Evening star., 1933-04-04
SENATE APPROVES
D. c. BEER REPORT
Votes AZ to 81 Without De.
bate-BiII Goes Back
to House.

BY vote of a to "a the Senate this
afternoon adopted the conference re-
port on the District beer and wine bill.
The report now goes to the House,
and II that body ratifies it, the measure
will be ready for signature by President
Roosevelt.
The Senate agreed to the report with
out word of debate beyond the re-
quest of Senator Sheppard, Democrat.
of Texas, for a roll call. When Senator
Tydings, Democrat, Of Maryland, called
up the report Senator Sheppard first
suggested the absence Of quorum. AS
soon as quorum was obtained, the
Senate proceeded to vote on whether
1t would accept the measure as agreed
to in conference or send 1t back for
further conference
| AS ironed out in conference late yes
terday the bill was changed in only a
few particulars from the form in which
it passed the Senate.
Commissioners Given Power.
The principal change made by the
confereeS was in rewriting the Gore
amendment to give the District Com
missioners discretionary power in de-
Gliding whether licenses should be is
sued to serve beer in restaurants at the
Capitol and other Government build
ings. As passed by the Senate last
week, the Gore amendment read as fol-
lows:
Provided That no license shall be
issued for the sale Of any such beverage
in any building owned or leased by the
United States and used for the trans
action of public business"
The other change made by the cont
ferees was to reduce from six months
to two months the length Of time a
restaurant must have been in opera
ton in order to obtain an Ion sale"
license to serve beer.
May Go to President Tomorrow.
If there is no delay in ratifying the
conference report the bill probably
will 90 to President Roosevelt to be
signed by tomorrow evening.
With the exception of the changes
mentioned above, the final draft of the
measure follows the revised form in
which the Senate passed it. A Senate
subcommittee headed by Senator Tyd-
ings, and including Senators Carey of
Wyoming and Lewis of Illinois, rewrote
the House bill to throw every possible
safeguard around the licensing and
regulation Of these beverages and TO
perfect the legal phraseology of the
measure. The essential features of this
revision are preserved in the final re-
port
For instance, there are five kinds of
licenses instead of three as in the
House bill. The House provides for a
manufacturers permit, an ION sale"
license and an "off sale" license. TIE
Senate added a permit for wholesale
distributors and a license requirement
for solicitors sent out to canvass for
orders. The ION sale" license would
be issued only to bona fide restaurants
that have been in operation for two
months, incorporated clubs having
membership dues of Sc year and to
hctels. This license would cast 500
year and would permit beer to be
consumed on the premises under GER
tain restrictions.
Barbecue Stands Eliminated.
As reported from the Senate COM
mittee the bill would have allowed BAR
becue stands to serve beer to customers
IN automobiles provided the machines
were parked on the premises Of the
Establishments, but the Senate knocked
this out and, since it was not in the
House bill, the conferees could not
consider the question.
The "off sale" licenses would cost
$50 year and would allow sale of
beer in the original containers to be
taken away. but not consumed on the
premises. The manufacturers license
would cost 81 900 a year, the whole
saler's license $3.50 a year and the So
hcitor's permit 81 year.
The bill prohibits sale of the bever-
ages to persons under 18.