The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-13
STATES STUDY
new PLAN FOR
LIQUOR CONTROL
Rockefeller Scheme Would
Encourage Beer Use,
Remove Profit.
BY WALKER STONE
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. - The
Rockefeller plan for liquor control
by states, which is being unfolded
in daily installments, is attracting
nationwide attention.
1t is likely that this document.
when published in full, will become
the Bible" of state legislators who
believe that temperance can and
should be promoted by scientific
government control Of the market
ing of alcoholic beverages.
No part Of the plan seems to bear
the imprint of the flnancier and
one-time prohibitionist. Mr.. Rookie
Teller apparently gave a complete
free hand to the men he employed
to make the study and recommen-
Acknowledgements B. Fosdick, law
yer, and Albert A. Scott, engineer.
Over a period Of several months,
Mr.. Fosdick and Mr.. Scott reviewed
the history Of liquor control activi-
ties in the nations of Europe, in the
provinces of Canada and during the
pre- prohibition era.
Habits Are Studied
BY comparing the results of the
various control experiments and
taking into account the customs and
habits of our extensive, populous
and heterogeneous republic, they
evolved a scheme particularly flex-
ible and thoroughly American.
Briefly summarized, as thus far
revealed, it contemplates:
/. Minimum participation by the
federal government in liquor-con-
troll activities.
2. Establishment in each state Of
a central alcohol control authority,
which will be both a regulatory
agency with power to issue license
and prescribe the rules governing
sale of beer and natural" wines
and an operating monopoly with the
exclusive right to sell heavier alco-
holic drinks for "off premise" con-
sumption.
Propose State Monopoly
3. Encouragement of the drinking
of beer and natural wines by max
ing it easily accessible, and it's sale
unhampered by unnecessary restric-
tions-the sale of beer to be prac-
tically without restriction, the
drinking of wine in public places
to be confined, if possible, to tables
and with meals, and complete pro-
hibition against drinking stronger
liquor in public.
4. Elimination of private profit
in the sale of strong beverages, and
thereby the prevention of efforts to
promote sales and stimulate de-
mand, the purchasers of spirits and
fortified wines to be accommodated
through a chain of package"
stores" operated by the state mo-
nopoly.
5. Observance of the local-op-
ton principle, by allowing the state
control authority discretion as to
the local of its package stores. (For
example, should city vote wet and
one ward in that city vote over
dry, no store would be
established in the dry ward)
Guard Against Teggers
6. Responsibility on the part of
wet states to prevent its liquor from
overlooking into neighboring dry
states, and also responsibility on the
part of dry states to prevent their
bootleggerS from expanding their
activities into wet states.
7. Relentless war against the
bootlegger, not only by law enforce
ment, but also by ruthless competi-
ton. (For example, deliveries Of
legal liquor to drinking residents of
dry areas would be permitted.
8. Levying of taxes on light
drinks and fixing of prices on heavy
drinks to be guided primarily with
the view of promoting temperance
and abolishing crime, and only in
for revenue purposes.