Evening star., 1933-12-03
GENERAL BUSINESS
BOOM IN GOTHAM
BROUGHT BY N.R.A.
City Is Preparing for Large
Celebration of Repeal
on Tuesday.
BY THOS COMPERE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, December 2.-The no.
600 persons on the former work relief
Federal Civil Works pay roll, and some
of these received their first checks for
full-time work this week. Meanwhile.
unemployed persons who have not been
receiving work relief from the city and
State have been enrolling at the rate
of approximately 10000 day Nearly
10000 of these will be accepted and put
to work as fast as the necessary projects
can be outlined. This will make total
OF 100000 persons in this city, who Will
receive full-time work and reasonable
wages from the Federal Government
long the emergency S40O, O,0OO,O 600
relief appropriation lasts.
Business Improves.
Grover A. Whalen, chairman Of the
City N R. A. Committee made report
this week on the present status OF busl-
ness in the metropolitan area. showing
how the N. R. A. has aided in improv-
ing conditions. He said that wholesale
business during recent weeks was l8
per cent more than during the same
period last year: that retail trade had
increased sharply and estimated that
JIle SllI lSlIIldN dll UuSlllCoo WOuld NC
Is per cent greater this year than last;
that bank clearings were now 31.1
higher than year ago; that car load
ings had gained tremendously in this
area this year, and that there had been
a gain of $4,000 telephones here during
the last three months over the same
time in 1882.
While millions of New Yorkers have
been preparing to hail repeal on Tues
day with a gusto probably unequaled
since the Armistice, commissions and
sonal standing have been active in
changes in the existing regulations for
control of the liquor traffic in this
State. The regulations under attack,
which will 60 into effect with repeal.
were drafted by the State Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board.
Drastic Recommendations.
The most drastic and important OF
the recommendations for changes in the
liquor laws were made several days ago
by the Commission for the Revision of
New York State Tax Laws. This com.
mission. of which State Senator Seabury
the State take over the retail liquor
business lock. stock. bottle and barrel:
that a State authority be formed for
the operation of the traff1c! that all
persons selling liquor in New York do
it as agents of the authority, and that
profits from such sales go to the State.
The commission. which is powerful
in legislative affairs and is composed
of both Republican and Democrats. esti-
mated that under the State authority
system revenue in excess to $50, ,000, 900
H. ,%.t i r,,- =
be much more than the State would
receive under the present license system
Under the authority plan the present
rule against drinking liquor at bars
would be abolished. Restaurants clubs
and hotels would sell liquor on the
premises as agents of the State, and
either State-owned or controlled stores
would handle the package goods.
The recommendations of the commits
sion will be placed before the Legisla-
ture in January. as will many other
measures designed to change the exist
ing regulations. While it is considered
somewhat doubtful that the Legislature
will go the entire way and place the
State directly in the liquor business, as
outlined by the commission, it is vir-
tually certain that the present laws
Will be changed in wholesale way.
La Guardia Planning Jobs.
Mayor-elect Fiorello H. La Guardia
has been concentrating since his re-
turn from his vacation on the problem
of providing worthwhile work for the
100000 persons who will be on the
Civil Works relief rolls in this city
when he takes Office on January /. Al
though he has not announced the spe-
cific projects he will put through with
1nI1 dal kHxyf fIao E1oln
lief program, he has made it clear that
this work will be of lasting benefit to
the city, rather than merely meaning
less calisthenics for the unemployed as
much of the relief work has been in
the past