The Washington times., 1933-12-06
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Citing Pre-Prohibition Evils,
President ProCIaims His
Trust in People
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

International News Service
Clad in new, and legal, raiment,
John Barleycorn returned to al
most half the States today under
o strict admonition to behave him.
self.
President Roosevelt supplied the
guide line for the relegalized IL
quor traffic in one of the most
unusual presidential proclama-
tionS ever issued.
After proclaiming the death OF
the Eighteenth Amendment and
the adoption of the Twenty-first
the President called for temper
ance and law observance.
Trust in People
He asked the public not to deal
with bootleggers. who have sup
piled their wants for nearly IA
years, but to deal instead with gov
ernmentally licensed agencies; and
he trusted the good sense" of the
American people not to bring
upon themselves the curse OF ex-
eessive use of Intoxicating liquor" ."
He said:
81 ask especially that no
State shall, by law or other
wise, authorize the return of the
saloon either in its old form or
I'm some modern guiSe."
This was construed in some
quarters today as rebuke to
those few States which have gone
back to the old pre-prohibition
days, or have resorted to camou-
flaging the old saloon by giving
It a new name, such as tavern.
U. S. Forces Busy
It will be "a living reproach to
Us ALL" the President said, if con-
ditions revert to the pre-VolStead
era. He described those condi:
tions as repugnant.
Meanwhile, an over-worked Gov
ernment personnel rushed prepar'
ations to re-vitalize the liquor in
dustry. The first licenses for dis
tillers were due to go in the mails
today.
Orders were issued releasing
some 100000 gallons of medicinal
liquor to the beverage trade. This
liquor has been stored in bonded
warehouses under Government in
spection, and jealousy guarded.
Repeal automatically allowed it
to flow into trade channels. Ware
houses were notified to honor any
withdrawal requests presented by
those having licenses to deal in
liquor.
In From Canada
Large amounts of Canadian
whiskies will be admitted imme-
diately to the United States. The
new Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
ministration, under Joseph H.
Choate, jr.. decided that owing to
Especial circumstances" it would
permit substantial quantities of
American type bourbon and rye
whiskies suitable for blending
purposes to come in at once.
The bars will not be let down,
however, to unlimited importa-
tions from other countries-par-
ticularly those which are either
in default of their debts to the
United States Government, or
which have established quotas or
virtual embargoes upon American
goods.
With such countries, the
American Government is going to
bargain. If France. for example,
wants to send in 100000 gallons
of champagne, she must be pre-
pared to relax restrictions upon
the entrance of American auto
mobiles or typewriters, or apples
and pears.
Federal Bargainer
This bargaining will be con-
Quoted by Raymond C. Miller,
director of the foreign trade sec.
tion of the Agricultural Adjusut-
Ment Administration.
. He is one of the busiest Off
clals in Washington at the
moment. Diplomats are standing
In line at his office. eager to
ascertain how and under what
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