Evening star., 1933-12-09

residents Of the District have no chance
to vote on the question.
Opposing any return OF the saloon,
Mrs. Ccrbin gave her definition OF .
saloon IS ANY place where liquor =
sold to be consumed on the premises" !"
| Her COMMITTEES recommended. therefore.
! that liquor be sold only In original
/ packages ut municipal stores. with no
drinking In public places. The tenta-
tive draft Of q license bill on which
the hearings are being held would IL
cense restaurants, clubs, hotels, dining
cars and boats to sell liquor by the
drink at tables. The Parent Teacher
Committee also opposed sale OF liquor
! within 400 feet Of church or school.
objected to any form Of advertising OF
LIQUOR, opposed solicitation OF orders
and went on record against the sale IN
residential areas.
Urge Two Women On Board.
Mrs. Wiley prefaced her discussion
of methods Of regulation by recalling
has gone on record in the rast In favor
Of prohibition and the eighteenth
amendment. In the face of the pres
ent situation, she said, the federation
had certain recommendations to sug-
gest in connection with the problem Of
regulation.
Mrs. wiley then called upon Mrs.
Horace j. Phelps to present the feder-
atoms report, which recommended.
first. that the Alcoholic Control Board
consist of five members. at least two of
whom would be women. The bill as
tentatively drafted called for q board
Of three, one of whom would be wom-
an. Each member would have to be q
bona fide resident of the District for
five years preceding appointment. with
a further requirement that he or she
paid real estate taxes for three years
preceding Appointment.
Other provisions recommended by the
Federation of Women's Clubs were:
That return of the saloon be pro-
hibited, either in its old form or in
some modern guise; that the Control
Board establish municipal stores to sell
supplies at wholesale to licensees. and
at retail to individuals, in original
packages; that importation Of liquor
into the District, except for the muni-
cipal stores, be prohibited; that sale be
prohibited in any particular section
that sale be prohibited within 400 feet
of church. school or college; that
liquor advertising by radio. circular,
newspaper or otherwise be prohibited; /;
that solicitation of customers be pro-
hibited and that sales to lunatics,
drunken persons or persons known to
be habitual drunkards be prohibited /;
that sales to persons under 81 be pro-
hibited; that the municipal stores keep
daily record of names, addresses and
dates and quantities purchased. cover
ing all sales made: that hotels, res
taurants. clubs, dining cars and boats
may be licensed to sell alcoholic bever-
ages with meals for cash only; that no
beer Of more than 4 per cent Of alcohol
by volume be manufactured in or
shipped into the District. and that SUM-
GENTLY heavy penalties be prescribed
for all violations.
Urges Public Hearings.
Commissioner Allen wanted to know
how the Commissioners would 90 about
determining the residential communities
in which the residents object to estab-
lishments for the sale of liquor.
Mrs. Phelps said sentiment In a given
neighborhood could be ascertained by
holding a public hearing. as Is done
when zoning changes are proposed.
The Pharmaceutical Association filed
lengthy brief in support of its plea
that drug stores be allowed to sell
liquor in sealed packages, without the
requirement for a doctors prescription.
The brief pointed out that the license
bill as drawn provides for q retail
license, known as Glass A. to be issued
to places desiring to sell liquor in sealed
packages for consumption OF the prem
ises. The bill also provides for q
separate kind of license (Class E. to
be issued to drug stores, allowing them
to sell in sealed packages, but only on
a physicians prescription.
"Manifestly," the Pharmaceutical As
sociation argued. "the Glass e license
would have no value because the public
where no prescription and its cost would
be required 1t is respectfully submitted
that the proposed law should not thus
discriminate against the logical and
most dependable CT all retail dlstrib-
utors, the retail druggist. This would
not rebound to the benefit OF the public
or the retail druggist. Although We
respectfully urge elimination of the pro-
vision for the retailers license, Glass e,
we request the retention Of the pro-
visions exempting retail drug stores
from the restrictions applying to loca-
tions near schools and churches and
within residential areas. The alcoholic
beverages dispensed by the drug store
in every case would have to be removed
from the premises Of such drug store.
and could not be consumed on the
premises where sold"
Trained to Meet Regulations.
The Pharmaceutical Association arg.
Ied that for many years prior to and
during prohibition, drug store en-
ployes have been trained and accus-
toned to comply with governmental reg
ulations, and that the public could be
certain that the necessary regulations
and restrictions would be obeyed: Ihe
Use of drug stores as distributing
agencies. the brief contended, would
place the liquor business on q higher
plane than ever before and put the re-
sponsibility upon profession rather
than a mere licensee."
Speaking for the Citizens ASsOcia-
ton of Takoma, D. c., George E. Sulli-
van urged that consumption OF alcoholic
beverages be permitted only in private
homes or places to which the public
generally is not invited, and that sales
should be made only by municipality op-
Grated stores. He argued against giving
hotels and restaurants the right to serve
intoxicating drinks as proposed in the
tentative license bill.
Mr.. Sullivan asserted at the outset
that mo thinking person can deny that
the general use Of intoxicating drinks Is
an evil which causes idleness. disorder,
pauperism and crime" He quoted from
q Supreme Court decision rs far back
as 1887. supporting this view. After
explaining how Congress had marked
off large areas of the District in which
sale Of liquor was forbidden before COM
plete prohibition became effective here
in 1917, Mr.. Sullivan urged that these
former dry areas should be recognized
under the new license bill and enlarged
to include any other neighborhoods in
which the home e-owners object to liquor
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