Evening star., 1937-01-17
SHEPPARD FLAYS
REPEAL RESULTS
Evils Greater Than Before,
Says Senator on Prohi-
bition Anniversary.

Three years after repeal, beverage
alcohol is more Of danger and
menace to America than ever before,
Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas,
author Of the eighteenth amendment
told the Senate yesterday on the
seventeenth anniversary of the adop-
ton Of national prohibition.
ut is also evident" he declared,
that those who brought about re-
peal have not remedied the danger
nor modified the menace. 1t is further
evident that the evils Of beverage
alcohol have assumed such obviously
destructive forms that an aroused
public sentiment, when the case Is
properly presented, may well be ex-
pected to support the re-enactment
Of Nationwide prohibition"
After emphasizing the hazards which
drinking drivers add to modern traffic
problems, Senator Sheppard said
In the horse and buggy days the
drinking driver could drop the lines
relapse into stupor, and reasonably
depend upon his sober horse to take
him home safely, and this without
menace to others on the highway.
In the present age. If the driver re-
lakes control of the steering wheel
of an automobile but for q moment
he invites and frequently causes death
or mutilation to himself, to other
drivers. to passengers, and pedes-
TRANS
He laid stress also upon the neces-
sity for sobriety because of the part
machinery plays in modern industry
and the need for complete control
OF all faculties in operating machinery.
Dangerous New Saloon.
Another part of the new scene
Is the new Saloon-more alluring, more
enticing, more dangerous than the old.
The old saloon was the outgrowth Of
years Of experience in the ATTEMPT
to police the liquor trafic. The argu-
ment in support of it was that it
segregated the sale of liquor from that
OF other merchandise; that women and
children were excluded. The old
saloon fell into disrepute not only
because of the product which it sold.
but because Of the social and other
abuses which developed. 1t was
promised that when the eighteenth
amendment was repealed the saloon
in any form would not be permitted
to return.
Many ingenious devices have been
contrived to prevent the place of retail
sale from having the appearance of a
saloon. Package stores are being tried.
The requirements that liquors shall
be purchased only with meals, that
patrons shall drink while seated at
tables and not while standing with one
foot on a brass rail at a bar are also
being tried. But thoughtful observers
of social conditions today are inouiring
whether these modern substitutes for
the saloon are not in many respects
far worse. The employment of host
esses and bar maids, including many
young girls. and the presence of women
and girl patrons in growing numbers
in these new liquor places are develop
ing serious problems.
Senator Sheppard also charged that
the practice of cashing the pay checks
of workers in liquor establishments is
another characteristic Of the old sa-
loon that has returned in more sin.
lister proportions"
Trouble Being Stored.
Calling attention to the large stocks
Of liquors being manufactured for fu.
ture use, the Texas Senator continued:
These tremendous stocks indicate
the plans of the liquor traffic for the
future. Misery in storage Crime on
deposit! Murder in reserve! Hell
warehoused for the future destruction
Of mankind!'
Senator Sheppard said that accord
ing to study entitled After Repeal"
published by the Institute of Public
Administration. the most discouragin9
thing in connection with the liquor
traffic since repeal is that the boot
logger is still with US
Commenting on the many different
types Of regulations adopted in the
States since repeal, Senator Sheppard
said:
mo matter what type of law has
been enacted since repeal by the
States or the Federal Government.
the basic consideration appears to
have been the collection of liquor
revenues with slight regard for social
consequences. In the mad scramble
for tax receipts, social considerations
are being ignored"
Declaring that the American people
adopted prohibition after years of ex-
perience with the liquor trafic had
left them no other choice. he added:
To-day there is still no other choice.
The bootlegser is still with us, the hi
jacker is still present, the gangster
still kills, public enemies still var
upon us. kidnapers still ply their
ghastly trade. while the destroyer,
alcohol, converts the highways into
avenues Of death and mutilation."