Evening star., 1934-03-10

Il may be wrong" Howsley said.
"but believe those places within 400
feet established before that date have
right to their licenses
Later, he said, that when you go
beyond 400 feet of school, the board
can refuse to grant license. and be-
fore 1t could do otherwise Congress
would have to make a change in the
law"
At the outset of his speech, Quinn
expressed surprise" at Howsleys
views He said business" is construed
by the corporation counsel to mean a
Liquor business" and argued that
there was no such thing as a recog-
nized liquor business prior to January
"a, 1884. He referred to Howsley's ex-
planation that he, the assistant cor
poration counsel, was speaking ''un-
officially" and declared that he had
talked to w. W. Bride, the former cor
poration counsel, who framed the law
and got from Bride confirmation of his
Interpretation of the act.
In conclusion Quinn said, address,
ing Offutt: Il say to you get Brides
views. I say to you as a lawyer take
the liquor law home with you and
read it carefully over the week end
Offutt interrupted to ask if he pos
sibly meant that the board members
hadn't already read the law.
Quinn replied, smilingly that he
had not meant to offend the board,
but that he proposed its members
read the act in the light of parent
teacher associations, citizens asso-
Citations and my own contentious and
protests"
You'll find you have the power to
refuse licenses and do as we suggest.
and protect school neighborhoods
from liquor establishments.
Ballou Gives Views.
When Quinn had concluded his
general statement, members of the
A. B. c. Board attempted to draw
from him a suggestion as to the dis
tance from schools within which Ii
censes should not be granted Quinn
refused, declaring the danger and
evil to school children cannot be
measured by feet"
DR.. Ballou contended the public
was led to believe while the law was
being drafted that the public interests
and wishes of citizens were to be con-
sldered. In reply to a statement by
an attorney for one license applicant
as to the rights of the order of an
establishment or a taxpayer, the su-
perintendent said:
"We roI1St tI1i.
protection Of children above the level
of the question of the payment of
taxes. No taxpayer or any CONNER
cial interest has any right that tran
scends the rights of the children"
DR.. Ballou also said he could not
give the board yard stick" by which
to measure the distance of license
places from schools.
When the board urged him to be
specific, DR.. Ballou said it might be
possible that one place within 100
feet Of a school might not be a temp
tation to school children. while an
other 1000 feet away might offer such
temptation
Library Protest.
DR.. BoWerman read to the board
resolution adopted by the librarys
board Of trustees urging that licenses
be refused to places near Libraries as
well as schools
Stull, speaking as legislative officer
of the Congress of Parent-Teacher
Associations, indorsed the position
taken by the Board of Education.
DR.. Havenner said the Chamber of
Commerce had taken no official
action on the pending questions, but
that as chairman of the Committee
on Education he was convinced mem
bers of the chamber would be op-
posed to licensing Of sale of liquor in
the immediate vicinity" of schools
When members Of the board once
more sought a specific statement of
distance, Havenner said licenses
should not be granted in a block
where a school was located regardless
OF the number of feet distant.
Cottrell asked that the board refuse
licenses in areas for which the Board
of Education requested protection
and which the A. B. C. Board found
to be reasonable"
The Executive Committee Of the
Alice Deal Parent Teacher Associa-
ton earlier had voted to oppose any
kind of liquor licenses for the Sho-
Case and Connecticut Bar-B-Q res
taurants at Connecticut avenue and
Albemarle street. The association
pointed out that completion of the
Woodrow Wilson High School, two
blocks west of that intersection will
kn "COnnQntin1It
marie street the school corner for
hundreds of boys and girls" who
should not be subjected to the in
fuence of liquor sales.
Despite these and other protests.
however, licenses to deal in hare
liquor were granted today to two
establishments on Connecticut ave-
nue. and store on Upper Georgia
avenue. Spokesman for citizens asso-
Citations, church groups and a number
of property owners 'lso had opposeo
the action.
Chevy Chase Protest Fails.
An approved permit to zeal in
bottled liquor was received by Flapcis
Rubin Stirman for a delicateSSen at
come of lengthy hearing late yester-
day. Protest was voiced by Edwin S
Hege, representing the Chevy Chase
Citizens Association.
The board granted an "on-sale" Ii
cense to the Connecticut Bar-B-Q
at Connecticut avenue and Albemarle
street. Spokesman for the Forest Hill
Citizens Association also had pro-
tested this license.
The board also has granted a Ii
cense to deal in bottled liquor to the
retail store Of Morris Miller at 1900
Alaska avenue, which was opposed
by spokesmen for the Sixteenth Street
Heights Citizens Association, the Citi-
zens' Association of Takoma, D. c..
and the congregation of the North
minister Presbyterian Church.
Retail Licenses Issued.
The following retail beverage Ii
censes have been issued by the A. B.
G. Board; Mount Vernon Beverage
Store, 1913 Ninth street; Meridian
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