Evening star., 1934-01-13
LICENSE PLAN WINS
SENATE GROUP 0. K.
IN CHANGED GU|SE
Committee Approves Meas
ure After Rejection of Dis
pensary Plan, 9 to 6.
KING TO ASK ACTION
ON PROPOSAL TUESDAY
Vote by End of Week May See
First Licenses Issued Early
Next Month.

The private license plan for the sale
of liquor in Washington was approved
by the Senate District Committee to-
day after a motion TO substitute a
Government dispensary plan had been
beaten 9 to 6. The bill will go to
the Senate, however, with a score Of
changes in the House provisions.
Chairman King said steps will be
taken to call the bill up in the Senate
Tuesday. The issue of private license
or Government dispenSary is expected
to be raised again during debate on
the measure, but present indications
are that the Senate Will pass the prl-
vate license bill.
If Congress enacts the bill by the
end of next week District officials es-
innate that the first license probably
would be issued about the second week
in February.
Delay Would Be Required
The liquor control board of three
could be appointed by the Commission
ers Immediately after enactment of
the law but it could not function until
appropriation for salaries and expenses
Other necessary steps would be that
the drawing up of detailed regulations
by the Commissioners and the giving
Of two weeks notice on all appllCa-
tions before licenses are issued.
When the Senate Committee met
this morning it had virtually COM
pleted perfecting the text of the House
private license bill, with a large num-
Der of amendments. and there remained
only the final test as to whether to
adopt the private license principle or
some form Of Government dispensary.
Senator Capper, Republican. of Kan
Sas, made a motion to substitute q
dlspensary system, on which the vote
was as follows;
For the dispensary plan-Senator
Glass, Democrat of Virginia; Gore,
Democrat of Oklahoma; Bankhead,
Democrat Of Alabama; Capper, Repub-
lican of Kansas: Couzens, Republican
of Michigan, and King, Democrat of
Utah. Six.
Against the dispensary plan-Sen-
ators Copeland, Democrat, of New
York, Tydings, Democrat, OF Mary
land; Lewis. Democrat, Of Il
linois; McCaran, Democrat, of Ne
vada: Reynolds. Democrat of North
Carolina: Kean. Republican of New
Jersey: Carey, Republican of Wyoming
Austin, Republican of Vermont. and
Davis, Republican of Pennsylvania.
Nine.
Predictions Borne Out.
This accounted for all members oi
the committee and bore out previous
reports that the question would be de-
~ t1rr rIr7 i0f or Ty1Tn Urr .
1t had appeared earlier in the week
that the result might be eight to seven
for the private license plan.
Meanwhile Senator King requested
Corporation Counsel Bride to prepare
a draft OF a proposed dispensary sys-
tenn for the handling of the sale of
liquor in the District. 1t was said the
purpose was to have a dispensary plan
measure in form in case some member
of the Senate introduced a proposal
that the liquor-control plan take the
form of the dispensary system as op-
posed to the general private license
system reported out by the Senate Dis
trict Committee.
Corporation Counsel Bride and his
principal assistant Vernon Z. West. will
work all day tomorrow on the dispen-
sary plan. So far as could be learned.
Senator King himself had not decided
today to introduce a dispensary meas
ure
The bill as it stands would allow
bona f1de restaurants hotels. clubs, rail-
road dining cars and boats to sell hard
liquors by the glass to persons seated
al tables
Other business places. such as grocery
stores. drug stores and similar estab-
lishments could be licensedto sell hard
liquors in unopened bottles but not to
be consumed on the premises.
Provision is made for a tavern Ii
cense to permit the sale of beer and
light wines at counters in places serv-
ing sandwiches and light lunches In
the restaurant and hotel section it is
also provided that beer and light wines
could be served either at tables or at
bona f1de lunch counters.
Other Licenses Provided.
There are various other kinds of
licenses provided for brewers, distillsrs,
wholesalers and solicitors.
One of the lsst-minute amendments
approved by the Senate Committee
would repeal in the District of Co.
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