Evening star., 1933-12-02
ROOSEVELT SIGNS d.
CODE REGULATING
Id LIQUOR INDUSTRY
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to expire on February l. Quotas are
to be set then by the new Federal Al
cohol Control Administration on the
basis Of trade agreements reached with
foreign countries.
In a marketing agreement signed
last night by Secretary Of Agriculture
Wallace, and supposedly. majority
of the importing industry. the F. A.
C. A. was given the power to regulate
prices, volume, country Of origin and
types OF alcoholic beverages that may
be brought into this country.
Code Sent to President.
A code binding the importers, ap-
proved by Secretary Wallace, was sent
today to President Roosevelt. along
with a pact placing the brewing In
dustry under the ,u. F; A C. A. ,,,,r,.
under a code signed Monday by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and giving the F. A.,
c. A. power to Ak prices and control
production.
Wholesalers, blenders and rectihers
Of liquor also are to be put under
codes giving the alcohol agency power
to control them. Hearings on their
codes will be held next week.
Issuance of permits for importations
Of spirits and wines began with DR..
j. M. Doran,. industrial alcohol COM
missioner and Ray Miller. representing
Secretary Wallace. passing on applica-
tions Of more than 200 importers for
,ervrissioy 10 bring II, - o0O 0O0 gallons
Invoice visas Ordered.
The State Department today began
notifying consuls in foreign ports to
visa invoices Of shipments that will
start a race of liquor LOADED liners
and freighters across the Atlantic.
Instructions were to keep secret the
quotas to the various countries pend
ing negotiations for trade pacts. How
ever, it was learned the United King
dom was allocated 100000 gallons Of
spirits as its initial quota.
Negotiations with Great Britain in
volve exchange Of pork and butter for
wh!skies: those with France, apples,
against which there are severe restric-
tions. Discussions also are being con-
Quoted with Colombia, Argentina and
Brazil.
The Government plans to keep con-
permanent policy on regulation. 1t is
preparing to recommend legislation for
control like that already undertaken
under the agricultural adjustment and
recovery acts.
The plan was formulated by the
Executive Commercial Policy Commit
tee and President Roosevelt's Interde-
partmental Ale ohol Control Committee,
which has had charge OF ironing out
code difficulties with the beverage in
dustries
In addition, the Interdepartmental
Committee is prepared to submit TO
Congress its recommendations for an
increase to s220 Of the liquor tax, now
sl.10 gallon.
Hearings on the proposal will begin
before a joint session Of the Senate
Finance and House Ways and Means
Committees on December IL.
The Interdepartmental Committee. as
Congressional Committee on taxation,
will be called and the benefit Of their
researches sought.
Liquor and brewing interests also are
expected to appear. Chairmen Harri-
son of the Senate committee and
Doughton of the House group said they
would hurry the hearings in order to
have bill ready early in the January
session of Congress.
Choate Reveals Policy.
The first formal meeting Of the Fed
eral Alcohol Control Administration is
to be held Monday. Joseph H. Choate,
jr., the director, said in New York yes
terday that policy Of self-rule for the
liqucr industry to as great an extent
as possible was to be followed.
THE general theory" Choate said. "is
when the industries fail to function
themselves. The code gives the F. A.
c. A. the power to act. however, when
the control authorities established by
the industry do not act"
While the import quotas are to be
fixed by Agriculture and Treasury De-
partment representatives until February
l. the Control Administration will have
that power thereafter.
The purpose of the quota system
used for the first time in so years by
this Observation-Disclosures Of the Exc
cutive Commercial Policy Committee
amplified, was to break down tariff
barriers against American products In
European countries, protect domestic
grain growers and distillers and to
prevent flood of foreign liquor pend
ing congressional action.
Wallace Attends Session.
Secretary Wallace, who recently con.
ferred with President Roosevelt at
Warm Springs on the liquor question
and Acting Secretary of State Phillips
attended the committee meeting. II
was understood the President strongly
favored the quota system as a means OF
bargaining for trade with foreign coun-
tries.
Meanwhile. diplomats, including the
Minister Of the Irish Free State, called
at the State Department 10 learn VnaI
quotas their countries were to receive.
State Department oficials said war
debts and other international cons1dera-
tions had no influence on the action
taken toward limiting liquor imports.
It was suggested, however that rule
might be adopted that countries en-.
tering trade agreements with the United
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