Milford chronicle., 1933-12-08
LIQUOR SALE NOW
LEGAL IN ALL
PARTS OF STATE
[Continned from Fnt Paael

inspection, in the breakup an
eventual destruction of the motor
ously evil, Illicit liquor traffic" an
payment of reasonable taxes 10
support of the government.
The proclamation directed "spe
cific attention" to authority given tn
government by the repeal amend
ment to prohibition of transpOrta
tion or importation of intoxicating
liquors into dry states.
In concluding, the President said
Il trust in the good sense of tn,
American people that they will no
bring upon themselves the curse o
excessive use of intoxicating liquors
to the detriment of health, morals
and social integrity"
Utah in ratifying repeal wrote al
end to national prohibition anC
opened the doors of liquor shops in
eighteen states.
Almost half a dozen other states
we're completing plans for legaliz-
ing sale under their own laws. The
remainder of the nation remained
dry.
Repeal found the Federal Govern
ment prepared to control the flow
of liquor in wet states. through a
virtual dictatorship over the indus
try, and to protect the arid ones.
Several of the eighteen states where
liquor could be sold Immediately,
however, were without regulations
Repeal celebrations, found liquor
supplies for immediate consumption
restricted in some sections.
In hurried effort to meet the de-
mand and thereby thwart the boot
logger, the government on Tuesday
decided to allow large impOrtatiOns
of American type bourbon and rye
whiskies from Canada. 1t also
planned to release for beverage
purposes medicinal liquors held in
bonded warehouses and customs
houses.
A move of the International Re-
form Federation to block the issu-
ance of the repeal proclamation was
rejected in District of Columbia Su
preme Court, when Justice F. Dick
inson Let's rejected a petition filed
by Canon William Sheafe Chase, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, on the ground there
was no basis for the action. He
ruled repeal was effective upon rati-
tication by the 36th State and not
through the proclamation.
Meantime, in the Capital govern
ment officials hurried their prepara-
tions for liquor control. The Fed
oil a1.s,s fs-f,. To-. !
was the dominating group. Under
the dictatorship of Joseph Fl. Choate,
Jr, of New York, it was passing on
import quotas of foreign liquors and
bringing other branches of the liquor
industry under its authority.
Attorney General Cummings is
sued an order transferring the pro-
hibition unit of the justice depart
ment into the alcoholic beverage
unit. The twelve hundred agents
will assist the Internal Revenue Blu
reau in enforcing liquor tax laws
in wet states and will have the duty
of protecting dry ones.
Acting Secretary Henry MOrgen-
thau, Jr., of the treasury issued an
order placing the internal revenue
bureau directly under him. The
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol. which
supervised alcohol production and
liquor in prohibition days
was transferred to the internal rev.
snue bureau.
DR.. James NJ Doran, who for
many years was industrial alcohol
commissioner, relinquished his duties
10 become director of the national
1istillers code authority, which is
70 work with the control administra-
lion.
The customs bureau had prepared
regulations to prevent American cit
lzens from carting into this country
from Canadian and Mexican border
points duty free whiskey in allot-
ments of 800 and less. now permit
ted under the tariff laws.
Determined to keep bootleg whis-
key from entering legitimate chan
nels, Government officials said that /
though smugglers were seeking to
pay the import duties and taxes for
that purpose, it would not be per-
nitted. They said the spirits would
be subject to seizure.
Because the visible supply of do
nestle potable liquors is only about
100000 gallons and the estimated
for the first year of re-
peal is 105,000.000. it was learned
hat larger imports, especially from
canada were contemplated.
approximately 100000 gallons of
imported and domestic medicinal
liquors are expected to be made
Ivailable. Taxes and import duties
viii have to be paid before these
tocks may be withdrawn, it was ex-
,lained.
The domestic distillers, importers
md brewers already were under
proposed codes for their
control by the Federal alcohol ad-
and today hearings
we're held on pact to put rectifers
nd blenders under the authorities
'ranted in the farm and recovery
cts.
Of1cials were told by witnesses at
hearing on proposed code for
he liquor rectifying industry. the
hreat of the bootleggers was great
ST. They said he would seek to Y
yphon off his huge stores of illegal
Iquor and divert them into legal
quor channels.
Once the bootleg product has been
lVerted into legal channels, DIR. Will
am V. Linder, for 26 years an ex- (
ert in the Bureau of Industrial AL
ohol, said it could not be spotted
nd removed before it went to the &
onsumer