Evening star., 1935-10-02
LIQUOR DEALERS
VIOLATING LAWS
FACE 5-YEAR BAN
Board Will Deny Permits
to Stores Which Lose
Licenses.
WORDING OF MEASURE .
CITED AS JUSTIFICATION
Broad Policy Outlined in Survey
of Case of Mrs. Santa
Artina Delisi.

Liquor dealers whose permits are re-
voked for "willful" violation Of the law
will have to wait five years before
they may obtain new licenses under a
general policy enunciated today by the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Members of the board stated they
believed this was the intention Of Con-
gress In forbidding the issuance of
liquor permits to any one who within
five years of the time of applying for
q license had been convicted Of vio-
lation of the old prohibition laws.
The policy was stated by the board
In a survey OF actions on the revoca-
ton of a permit for sale of bottled
liquors which had been held by Mrs.
Santa Artina Delisi for No. 8 L street
northeast. The statement today was
signed by George w. Offutt. chair
man; Mrs. William B. Mason, vice
chairman, and Isaac Cans, the third
A. 3. c. Board member.
Sunday Sales Charged.
The licensee was found guilty by
the board of selling liquor on Sunday
in violation of the law and of having
failed to carry out in good faith the
provisions of the liquor law in that
you sold beverages for resale to one
Charles Boutsele. the holder of a
class D license (on-sale beer and
wine)."
The underlying fact found by the
board was that the business really was
operated by Sam Delisi and that he
had been convicted of prohibition law
violation within five years prior to
the issuance Of the liquor permit to
his wife.
Complete Survey Made.
The revocation of the permit, Or
dered some weeks ago. was upheld by
the Commissioners August g. There
after, the A. B. c. Board made a COM
plete survey of facts in the case "at
the request of a number of persons
interested in the welfare of the
licensee."
In stating its new policy, the board
declared:
IF the applicant who violated q
provision Of the so-called noble ex-
pertinent Is unfit to receive a license,
surely one who has consciously and
Intentionally violated the present act
has demonstrated himself to be far
more unfit to retain a license which
has been issued to him. To hold
otherwise would only encourage the
small minority who are ready at all
times to violate the law If they dare
and thus penalize the licensee who
desires to conduct his business in
strict conformity to the law"
Five-Year Policy Outlined.
Discussing its revocation Of the
Delisi license and its refusal to grant
a new license, the board stated:
In view Of the language Of the
act, whereby the board is forbidden
to grant license to one who has
within five years prior to filing of such
application been convicted of a viola
tion of the prohibition law, it would
appear that Congress did not intend
to have us consider the granting of
a license IN a case of this kind until
a similar period of time has elapsed
since the revocation.
I'm any event We cannot at the
present time suggest any rule save
that where a license is revoked for
willful and intentional violation of
the alcoholic beverage control law on
the part of the licensee. or one so
closely and intimately associated in
the operation Of the business as hus-
band or wife, new license will not
be issued to the licensee within 4
period Of five years next following the
time Of the revocation of the license"