Evening star., 1934-01-25
D. c. LIQUOR BOARD
SELECTION DENIED
Allen Declares Personnel Is
Undecided After White
House Talk.
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licenses and permits otherwise required
by the law and regulations.
With the exception of certain classes
of establishments, liquor licenses could
no. be issued for places within 400 feet
of any public, private or parochlal
school, or church. This would apply
to primary, elementary and high
schools. and colleges and universities,
but would not apply to any business
established as of yesterday. The rule,
however, would not be applied to places
selling bottled beer or light wine, nor
to "on sale" licenses for hotels and
clubs, nor to druggists selling spirits
on prescription, nor to places licensed
to sell beer and light wine at special
occasions, such as banquetS and picnicS.
The 400-foot distance, applicable
particularly to restaurants, would be
measured between the nearest street
entrance to the proposed liquor estab-
1lshment and the nearest street en-
trance to the school or church, by the
shortest line along any public travelled
way, park or parking.
With exception OF the special occa-
sion permit, licenses would not be Is
sued for the sale Of any beverage on
any portion of premises. not within a
building abutting any school or church.
In the case of lodging houses, licenses
eould not be issued if there was any
direct access from the eating place to
o residential portion of the building.
Any door providing such access would
have to be sealed before the control
board could consider the application.
Each licensee would have to afford
full opportunity to an agent OF the
control board to examine the licensed
premises at any time during business
hours.
Highbail Mixing Exempted
In the case Of restaurants, hotels and
clubs, licensed for sale of liquor by the
drink, beverages could not be mixed in
any place visible to guests OF the estab-
hshment. 1t was understood this would
not apply to the mixing Of hlghball,
consisting of but one alcoholic beverage
and carbonated water, but would bar
the mixing of such drinks as cocktails,
using more than one kind OF spirits.
The purpose of this was to prevent bar
like conditions in restaurants, hotels or
clubs Highballs were said to be ex-
empted because they do not require
much of an operation in the mixing.
With exception of light wines bottled
goods could not be displayed openly in
"on sale" establishments, except when
expressly ordered by a customer for i'm
mediate consumption.
Signs advertising sale OF beverages
would not be permitted on the exterior
OF licensed places, except in the case
OF manufacturers. Such signs also
could not be posted within the build
Ing so as to be visible from the outside.
Regulations would require the posting
Of the licenses held by various classes
OF dealers.
Ban from pm. to 8 am.
Places dealing in bottled goods could
not sell beverages other than beer and
light wines, between pm. and am,
except on Saturday. when sales would
be permitted up to 9 pm.
Beer and light wines, bottled, could
b sold between midnight and 8 am.
Places licensed for the sale OF liquor
for consumption on their premises
would be prohibited from selling drinks
between 2 am and 9 am. Under the
terms of the law itself. beverages could
not be sold after midnight Saturday,
because of the Sunday ban.
Manufacturers would be required TO
keen on their premises records OF the
quantities of beverages, except taX-free
vine. manufactured by the lcensee,
and also all sales to other licensees.
records of the quantities of beverages,
other than beer and tax-free wine. pur-
chased by the licensee. and also a record
OF sales by wholesalers. including the
name and license number OF the per-
son to whom the beverages were sold.
Retailers would be required to keep
records of beverages purchased for his
business. These regulations were de-
signed to afford a check for the pur-
pose of collection of sales taxes.
Transport Restriction.
Each club licensed under the bill
would be required on any demand by
the Control Board to file with 1t a
list of the names and addresses of its
members, directors, officers, agents and
employees.
No person could bring into the Dis
trict any beverages for delivery to a
licensee unless he had in his possession
o memorandum of the order. This and
other regulations were designed to pro-
vide a check on Illicit transportation.
Persons desiring to purchase alcohol
nr spirits for non-beverage purposes
Vould have to apply to the control board
Tor permission.
Driver of commercial or public We
bicles could not have in their possession
while in or on such vehicles any opened
Or unsealed packages containing any
beverage.
Changes 10 Be Considered.
Meanwhile leaders of the House and
Senate District Committees promised to
give prompt consideration to the sew
eral amendments to the law recon-
nended by President Roosevelt in his
special message to Congress late yes
terday.
The changes are, for the most part,
minor in character and intended to
clarity the legal phraseology of the
measure. AS the President pointed out
in his message. he preferred to sign
the bill in its present form and then
ask for amendatory legislation rather
than send the bill back to Congress
without his approval. which would
have delayed preparations for putting
the measure into operation.
The amendments will be taken up
first in the House, and Chairman Nor
ton Of the House District Committee
announced she would bring the sub
Ject up at the regular committee meet
ing next week. Chairman King of the
group would take up the changes as
soon as they are acted on by the House
Cummings Report Attacked.
The President attached to his mes
gage report from Attorney General
Cummings, which outlined the sug-
FeSted amendments to the bill.
The question of making the terms
OF the local liquor law subordinate to
codes of fair competition to be adopted
later by the Federal authorities did not
come up for discussion while the bill
was being considered at the Capitol.
II the House and Senate committees
decide to adopt this suggestion, it could
be accomplished by brief amendment.
The third paragraph of subsection D,
section 9, which the Attorney Generals S
6fice thought might be construed to
mean all buyers and consumers would
have TO posseSS a license was put in the