Evening star., 1934-03-05
Commissioners to Approve
A. B. C. Board Action
Against nip"
DECLARED TEMPTATION
TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
Also Regarded as Selling Drink
in Guise of Package
Goods.

llO0 10 pTOIllDlI lIle Sale mere Ol llle
nip or two-ounce bottles of liquor
will be approved by the District Com
missionerS, it was indicated today in
statements made by Commissioners
Hazen and Allen.
George w. Offutt, chairman of the
A. B. c. Board, announced Saturday
the board would submit a recommen-
dation to this effect, believing that
the small bottles offered too great a
temptation to school children and
were too much of a means of selling
drinks" in the guise Of package
goods.
Complaints Filed.
The A. B. c. board was engaged
today in hearing challenges against a
new list of applicants for retail
liquor licenses. but it was expected a
proposed regulation would be sub
mitted to the Commissioners later to-
day or tomorrow. 1t was indicated
the rule may take the form of ban
against sales of bottled liquor in sizes
Of less than a half pint. Numerous
complaints have been received by the
board against the nip" bottles and a
formal protest was adopted Saturday
night against this form of container
by the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations
Other developments today were in
dications by the A. B. c. Board that
it would adopt a policy against grant
ing of ION sale" licenses to places
which it regarded as being too close
to large school centers, such as Cen
trail High School and the Roosevelt
High School and the Macfarland
Junior High School. No formal action
had been taken at noon, but Chair
man Ofutt said license applications
which would be affected by such a
policy were being held up for the time
being.
Declared Temptation.
Both Commissioners Allen and
Hazen today declared their opposition
to the sale of the nip" bottles Allen
said: This form of sale of bottled
goods looks to me too much like a
conspiracy to beat the intent of the
law, forbidding the sale Of liquor by
the drink except under certain classes
of licenses. 1t seems to me there is
too much temptation for a person
buying such small quantity of liquor
to step outside of the place of pur-
chase and to consume the drink at
once"
A similar statement was made by
Commissioner Hazen Official action
was withheld. however, until the
A. B. c. Board had submitted a regu-
lation.
Commissioner Allen definitely stated
his opposition to the granting of Ii
censes to places close by large school
centers where there is protest from
the majority of the residents of the
area.
Seek Sentiment
"It Is up to the A B. C. Board to
use its judgment in determining what
Is the sentiment of the community"
he said. There are a number of
ways in which this can be ascertained,
and members of the board, in fact
may make a personal inspection of
the sections affected. The law gives
the board authority to recognize the
wishes of residents of these areas.
feel that we do not want licenses
granted to places where the majority
OF the residents are in opposition to
the application. This was the intent
OF the law when it was drafted"
Applications Challenged.
When the A. B. c. Board this
morning started consideration of ad-
ditional applications for retail IL
censes, in a largely attended hear
ing in the board room of the District
Building, 16 out of total of 1870
applications met with challenges from
residents of localities affected by the
applications.
Applications not challenged were
sent to the office of the A. B. c.
Board for action and arrangements
were made for arguments on the other
street, against which there was one
dates for the arguments will be an
nounced later. Opposition developed
to applications of the following:
William Fehi, for 242O Thirteenth
street against which there was one
objection; Joseph Pittleman, 3725
Georgia avenue, opposed by Elizabeth
Waldo. 4017 New Hampshire avenue
and r. H. LeCraw, 4035 New Hamp-
shire avenue; Jacob Oppenheimer
1458 Park road, opposed by Elizabeth
Waldo and Mr.. LeCraW: William
Howard Furr 3447 Fourteenth street,
opposed by Mrs. G. A. Corbin, 1876
Luray place; Pauline and George
Denison, 3174 Mount Pleasant street,
opposed by William NJ Crane; Isadore
Stamler, 5100 Conduit road, opposed
by M. H. Hess, 54O4 Macomb street.
road.
Opposed by Citizens Associations.
Joseph Friedman. 1901 Georgia ave-
nue., opposed by George E. Sullivan,
representing the Potomac Park Citi-
zens' Association; Harry S. Gilden-
horn, PITT Bladensburg road north
east, opposed by j. H. Kesecker, rep
reSentng the Rhode Island Avenue
Citizens Association; Harry Milloft,
4131 Third street, opposed by the
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens AsSo-
ciation; Mancari's Restaurant, 3459
Fourteenth street. opposed by Tracy
L. JefferS: Julius H. Rieley, 656 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, opposed by
Mrs. George Corbin, representing the
District Congress Of Parents and
Teachers; Joseph Temin, 1901 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, opposed by
Mrs. Corbin: Edward G. Wenger. 43O4
Georgia avenue, opposed by Elizabeth
Waldo. 40l7 New Hampshire avenue.
Fort Stevens Market, 6l28 Georgia
avenue, opposed by George Sullivan.
representing the Nativity Catholic
Church and School; Samuel Landy,
1890 Georgia avenue, opposed by
Elizabeth Waldo, 4017 New Hampshire
avenue, and Mason Leon Kaminsky,
1885 North Capitol street, opposed by
Rev. S. B. Dougherty, No. 2 Adams
1oad