Evening star., 1932-11-23
MRS. W|LLEBRANDT
MAY GET BEER lob
Legal Advisership in Legal
ization Campaign Expected
to Be Offered.

Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, for
mer Assistant Attorney General in
charge of prohibition prosecutions, will
be asked to serve as legal adviser to the
campaign for legalization of beer when
she returns to Washington, according
to current reports here.
Rumors that she no longer is con-
nected with Fruit Industries, Ltd,
| makers of a grape concentrate, were
! ton that she is still counsel for that
organization, however, reports persist
that on last July there was some kind
| of change in her connection with Fruit
Industries, it being often stated that in
the future she will represent the grape
growers in connection with their loans
from the Federal Farm Board.
Mrs. Willebrandt, who has been In
the West since before election, was un-
derstood to be en- route to the Capital
and is expected soon.
1t was Fruit Industries which put out
a grape concentrate known as Vine
Clio, which upon certain treatment in
the home turned to wine.
Local Agency Disappears.
Manufacture of this continued, and
there was substantial sale of it here
in the National Capital for some time,
but the local agency disappeared. The
Vine Clio, as such, virtually Is no longer
on the market. 1t was withdrawn
about the time the Government sue
ceeded in making a case under the pro-
hibition law against so-called wine
bricks. The prosecution succeeded on
the principle that wine bricks violated
the provision of law which prohibited
the manufacture and sale of articles
and ingredients from which intoxicating
liquar could be made.
Representatives of other wine orgari-
cations have been in Washington re-
benefit under the proposed modif1ca-
ton. But so far as could be learned
the wine people have not yet headed
up their drive in any one all-compre-
hensive organization.
Among the wine men calling here
recently was Louis M. Martini Of Kings
burg Calf, who is one of the larger
independents not connected with Fruit
Industries, Ltd. Mr.. Martini reported
that the independents of the West were
fairly well organized, but when he came
East to see what could be done about
uniting with the Eastern wine people
and grape interests he found them so
far unorganized.
Another large eastern concern re-
Gently placed huge order with Cali
fornia company for a surprisingly large
amount of wine, to be delivered when
modification of the Volstead act was
accomplished.
Varied Use and Strength.
Legal wine in the country is used for
several purposes, including sacramental
wine which in the year 1881 ran up to
total of 772,000 gallons, mostly con-
sumed by the Hebrews. This, sacra-
mental wine varied in alcoholic con-
tent, some of it being as high as 81 or
20 per cent. 1t is sold under permit.
Medicinal wines for the year were about
100000 gallons in volume, used mostly
in manufacturing Of patent medicines,
wine tonics and food flavors, according
to DR.. James NJ. Doran. director of the
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol. Imports
of wine, mostly medicinal, consisting
largely Of port and sherry from Spain
and Portugal, totaled about $1,000 gal
Ions in 1881.
The grape and wine people appear to
be divided as to how they may benefit
under modification of the Volstead act