Evening star., 1933-12-05
OPEN LIQUOR SALES
FAVORED BY GREEN
A. F. of L. Head Outlines
"Direct" Program to Com
bat BOot|egger.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIQUOR regulations so framed that
those who buy may do SO in an open,
direct and commonplace way" is ia
vored by william Green, president OF
the American Federation of Labor, one
of the organizations that opposed pro-
hibition.
In a statement made public today
Mr.. Green urged this course as the
best method of promoting temperance,
asserting that THE sale of liquor THUS
robbed of its glamour will mean that
intemperance will again be regarded
as a vice and be promptly brought to
check by the scorn and contempt of
decent citizens"
Suggestions Offered.
To this end he offered the following
suggestions:
Licenses for operating a public
be substituted for saloon should be
restricted to persons whose personal
character and reputation In their i'm
vouched for Surely rules can be
shaped which will make the necessary
qualifications a prerequisite to the OBJ
tanning of such privilege or permit.
American citizenship, financial re-
SponSibility, q clean record thoroughly
acceptable to the qualifying board are
some of the requirements A further
requirement might be the personal
surety bond of two citizens Of known
standing in each neighborhood.
The individual rather than the To-
cation should be licensed and the
license should be non-transferable. ex-
cept in the event of a bonafide sale
of the original holders interest or in
the event Of death-the successor being
meanwhile under necessity Of qualifying
before the duly authorized board or
commission in the same way as did the
original applicant.
The license should be In the nature
Of an annual fee commensurate with
the revenue possible to derive from the
conduct of such an establishment, as
operated under the controlling regula-
tions: yet fee ample to return just
revenue to the State and the municipal
ity, and at the same time create an
investment value sufficient to provide
incentive for the strict observance of
the proprieties and ethics of the bust
ness. The danger Of cancellation could
thus be made very real 1t would be
needed
Favors Restriction.
Licenses should be restricted in
number. their issuance to be based on
population and or the character of the
| neighborhood This would permit the
safeguarding of residential districts.
The violation of any OF the regula-
| tions governing the operation of such
establishments should be penalizeo
when such violations have been proved
| to the satisfaction OF duly empowered
| board or commission) by a substantial
monetary fine for the first offense ano
by the cancellation of the license as the
result OF q second conviction for any
cause.
THE unobstructed view Of the entire
space devoted to the sale OF alcoholic
beverages, whether at bar. counter
; table or settee booths. should be re-
ouired. The usual provisions with re.
gard to sanitation should, OF course. pt
, Included in the regulations
The serving of food should be op
tional-since any attempt to enforc'
measures designed TO compel food to b'
invite eyasions practically Impossible u
control That food should be made TIT
badge OF legality for serving drinl
seems rather inexplicable. and the fos
tering of such requirement seems II
be commercial rather than rational.
1.-The people men and women alike
should be notified that they can optalf
a glass Of beer or wine or drink o
liuuor-within reasonable restrictions
to hours and onditions-wheneVer the.
like. Such an understanding on tn
part of the public would do more. IN m!
opinion. to remove the unhealtn.
glamor surrounding that privilege thai
any other single act on the part OF
community. 1t would go further to en-
courage real temperance and liberty o
action within the law than any othe
single measure. The attainment OF thl
latter objective is 9 very real desire ol
the part Of the great majority OF ou
people. 1t is what they voted for whel
they authorized repeal-and 1t Is VIVA
they will earnestly support under tn
new regime"
Fight Against BoOtlegger.
Regulatory laws requiring purchaser
to buy in quantities. Green said. woult
serve only to encourage the bootlegge
and speakeasy proprietor.
THE bootlegger," he said, hopes tn
LIQUOR will be sold only in original pack
ages. He hopes that the only way
man or woman can legitimately obtai
a single drink of hard liquor is by pur
chasing at least ten drinks at time
He hopes that the innumerable speak
easies which now provide him with
highly profitable livelihood will continue
as before-outside the law and patron
lied by thousands Of our best citizens
The desire or the determination t
buy s~drink of liquor cannot be legs
lated out OF any StrOng.mlnded lndl
vidual in America, but the opportunit
for him to satisfy that desire or deter
mination can be so freely provided an
so thoroughly surrounded with practica
safeguards that he will gladly lend hi
influence toward the enforcement c
those safeguards.
THAT way lies the greatest good 70
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