Evening star., 1933-12-03
SUPPLY Of LIQUOR
SPEEDED FOR j. s.
REPEAL ON TUESDAY
DistilIeries and importers Pre-.
pare for Demand on
Proclamation. &
IExPEDITING OF THREE
RATIFICATIONS URGED
Dismissal Of Legal Proceedings in
D. C. Asked to Prevent In
reference.
BY the Associated Press.


Domestic distilleries are moving at
full blast and importers are having
liquor loaded on fast boats in foreign
ports in hurried effort to meet the ex-
pected demand for legal spirits Tuesday
upon presidential proclamation of re-
peal.
President Roosevelt will return from
his vacation at Warm Springs to receive
notification that So States-the number
necessary to amend the Constitution
have ratified the Twenty-flrst Amend
ment repeating prohibition. He plans
to issue his proclamation Immediately
upon that notification.
Preparing for quick action, Acting
Secretary of State Phillips yesterday
asked the Governors of Ohio. Pennsyl-
yania and Utah to inform him inmedi-
ately OF the results Of the repeal conven-
tions to be held in those States Tues
day. Thirty-three States already have
ratified.
The Presidents and the State De-
partment'S proclamations are to be
issued simultaneously. In a move to
prevent interference with their issuance,
the Government yesterday asked the
dismissal Of legal proceedings that have
been brought in the District Supreme
Court to block the action.
Arguments Tomorrow.
Arguments on a petition filed by Can
non William Sheafe Chase Of Brooklyn,
e0ntendlng the method OF ratification
OF repeal was unconstitutional, have
been set for tomorrow. The Justice De
parllnent yesterday claimed the peti-
toner had insufficient legal interest to
maintain the action and that it should
have been brought in the States and
not against the Secretary of State.
Complete control of the liquor indus
try under the Federal Alcohol Control
Administration was assured yesterday
with the signing of the imports code by
President Roosevelt at Warm Springs
1t gives the administration power to
regulate the volume, origin and types
OF liquor to be imported.
The distillers code has been in effect
for nearly a week. The final draft of
the brewing code was made yesterday
by the Presidents Interdepartmental
Alcohol Committee.
approximately half the 1900 appli-
cations of importers had been passed
upon by representatives of the Agri-
culture ana treasury Departments late
yesterday permitting immediate ship
ment of between four and five million
gallons Of spirits and wines from for
eign ports.
Issuance of the importers permits
was halted temporarily last night at the
request Of Joseph H. Choate, jr., who
has been designated as head OF the Fed
eral Alcohol Control Administration, in
order to give him an opportunity to see
the remaining applications before they
are passed on.
Quotas Not Disclosed.
The expectation was that the work
OF approving permits would be resumed
today or tomorrow. 1t vas made clear
by officials that permits already issued
had not been rescinded
Although the Government did not
disclose the quotas laid down for for
eign exports. permits granted import
ers yesterday indicated that Italy and
Germany were being favored.
Importers said whisky authorized to
be brought in from the United King
dom was less than 5 per cent of the
total. indicating the Government was
seeking to encourage wine and beer
consumption over hard liquor.
Meanwhile, negotiations were being
carried on with England and France
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