Evening star., 1933-03-31

! and licensing.
would intoxicate child of 8 or 10 years
Senator Sheppard said the eighteenth
amendment torbids Intoxicating bev-
| erageS, whether fer adults or children.
Attack by Sheppard.
Senator Sheppard in his attack on
the beer bill said
ANY nation that legalizes brewery,
alcoholic liquors, writes its own moral
| death warrant" He pictured alcohol
as the "scourge of the human race"
Prohibition" declared Senator Shep-
pard, ''is worthy to live for and die
for"
| He added that apparently the vets
think a new national anthem should
be written, entitled 20, Hand Me Down
| That Bottle of Corn" He said that the
vets apparently believe that the rights
mentioned in the Constitution are right
to get drunk, stay drunk and die
drunk"
These same VETS he continued, claim
that every i'll in the country has been
due to prohibition, from "sprained ankles
and chicken pox to carbuncles and gal
loping consumption" He predicted that
|
the old saloon will be found
At the conclusion of Senator Shep-
pard's speech the Senate adopted viva
voce the District Committees substitute
for the House beer bill.
| Senator Capper of Kansas, dry took
the floor and denounced the beer bill.
| Gore Offers Amendment.
Senator Gore, Democrat, Of Okla
| horna- offered an amendment to pro-
/ hlblt the sale of beer at restaurants in
the Capitol and other buildings owned
or leased by the Federal Government.
| Only few Senators were in the cham
| Der while standing vote was being
taken on the amendment, and Senator
Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, tried to
| suggest the absence of quorum, which
/ was ruled not in order while a vote
was in progress.
A controversy developed however,
when announcement was made that
the amendment had been rejected, and
| a quorum then was called for. Fol-
lowing the quorum call it was decided
to have record vote on the Gore
amendment.
Before the amendment was voted on,
Senator Tydings urged the Senate not
to adopt it, pointing out that the Sem
ate itself could decide through the
Rules Committee whether beer should
or should not be sold in its restaurant
and that each cabinet officer could de-
eide whether it should be served in
cafeterias in Government buildings. He
said it would be inconsistent to adopt
this amendment and then vote for the
bill on the ground that it authorizes
non-intoXicating beverages.
Senator Sheppard pointed out that in
1902, 20 years before prohibition, Con-
gress prohibited the serving of LIQUOR
in the Capitol Building.
Senator Huey Long replied: This is
not liquor" The Gore amendment was
adopted on roll call vote, "a to 28.
The House bill provided for three
/ kinds OF license, ION sale" "off sale"
| mittee added two other forms, one for
wholesale distributors and one for per
, sons employed to solicit orders for beer.
Under both bills the ION sale" license
would cost 500 a year and would be
for places where beer may be consumed
on the premises. The Senate commit
tee brcadened the definition of this
license.
In its present form the ION sale''
license could be issued to bona fide
restaurants or hotels or incorporated
clubs charging annual dues of at least
| SIS. In the House bill clubs were re-
stricted to those having annual dues
OF SIS. In the case of restaurants, the
beer would have to be sold at public
tables.
| One Senate committee change would
| give the Commissioners discretionary
power to permit the beverages to be
served at private tables or in private
rooms Tor aSSemblages of more than
six persons. The Senate committee
also would permit barbecue stands to
| serve beer to customers in their auto
mobiles, provided the parking space
is off the public street Another Sen
ate committee amendment would pro-
! hiblt the issuance of an Ion sale"
| license to any restaurant which has
not been established and doing business
for at least six months prior to ap-
| plication
The "off sale" license, which would
cost $50 year under each bill would
! be issued TO establishments for the sale
OF the beverages in packages to be
| taken home
! The manufacturer" license would be
Tor the breweries and would cost 81 900
year. The wholesaler" license would
| cost $3.50 year and would allow sale
| OF the beverages in barrels, bottles or
other closed containers to other per-
mlttees for resale only A solicitor
could not get license without the rec
ommenoation of the vendor whom he is
to represent.
The District tax of ST a barrel is the
same in both the House and Senate
| pills Both bills also prohibit sale of
tne beverages to persons under 18 years
of age
License Board Busy.
Meanwhile the District Beer License
Board plunged into the work of prenar-
ing Tor the expected legalization of the
sale ana consumption Of beer and indi-
cations were that beer would not be on
sale here by next Friday, the date pro-
Vided in the National bill.
From the first study of the necessary
preliminary work that must be done
vernon E. West, assistant corporation
counsel, who is chairman of the licens-
ing board. said today it appeared the
administrative preparations were so
great they could not be ACCOMPLISHED
IN the brief time that will remain be-
tween final action on the bill by Con-
gress.
Much of the regulatory and admins
tratlve work cannot be done prior to
final enactment of the measure, it was
explained. The House has adjourned
until next Monday and prospects for
action on the bill before next Wednes-
day do not seem bright to the inter-
ested officials.
648 Applications Filed.
A total of 648 applications for licenses
have been filed at the District Building
and the number has been growing
steadily with each mail delivery
taA No.. 49,
} Dram, District director OF inspection;
Wade II. Coomhs. superintendent of IL
censes, and Inspector l.. !. H. Edwards,
assistant superintendent Of police. in