Evening star., 1933-11-09
CITIZENS GROUPS
STUDY CONTROL OF
LIQUOR IN DISTRICT
Chairman King Plans to Call
Senate Committee Meet
ing Next Month.
OPPOSITION TO SALOON
is EXPRESSED BY MANY
Sheppard Views Repeal of Eight
eonth Amendment as Mere
Temporary Setback.

oIudy VI bAiC pLRD1CiL W "AiaI
the policy of their respective groups
will be.
Senator King is not forming any
definite conclusions in advance of the
hearings as to what should be considered
here, but he has reiterated several times
recently that he is opposed to the re-
turn of the saloon. He will call the
committee to meet soon after a ma
jority of the members have returned
to the city.
Meanwhile the formal repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, when the thir-
ty-sixth State convention meets about
December s. will make no change in
the situation in the District, the At
torney General having held the VOL
stead act will remain IN force here
and In territorial possessions.
Sheppard to Press Fight.
Describing the impending repeal of
the eighteenth amendment as "only
temporary setback" Senator Sheppard,
Democrat, of Texas, author Of that
amendment, declared yesterday the
| fight for prohibition would go on. While
not ready to discuss in detail specific
problems that will arise as result of
repeal, including the question of what
Congress will do regarding the District
of Columbia. Senator Sheppard made
the following general comment:
This is only a temporary setback.
| The fight will go on and be maintained
on all fronts"
Leaders Of the various national dry
organizations are arranging for their
regular conference in Washington early
in January, when Congress reconvenes,
to map out future plan of action.
DR.. F. Scott Mcbride, general super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
| indicated he thought it likely the prob
| lem of prohibition in the District would
be among the questions discussed at
that time
The District of Columbia Anti-Saloon
League has appointed committee to
consider course of action to be fol-
lowed when the Question Of local proilis
fbition lis taken up next month"; The
committee is composed Of Andrew Will
son. Albert E. Shoemaker, MIS- Jenny
Bailey Wadleigh local PRESIDENT Of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union; :;
Rev. Frederick B. Harris and Rev Carl
G. Rasmussen.
Women Seek Control.
The Nationwide Women's Organi-
zation for National Prohibition Reform,
which worked to repeal the eighteenth
amendment, will disband when that
| goal Is accomplished, on December S,
but the District of Columbia branch
will continue In existence as q unit to
work "for model liquor control law
| for the District This was announced
Mason, District division Chairman.
Until Congress meets and erlacts
legislation for liquor regulation the
| hnished,'' Mrs. Mason said. The Dis
| trict division, which has over 1000
members. is anxious to have a part in
the formulation of public opinion which
VIII support enactment of a sane and
| liberal control law"
Announcement that the national or
! ganization of women working for repeal
VIII dissolve next month was made in
New York by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin,
national chairman, who pointed out the
group was formed to advocate repeal of
the eighteenth amendment and return
OF the power of regulation to the States.
Seek Public Opinion.
A committee appointed recently by
the Washington Board of Trade plans
to seek a cross-section of opinion be-
fore submitting any recommends
tions on the question Of liquor
control here The committee held
q preliminary conference yesterday
1t is composed of George w. Of
futt. chairman, and Joseph Burkart
Paul Lesh, L. E. Williams and Edgar
Morris. The committee was appointed
at the request of Senator King.
Mr.. Offutt, chairman of the commit
tee, after the session of the group yes
terday, said:
There seems to be a great many con-
f1icting opinions as to just what sort
of plan should be put into effect here
after the repeal Of prohibition. This
committee desires to obtain a real ex-
preston Of opinion from the people oi
Washington. First Of all, we must work
out the theory of the thing and then
we can go ahead into the language o1
plan. I do not know of any other
) matter that Is of greater public interest
than this right now, and we are trying
! to proceed with our study open-mind-
edly"
Each member of the committee, Mr.
Offutt asserted, will spend the next few
days making personal contacts in ar
effort to obtain expressions Of opinion
regarding liquor control. The next
: meeting will be held Monday, when IL
Is expected it will examine number
Of reports and plans drawn up by vari-
: Gus groups.
: The committee members were ap-
i pointed by Claude w. Owen, president
of the trade body, as representative
i group of District citizens. 1t Is ex-
{ pected they will meet with representa-
tives Of the corporation counsel's office
and members of the Senate and House
District Committees when the actua
drafting of legislation for liquor contro
) is started here.
!, Another group to study local liquor
control was appointed Saturday night by
! the Federation of Citizens Associations
1t included Henry I. Quinn, Thomas e
2 Lodge, w. j. Neale, Miss Eta Taggart
i, L. A. Carruthers, Edwin s. Hege, VII
liam NICK. Clayton, w. j. Calnan, DR.
r George G. Havenner, ]. F. Duhamel ane
;. Dr. c. B. Campbell.
D Rufus Lusk, executive officer Of TIT
= local branch of Crusaders and groul
J, of wholesale liquor dealers representing
e the old Wholesale Liquor Dealers Asso'
e citation, already have put forward con
d troll systems Milton Kronheim, profes
!, sionai bondsman, spoke for the whole
J salers.
t ings be read into the record Of the pub
: lie hearings.
The conferences were defended b.
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