Evening star., 1933-04-07
DEMAND FOR BEER
PERMITS PERSISTS
District Beverage Board
Continues to Be SWamped
for Licenses.

The rush of applicants for permits to
sell beer in the District, which resulted
in payments of $4,000 for license fees
yesterday, continued unabated at the
District Building today, although up to
noon only 178 licenses had actually been
issued. The number Of applications was
not definitely known, but 1t was said to
be between 900 and 1000.
The District Beverage Board continued
to move very slowly on account Of the
many errors and omissions by appli-
cants in filing out their s-page blanks.
Some Of them have been compelled to
return to the board as many as Is
times before getting the application
blank correctly rilled out and approved.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Vernon
e. West, chairman Of the board, said
that only very small proportion Of the
large majority are turned back to the
applicants for corrections. Those re-
jected fall principally into the classes OF
places In residential zones and appH-
cants who are not citizens Of the United
States. Only where answers to ques-
tions show definitely that the license
cannot be issued is the application re-
jected.
President Given Beer.
In all other cases where the blank Is
satisfactorily filled out a temporary
permit is issued After the present
rush has died down, general ,mvesti-
cation of all permitees will be under
taken and those who do not measure
up to standards set by the board will
have their temporary permits revoked:
The permit board and the office OF
the superintendent of licenses both re-
mained open until half an hour after
midnight last night, and the prospects
are that this will be repeated tonight.
While the board was trying to rush
through the permits, the national and
local beer acts became law and
brewery truck sped from the Districts
only licensed brewery to the White
House, where gift of so bottles OF beer
was left for President Roosevelt. The
President was asleep when the gift was
left.
When the clock struck midnight, the
rain was coming down in bucketfuls
but nevertheless a crowd had collected
around the brewery plant In George
town SO dense that it became practically
impossible to move through 1t. Police
details were on duty both inside and
outside the brewery in an effort 10
maintain some semblance Of order. A
motor cycle detail attended the truck on
its visit to the White House ana later
to the National Press Club, where the
second consignment Of beer was de-
nvered.
Crowd Near White House.
A Marine guard also was riding on
the truck as it pulled up to the west
Executive avenue entrance to Prcsident
Roosevelt's mansion. :
Outside a huge crowd cheered and
motorists set up a din with their horns.
PHOTOGRAPHERS snapped pictures ana
then the two cases were taken into the
White House by way Of the tradesmens
entrance.
The truck bore this sign:
Here's to you, President Roosevelt.
The Nations first real beer in years"
Both West Executive avenue and
Pennsylvania avenue In front OF the
White House were jammed with pedcS-
trians and motorists who kept up con-
tinual round Of cheering.
At the Press Club, John Boyle, Wash
ington correspondent of the Wall Street
Journal and veteran club member,
drank the first glass.
AS midnight struck only $50 OF the
licenses had been issued and street
crowds eagerly followed the brewery
trucks to their destinations and clam
ored for beer.
For instance, at a delicatessen in the
$500 block of Connecticut avenue the
proprietor, receiving a shipment, in
tended to store it away for use today,
but he was Immediately besieged by
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