Evening star., 1933-12-31
WISCONSIN SESSION
TO CONSIDER BANK
AND DEBTS ACTION
Governor Amends Call After
Little Is Accomplished on
Liquor Control.
BY WILLIAM T. EVJCE,
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MADISON. Wis. December 30
With the Legislature adjourned until
January without passing any legisla-
ton regulating the sale Of hard liquor,
Gov. Schmedeman this week amended
the special session call to include
mortgage moratorium and banking leg
islation.
The Governors decision followed
criticism that present moratorium laws
are ineffective and that Federal as
sistance has been too slow to accord
wide enough relief.
After hot floor and committee bat
ties on the provisions of the liquor leg
islation, during which only broaden
ing Of the 80 per cent beer law was
accomplished. the Legislature at ad-
Journment had apparently reached an
which would be levied. 1t Is expected
that the 81 per gallon tax on liquors
OF more than 18 per cent alcoholic
content would be enacted, with the
revenues to be entirely distributed to
the communities with the proviso that
at least 20 per cent be spent for edu-
cational purposes. With this issue out
OF the way. the legislators are ex-
pected to encounter little difficulty in
enacting a liberal law on sale regu-
lation. which will leave local option to
the communities.
Inducement to Vets.
The tax to be imposed. however, is
an inducement to localities to stay wet,
as those that 80 dry by local option
will not share in the revenues COL
lected by the State and returned to
the municipalities.
Harry w. Bolens, Senate Democratic
leader who fought Gov. Schpehsnans
carefully drafted bill and seaired its
defeat, fired parting gun at She Gov
ernor just as the Legislature adjourned
Governor for his delay in calling the
special session and charged that the
State will lose 100000 in revenues
because no liquor tax has been enacted
and there will be difficulties in making
the tax retroactive. The State is losing
$4,000 a day, Bolens charged, and he
said this amount may even be exceeded
during the lively holiday liquor trade.
Protection of Students.
Madison councilmen, sensitive to
opinion IIlIOuSllCuL the state regarding
liquor sales to students, refused this
week to allow taverns or restaurants in
close proximity to the university to
sell hard liquor. A popular student re-
sort on the borders Of the lower campus
was denied a license and other pro-
prietors likewise turned down
Preparation Of reports on Wisconsin
banks 10 enable them 10 come under
the new Federal deposit guarantee law.
becoming operative January /, was Sc
riously delayed early this week by the
sudden death of Milo c. Hagan, chair
man Of the State Banking Commission.
Hagan's death, attributed to strain from
long weeks of overwork as the banking
body head directed the work ON the
banks, will delay the reports until after
the first Of the year. It was hoped to
have rs per cent or more of Wisconsin
banks ready to come under the new
law.
Leo Crowley close adviser to Gov.
Schmedeman and general agent Of the
Farm Credit Administration, who con-
ferred with Hagan a short time before
his sudden death. said this week it Is
doubtful now If the work on the banks
could be finished until well after New
Year day