Evening star., 1934-01-07

reduce temptation to a minimum, and
to avoid the evils Of the saloon.
Miss Scott of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. who suggests max
ing the buyer equally guilty with the
seller Of bootleg liquor, also urged the
setting up Of restrictions to protect
Government areas such as the Navy
Yard. St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Soldiers
Home. and in the vicinity Of schools
and churches. In addition. she said she
did not believe the board OF control
should be given too much authority and
that Congress should write the specific
provisions in the bill to prevent the
board from assuming too much power
Increased License Fee Urged.
A. H. Bell attorney for the Christian
Heurich Brewing Co.. indorsed the
Commissioners bill and urged an
amendment to increase the license fee
on local wholesale distributors of beer
manufactured in other cities. He rec
commended 81 900 license fee for these
distributors.
The Commissioners liquor plan also
was Endorsed by Samuel j. Sugar, rep
resenting the Unity Drug Stores, Inc
He complained of the proposed restric-
said the Control Board should have
discretionary power to determine the
location of establishments licensed tc
sell liquor. Sugar also defended the
druggists, who had been charged al
different times during the hearings
with selling prescription liquor Of poor
quality. He declared it was an injus-
tice to druggists to condemn them fol-
the quality of liquor. which Is pur-
chased direct from the distiller or rec
tifier, who have been licensed by the
Government.
A strict dispensary plan was ad-
vccated by w. o. Tufts Of the Wash
ington Federation of Churches. In
commenting on the Commissioners bill
he said Congress should write into the
measure restrictions to protect churches
and schools and not impose in the Con-
troll Board the authority to determine
locations of retail liquor establish
ments Tufts also advocated eliminat-
ing the possibility of house-to-house
solicitation by agents of liquor dealers
Edward H. Young of the Logan
Thomas Circle Citizens Association de-
clared that residential sections should
be protected from all forms of liquor
sales, both wholesale and retail.
Backs Commissioners Bill.
The Commissioners liquor bill was
described by Harry S. Wender Of the
Southwest Citizens Association as the
"fairest and most sensible plan that
could be offered" He declared the dis
pensary plan would encourage bootleg
ging.
George M. Mcclellan, speaking as an
individual citizen, expressed a prefer
ence for the Canadian system. including
the dispensary feature. He said it hac
its defects, but would be better than the
private license plan.
A. ]. Driscoll of the Midcity Citizens
Association, read a resolution adopted
by that organization, which opposed the
return of the saloon and suggested va
rious restrictions to govern the sale ol
liquor Personally, Driscoll said, he wa!
opposed to the dispensary system.
AS the hearings closed Chairman
King of the Senate group voiced appre.
| citation over the cooperation made pos
sible in considering this question by tht
invitation of the House Committee fol
| joint hearings He expressed the hops
that this experience might lead to sim
| liar Joint hearings in future on othel
| important local questions.
Chairman Norton of the House group
in return, thanked the Senate member.
for the spirit of cooperation they dis
played in arranging the joint hearings
King later pointed out that the join
hearings had not only expedited con
sideration of this bill, but also ha<
!, probably saved a considerable sum II
| the cost of printing If separate Hous(
and Senate hearings had been neces'
sary.