Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-07-18

Bar AT 4OS Cedar Ave. FahelS Ii
cense was revoked by the city
council on June 81, after a munich
pal court conviction in which police
testified they purchased liquor
there on Sunday afternoon.
Three days after the revocation,
Mr.. Cassius, who operates a cafe
at POI Third St. S, secured a license
application. and secured an OK.
from the police license inspector
1t has been customary in the
past for applicants TO obtain the
signatures and endorsement Of the
two aldermen in the ward before
the application is accepted by the
city license bureau.
Cassius, accompanied by Cecil f.
Newman of the Spokesman & Re
corder papers, went TO Alderman
Edwin Hendricks, one Of the Sixth
ward aldermen who signed his APP
plication. Mr.. Hendricks told the
men II had been the practice for
liquor license applicants to buy out
the firm whose licenses had been
revoked. Cassius told MIR. Hendricks
he had just installed $4,000 worth
Of fixtures in his establishment in
May and that he had no idea that
application for city license would
entail Him buying the fixtures Of
a bar that had been closed by revo-
cation.
Later in the day Mr.. Cassius &C
companicd by Milton G. Williams
Of the Twin City Observer went to
the office Of Edgar T. Buckley,
newly elected Sixth ward alderman,
who. Cassius said, had promised "a
sign his application.
Cassius said Buckley immediate
ly began TO tell him that II he
wanted a liquor license he should
bid for it on the open market,
When Cassius told him that he
did not think he should be required
to pay more than the license fee
for the vacant license, Buckley said
he wouldn't sign any application
unless the applicant agreed TO buy
the fixtures Of the closed Cedar
Avenue bar.
Buckley told Cassius at first that
he represented Fabel. When Cas-
sius told him that il he had known
he represented the party who had
lost the license he would not have
come TO him. La;cr Buckley said
his firm represented Fabel.
Buckley then asked Cassius to
leave the application with him until
July 3. and he might consider sign
ing IL
Three days later he sent the APP
plication back 10 Cassius by a man
the cafe owner claims was intoKi-
Gated.
Later Buckley told the papers
that he would not sign his broth
er's" application II the circum-
stances were the same.
Buckley's stand was asssiled by
the Minneapolis TRIBUNE, the
Minneapolis STAR and the Mime
apolis DAILY TINES in an I'M
preeedented attack on the city
councils handling Of liquor licenses.
The Star said:
Alderman Buckley should BE-
made to understand that the city
owns" the licenses and rents
them out to certain individuals
upon good behavior and payment
og fees. To make mandatory the
buying out Of q saloon 60 get .
license l. to make a gift Of VAl5-
able city property to a favored
bar owner.
Many leading ~hits and Negro
eitiEsn.. aroused By the actions Of
Backlsy. have pledged support To
the eaorts 81 CAssius TO sssurs his
license.
A resolution presented 20 The
Central Labor Union BY Waters
Union No. 6IG vas referred 20 that
body's executive COMMITTEES for 80
ton By the Gu.
Buckley told the papers that ever
q The CLU did bark the App,IcA
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