Evening star., 1933-07-25
SIX STATES READY
TO HANDLE LIQUOR
Eight Others Have Prepared
to Submit Local Dry Laws
to Popular Vote.

MActhnery for the control of liquor
already has been set up in six States
.e anticipation of the condition that
would be brought about by repeal of
the eighteenth amendment.
State prohibition laws have been re-
pealed in IL other States. and In the
event of national repeal these will re-
vert to varying degrees Of open sale.
according to the laws that existed prior
to the constitutional amendment.
Eight States have arranged to submit
their State prohibition laws to popular
vote to determine whether they shall
be repealed or modified.
In these eight, and the remaining %,
varying degrees of prohibition will re-
amendment should be removed from
the Constitution.
Six Make Provisions
The six States that have made pro-
visions for dealing with the liquor
problem if it is returned to the States
are Montana. Indiana. Rhode Island,
Arizona. Connecticut and Delaware.
The II that have repealed State pro-
hibition laws are Colorado. Oregon, New
York, Washington, Illinois. Massachu-
sets. New Jersey. Maryland, Louisiana,
California, Wisconsin and Nevada. Sew
eral of these have taken cognizance Of
the possibility that the eighteenth
amendment might be removed and have
made some effort to meet the problem
Wisconsin legislators are endeavoring
to set up legislative committee to pre-
pare for State regulation; the New Jer-
sey Legislature reconvenes August 20 to
seek to centralize liquor regulation in a
State commission; Massachusetts, has
set up a special commission to draft
liquor control plan; regulation bill Is
being prepared for submission to a
special session of the Colorado Legis-
lature next month.
In the District Of Columbia. whose
laws are written by Congress. there Is
ist If the eighteenth amendment Is re-
pealed.
Attorneys for both the Anti Saloon
League and the Crusaders, an anti-pro-
hibition organization. say the District
would be without liquor regulatory laws.
Will Act for District.
Vernon E. West. assistant corporation
counsel, expressed belief the Volstead
act would remain in effect in the Cap
ttal until repealed by Congress or super
ceded by a local enforcemena act regu-
hting liquor sale.
Chairman King of the Senate District
Committee is of the opinion the VOL
stead act would be at least partially
operative here in the event of repeal by
the end Of the year. He expressed the
opinion that a local regulatory act
would be taken up by District commit
tees as soon as possible after the neces-
sity for such action becomes apparent
and that in this event all groups of
citizens in the District would have an
opportunity to be heard.
Michigan has repealed constitutional
prohibition and special session of the
Legislature is expected early next year
which might deal with liquor legislation
ii the prohibition amendment should
tuition.
In Iowa Gov. Herring is advocating
a State liquor control system pat
termed after the Quebec Plan. The
question will be considered at q spe-
cial session of the Legislature in Sep
tember
The eight States that are submitting
their State constitutional prohibition
amendments to popular votes most of
the elections to be held next year and
most of them to be coupled with votes
Oh repeal Ol LQe elSQLeSnCn ameQ0menC,
are: West Virginia, Nebraska. Ohio,
wyoming. South Dakota, Florida, Idaho
and New Mexico.
% States Locally Dry.
Most of the other % States are
bound by State constitutions to prohi-
bition and, although several are among
those that have voted for repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. few of them
have taken any step toward arranging
for answering the question that ma
tional repeal might PROFOUND.
In addition to Iowa and Michigan,
they are: Utah, Missouri, Pennsyl-
vania. Virginia, Oklahoma. Alabama,
New Hampshire, Vermont, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee. Texas, Georgia, Mis-
sissippi, North Dakota. Arkansas, South
Carolina, Minnesota, Kentucky, Maine
and Kansas
North Dakota has repealed her con-
stitutional amendment, but still has
State prohibition law. Missouri has
State prohibition law and there have
been indications that a special session
of the Legislature might be called in.
the event of national repeal. Pennsyl-
vanias State prohibition law runs con-
currently with the Volstead act and
would be automatically repealed If the
national act were