Evening star., 1934-08-29
PATTERSON RAPS
LIQUOR IN TAKOMA
F adio Speaker Asserts Only
Temporary Profit to Deal
ers Would Result.

ABOUT the only DenenL OI Ine leBdH-
NJ tion of the sale of liquor in Takoma
Z c., would be a temporary profit
f. a few sellers of alcoholic bever-
a. RS, D. Stewart Patterson declared
ls It night in a broadcast over Station
WJSV.
Patterson's address was one of a
81 5ies on "Takoma-Wet or Dry,
W lich were arranged as a prelude to
Il 9 referendum in that community
S ptember IL on the question OF
" lether dealers in the area should
b. licensed to sell liquor.
Just who will benefit by the sale
o, liquor in Takoma, D. c.? Patterson
a. Sed.
Surely the homes will not. The
" men and children who now enjoy
II Q freedom and safety of the COM
m unity will not. The supply nler-
cl ants. who do their best to serve
" will not Owners of residential
pl 0perty will not The few sellers
OF the alcoholic beverages may have
q temporary benefit, but what about
tt 9 long run profit?"
Cites Objections to Liquor.
Patterson cited a number of OBJ
te ,tions to the sale of liquor in Ia
k ma, which, he declared is a home"
c. immunity, and asked: Who has
b. en- the most active in seeking to
sc ure these licenses for this area?"
Certainly it has not been those
II terested in our schools; not those
ir terested in better homes; not those
ir 5erested in civic betterment; not
Il oSe desirous of encouraging the up
Ii ting influence without which no
CT immunity can thrive. And GER
ts inly it has not been any of those
p bic spirited men and women who
a'e always working unselfishly to
n IKE Takoma better place in which
tt live"
The sale of medicinal liquor at
q ug stores in the community is not
ir yolved, Patterson pointed out. The
o. icial ballot, he said, makes the
is ue plain. The referendum, he de-
cl red, concerns itself specifically and
OF ly with excluding or licensing sales
r: ices for alcoholic beverages.
Issue One of Zoning.
1T must be obvious, therefore, to
e. cry person who gives the matter
a,y serious thought" Patterson said,
''t lat the questions presented by our
NV thoroughly established coming
Ia gs are quite analogous to the ques-
tt n on which we vote September II.
The issue is essentially one of zon-
ir Z, rather than one of prohibition.
T le very fact that Zoning has been
fc md highly successful, and has been
q preciated, giving us cleaner and
n. Te beautiful, more quiet and better
CT aditioned home surroundings, in it
s. teaches a principle OF life that
o. yht not to be overlooked in conSid-
ei ng whether or not you will vote to
h We alcoholic beverages in our midst,
o. vote for community that is free
fl I'm such Objectionable conditions as
Il uor sales presuppose and invariably
r oduce.
The determined drive of few men
t. obtain licenses permitting the sale
c alcoholic beverages here, for the
CT ? purpose of deriving quick profits
I'll erefrom, and in disregard. of the
v,ll-known wishes of the residents of
tx is community, is challenge to every
tt 0ughtful and home loving resident
No Benefit to Community.
Money derived from the sale of al
G. lolic beverages does not profit the
community, either generally or spe-
t!asSr. 1t profits few individuals
cI .ly, whose personal gain is spelled
Ii terms of community loss.
Persons familiar with actual con-
d tons and sentiment prevailing in
r 4koma Park, D. c., are at loss to
u lderstand hiw the few seekers of
il enseS for sale of alcoholic beverages
G. n expect to derive any real or long
j. n profit. While it seems as if these
u en- may expect to gain from the sale
q such beverages. yet it also seems
L ,ey can reasonably expect to lose
l. e patronage of other citizens pur-
lasing other commodities and home
u 'CessitieS.
Persons interested in securing the
i lenses in question have suggested
t. at they could operate successfully
b drawing into this quiet, home, nom
numerical community, people from
o her sections as purchasers of the
a cOholic beverages.
Il ask you to consider seriously the
Is lplications of this.
Such customers and purchasers
" )uld be drawn into this community,
L at is true. But you know that such
81 situation is not to be desired. These
y rsons hardly would be of the better
ass, but rather of the type contribut-
ii to the creation of unseemly and
d sorderly places commonly called
4 angouts'
Such persons, not having home
e. INJECTIONS within this community,
y 9uld use these licensed places of sale
a such hangouts. Persons of like
laraCter would be drawn together,
q i'd those so drawn would not add to
t Ie welfare, safety or quietness of any
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