Evening star., 1934-01-14
License Plan Is Expected to
Win, but Dispensary Meas.
ure Is Ready.
CANNON AND CRAWFORD
APPEAL AGAINST SALOON
Sheppard Will Make Annual
Speech in Senate Tuesday, 18th
Birthday of Prohibition.

Congress Is expected to complete the
passage of liquor control legislation for
the District this week, with advocates of
the Government dispensary system
forming their lines for another effort to
substitute a dispensary plan for the
House private license bill when the issue
is taken up in the Senate Tuesday.
While the prevailing opinion last
night seemed to be that the private IL
cense measure will get through the Sen
ate. there were signs that the dispensary
plan will find considerable support on
the floor and that If a roll call is OBJ
tanned on the question, the vote may be
fairly close In the District Committee
yesterday morning a motion to substi-
tute the dispensary method was de-
feated, to 6, a margin Of only three
votes.
While plans went forward at the Cap
itol for final decision on the local con-
troll bill letter was sent to President
Roosevelt yesterday afternoon by Bishop
James Cannon, jr., chairman, and Eu-
gene L. Crawford, secretary, of the
Board Of Temperance and Social Serv-
ice of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, contending that the pending
license bill would legalize all the essen
tial features of the saloon in its old
form. The letter appealed to the Pres
ident to urge Congress to make changes
in the bill and that would prevent re-
turn of the saloon, or, failing in this, to
veto the measure.
Senate to Hear Sheppard.
By a coincidence. the date on which
the local liquor bill is expected to be
taken up in the Senate-January 10
will be the fourteenth anniversary OF
the eighteenth amendment, and Sena-
tor Sheppard, Democrat of Texas,
author of that amendment, has al
ready given notice that he will follow
his annual custom of addressing the
Senate on the prohibition question
that dav. Repeal of the eighteenth
Sheppard's belief in national prohlbl-
ton as the solution of the problem.
He looks upon the recent repeal OF
the eighteenth amendment as only
temporary development in the prohlbl-
ton movement. In his speech Tues
day. however. he plans to discuss the
question from a national standpoint
without relation to the pending local
license bill
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee. who was one OF the
six members recorded for the dispen-
sary substitute in committee yesterday,
said the private license bill the COM
mittee approved will be reported to the
Senate tomorrow. He will not ask 10
have the measure taken up until Tues
day. however, because the report OF the
majority in support of the license Dill
will not be available until that day.
It had not been definitely decided
last night who will report the license
bill but if Senator King submits 1t he
said he will make his own position on
the question clear After the Senate COM
mittee had decided yesterday to approve
the private license measure, Senator
King instructed the corporation coun-
sells office and the legislative drafting
experts at the Capitol to prepare over
the week end a substitute dispensary
plan. and have it in readiness by tues
day. so that there would be no delay In
having the issue disposed OF.
The dispensary proposal being pre-
pared follows the essential features Oh
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