Evening star., 1943-08-24
$50 Minimum
Collateral Set
For Food Cases
Move Token to Check
Forfeitures; Mercy
Asked in $3.50 Fine

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Food operators arrested on health
violation charges must post a mini
mum $50 collateral as a result OF
an order sent to all police precincts
by Police Superintendent Edward j
Kelly. Heretofore the required COL
lateral In health cases has been
$25.
The action was taken after a
suggestion by Assistant Health Of
1cer Daniel Seckinger that the COL
lateral be raised to insure the de-
PENDANTS appearance in court.
For the first time In the current
campaign against insanitary condi-
tions in food establishments, there
were no forfeitures on health viola
ton charges In Municipal Court to-
day.
Four defendants were assessed
f1nes ranging from $40 to $25 by
Judge John P. Mcmahon.
Those fined and the charges were: :
Benjamin Hersh. 4O6 H street NE.
grocery. SIS, dirty meat block, coun-
ter. shelves, floor, vegetable stands.
cans, storeroom and yard, dust. rot
ten vegetables and trash of all de-
scriptions. uncovered garbage and
leakage garbage cans, premises in
tested with rats, flies and vermin."
Bad Odors Charged.
Fred Ritz, $500 Georgia avenue
NV, restaurant operator, fined $25
"unclean drinking utensils"
Carl r. Van Lowe, 48l1 Georgia
avenue NV. grocery, fined $25
-four wooden baskets of meat scraps
in store, blow flies in each. mixed
trash, garbage and meat scraps in
yard. bad odors'
Bessie Banks Suber, operator of
a restaurant at 1927 Fourteenth
street NV, was fined $40 on a
charge of using her cellar for "stor-
age OF food and utensils, clothing
belonging to owner hanging in same
room"
Meantime, a plea for mercy" for
Louis Goodman, proprietor of a
restaurant in the 900 block of Penn
sylvania avenue NV, who recently
was assessed record fine of $3.50
for violation of sanitary rules, was
made yesterday before the District
License Revocation Board by his
counsel, Harry S. Wender.
Probation Asked.
Accepting testimony by Health
Department inspectors that insani-
tary conditions had existed at the
restaurant, including sale of de
composed meats, Mr.. Wender asked
that Mr.. Goodman be placed on
probation for 30 days and invited
health inspection at any time.
claiming conditions had been cor
rected.
Mr.. Goodman said his father.
Samuel Goodman, who has a
financial interest in the restaurant
had bought more meats at a time
than could be properly refrigerated
Testimony also was given by Louis
krieger, restaurant manager. the
brother-in-law of the license holder.
The younger Goodman said he
held a daytime job and had gone
to the restaurant only at night. and
insisted under questioning that he
would not be able to tell by smell or
otherwise whether meats were
tainted or "decomposed.'
Judgment Reserved,
Mr.. Wender declared the place
had been cleaned up, that Mr..
Krieger now was in charge. and
that the licensee already had suf-
fered heavy punishment and should
be given probation and time to sell
out his business.
The License Board, headed by
John ODea, an assistant corpora
tion counsel, reserved Judgment.
Two more restaurateurs were
scheduled to appea before the Lii
cense Revocation Board this after
noon. They are Justine Cole. 14OO
block OF Florida avenue NE, and
Terry S. Gregory. $500 block OF
Fourteenth street NV. Tomorrow
afternoon the following are slated
to appear: Joseph S. George, 1900
clock of Seventh street NV. and
James c. Wing, 600 block of H
street NV.
Rela tive to the requirement for a
$50 minimum collateral DR.. Seek
niger said ut will make some of
these defendants think twice before
forfeiting their money" Some first
offenders recently have avoided
trial by forfeiting $25 collateral.
Yesterday in Municipal Court
George Ganas and william Andras,
co-oWners of a restaurant at 145 B
street Sc. forfeited $25 each when
they failed to answer health viola
ton charges.
Charges against the establishment
were "Decomposed fish unfit for
human consumption, dirty refriger-
atOr, stove. work tables and kitchen