Evening star., 1933-12-05

have raised such curiosity and concern
among beverage exporting nations.
Acting Secretary Morgenthau an
nounced Doran's resignation yesterday
with an announcement that the Bureau
of Industrial Alcohol would be returned
to the Bureau of Internal Revenue
today where it was in the pre-prohibi-
ton days.
Commissioner Doran. representing the
Treasury, and Ray Miller of the Agrl-
culture Department yesterday resumed
the issuance of importers permits.
Meanwhile Acting Secretary Morgen-
thau designated Choate as the Treas
ury representative to succeed Doran'
Negotiations were being carried on
foreign countries for trade pacts where
BY they would lake American surplus
farm products in exchange for spirits
Acting Secretary of State Phillips
said no foreign powers had yet come
forward with protests that liquor I'M
port quotas. thus far kept secret. might
be in violation of the most-favored ma
| ton pacts now in existence. NO op-
lection was anticipated by Phillips.
The Governments code for whole
sale liquor dealers was assailed at
| hearing on the pro Osal by John Drls-
| kill. executive secretary OF the Ma
tional Wholesale Liquor Dealers Asso-
| citation. He charged it was an invasion
] of States right that amounted to q
continuation of prohibition.
| The domestic distillers, importers and
| brewers already are under codes ana
President Roosevelt was ready to sign
the approved code for the brewers.
wholesalers, rectifiers and blenders
! of whisky, and wine growers are to be
| placed under similar pacts during the
week All will come under the control
administration
signing OF the brewers code was mace
last night by Administrator Choate as
| the first formal statement of the Fed
| eral Alcohol Control Administration
Choate's statement dealt with the ad-
, ministration's pollcy and said permits
! for liquor imports were being prepared
as rapidly as possible.
| -Four month quotas are being estab-
| lished on the 1910-l9l4 level Tor eacn
country exporting alcoholic beverages
to the United States before prohibition,
he said. Equitable quotas are being
set up for countries. which did not al
that time exist, and for countries Wnlcn
in the meantime have developed SUBJ
stantial industry. No application OF
/ other step on the part of exporting
countries need be made Licenses up
| to the quota maximum will be allocateo
| to interested importers"
The administrator said the code for
| the brewing industry recognizes the
fact that there are major differences in
the problems of the brewing industry
! as compared to those of the distilled
spirits industry, and that the same su-
pervision is not required for beer as fol
! distilled spirits"
The unified condition existing in the
brewing industry also influenced a deci-
| sion on the part of the Presidents spe-
| cial committee to treat the brewing in
dNstry differently from the distilled
spirits industry" he added. 1T fol-
| lowed that in the brewing industry
many of the requirements Of the dis
tillers' code were not applicable or de.
! sirable. Therefore, there are no pro-
! visions in the brewers code for permit.
or plant control, and no limitation OF
ALLEGATION of production. The brewer:
will have control and autonomy in the
operation of their code, subject only
and necessarily to the approval OF th'
| Government to the Federal Alcohol Con
troll Administration.
THE brewers at first objected to tn
provisions relative to labelling ant
branding. but later agreed to the cod
containing these provisions, when in
formed that their inclusion in the cod
was a matter of departmental policy.
At Choate's office it was said that th'
quotas for liquor exporting countries
probably would be announced today.