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

bar at 4US Neuar ave. fuDelS IL
cense was revoked by the city
council on June p, 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 2O7 Third St. s., secured a license
application, and secured an OK.
from the police license inspector.
II 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 +.
Newman of the Spokesman 4 Re
corder papers, went to Alderman
Edwin Hendricks, one Of the Sixth
ward aldermen who signed his APP
plication. Mr.. Hendricks told the
men it had been the practice for
liquor license applicants to buy out
the firm whose licenses had been
revoked. Cassius told Mr.. Hendricks
he had just installed $4,000 worth
Of fixtures in his establishment in
May and that he had no idea that
application for n 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
eompanied 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 20
sign his application.
Cassius said Buckley immediate
ly began to tell him that if he
wanted a liquor license he should
bid for il 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 tina. IL he had known
he represented the party who had
lost the license he would not have
come to him. Later Buckley said
his firm represented Fabel.
Buckley then asked CAssius TO
leave the application with him until
July 8, and he might consider sign
ing IL
Three days later he sent the APP
pIication back TO Cassius by a man
the cafe owner claims was intoTi-
Gated.
Later Buckley told the papers
that he would not sign his broth
er's" application II the eireum-
stances were the same.
BuckIey's stand WAS AssAiled by
the Minneapolis TRIBUNE, the
Minneapolis STAR and the Mime
apolis DAILY TINES in an un-
preeedented attack on the city
councils handling Of liquor licenses.
The Star said:
Alderman Buekley sbOald be
made to understand that the city
-owns- the licenses and rents
them out tO certain individuals
upoa good behavior and payment
q fees To make mandatory the
buying oui Of . Saloon 60 get .
license u 10 make . gift q yalu-
able city property 70 . favored
bar 0wneT.
Many IssdinE White and Negro
citizens. aroused By the sstisra 81
RsskIsy. have pledged support 10
the saorts 81 Ca.siss 10 seizure his
license.
A resolution presented 20 the
Central Labor Uni0n BY waters
Union No. slG wAs referred "a that
h.ody's executive COMMITTEES for ~.
ton By the CLu.
Buckley told The papers that even
II tho CIT did bark ths applisA.
tion ~ W0gA Esss agains, Il ~