and constitute a
vital part of American business life. It
is the policy of the Bureau Of In
dustrial Alcohol to cooperate closely
with all of these leading industrial
organizations in working out their per-
missive problems.