Evening star., 1932-12-29
EMPERANCE PLAN
OFFERED BY CELLER
New York Representative
Urges System of Licensing
Beer and Wine Sale.

Representative Emaruel Cellar of
New York, in conjunction with Lewis
S. RcscrStiel of New York City. today
offered the "A 3. c. Plan for true { n
perence," plan for the distribution of
beverage liquors after the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment.
This plan has been favorably received
by the Wnman's Organizat on for Ma
tlcn2l Prohibition Reform. the Aneri-
can Hotel Associ0 ton, the Voluntary
Committee Of Lawyers 9rd tho tssoc:a-
ton Opposed to the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
The salient points OF Representative
Cellars plan are: The sale and distri-
button OF vinOus, cereal and sp.rituous
liquors, both at wholesale and retail,
shall be under ''non-competitiva mod
el license system. There are to be
county license boards, which will appor-
ton and control these model licenses.
These boards will also control the
granting, the forfeiture, the regCking
end the withholding of all licenses.
They are TO consist Of seven members,
both men and women. and must include
a clergyman, lawyer, a chemist. a
physician, an educator, a social service
worker, a member OF a we'll recognized
real estate board and a merchant If
there is no real estate beard. a ferr7ar
shall be member. To quote from the
plan:
VIII Have Six-Ycar Term.
"They shall all be appointed b. the
Governor of the State for overlapping
terms of six years, and vacancies shall
be filed only for uneXpired terms. All
expenses shall be paid from licen7e fees,
and the matter of salaries shall be Gis-
cretionary with the State Legislatures.
Any person directly, or indirectly, in
terested in the business of malt. v.nous
or other spirituous liquors, or ho-di-g
any stock in corporations involved IN
such business, shall be disqualified from
serving on such boards. In making ap-
pointmentS 10 such boards the Governor
shall give due consideration to recon-
mendations of bar associat ons, medical
associations. scientific societies End rro-
| fessional philanthropic and communal
organizations as well as chambers CT
commerce
The plan suggests that there shall be
three types of competitive model
licenses The number of these -SGued
will depend upon the population and
the discretion Of the licensing boards.
The first will be beer license" where
only beer and liquor not exceeding
per cent alcohol shall be sold The
beverage must be drunk on the p-e1-
iSeS where it is sold. and eating V i be
encouraged, though not be made col ga
tory. The second will be hotel rcs-
taurant and tavern license TINS VIII
entitle hotels, restaurants and taTc- rs
TO sell beer and other alcoholic b2v-
erages. but Will encourage then, TO 81
alcohol in public places rather tlan
behind closed doors and VIII try cnd
restrict Unreasonable hours. The .i-.r5
! license will be a bottled goods licorse."
This viii enable bottle goods store 10
sell vinous, splrituous and cereal b CT
ages in original packages only and
for consumption off the premise were
it is sold It may be advisable to grant
a grocer's license for the SALE O. &C 6!
beverages in bottles only. Tho higl'st
fee shall be the bottled goods lcoIae.
| the next the hotel restaure"7I AMI ~
ern and the lowest shall be the &c.
license.
The number of licenses sh2l b. lin
tied by the county lice12sc EC~-c-. Snt
these BOARDS can also resUla,o t--c lc-rs,
| the places and the cOntIj-C..j &. sale.
They can fine and impose Pa +. .c-, bu;
they must accord any license 4 l!2a- ING.
Will Fight Smuggling.
The dry States shall be protected by
the Webb-Kenyon act and the pan
reads, The Federal Government C!ler
the internal revenue and tariff lc75
shall do all in its power to prevent
smuggling across national bouncG- .cS
and prevent by suitable ptnaltie@. Ire
Justification of Government labels or
strips
This plan proposes to change -
'bottled-in-b bond" act to permit the
bottling of a "highball' CT any 49,.
diluted beverage in bond net to Go
the amount of alcohol by volume w.l!ch
is contained in a wine of ia GTal
fermentation, and to permit undo: Co.
eminent supervision bottling in bond
at three different proofs. go Pc cen
proof, go per cent proof and 100 pc:
cent proof The idea behind TIL =
that internal revenr. taxes shall he de.
vised so that the tax on spirits shall
be graduated according to proof.
The aim of this plan is 10 abolish
the saloon by making drinking. e11e-
ciallv OF beer and lighter wines. at
tractive and open and to add TO the
Federal Government revenue by excise
taxes and tariffs and custom duties.