The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-09
NEW LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT pR0p05AL up
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word OBVIOUSLY III reIefence to the prohibition against sale of ,iquor to an obviously intoxicated person" iThe word obviously had been de- sCi5ed the previous night oy Atty 1 Gen. Ralph Rivers as the contri- button of Jack Altman to the Iris room liquor bill.r Altman is secre- tary of the Alaska Retail Liquor Dealers Association.
 ADOPT AMENDMENTS : Amendments adopted included: prohibition against minors being in liquor dispensary, even with their parents; allowing an under age spouse to be in dispensary , with his or her wife or husband; a provision lodge or club could get { a license for bar regardless of proximity to church, but that no kind of liquor license should be issued for building 200 feet from ! a school, measured in a straight line; deletion of a provision allow ing city councils to waive the 200- foot rule which now is the law The House worked up lively de- bate last night over Rep Essie hDale's proposal for 10 per cent of the territory's liquor license and tax revenues to go for construction and 1 operation by cities of rehabilitation hcmes and hospitals for alcoholics.
 It finally was defeated on a l4-9 vote.
 Mrs. Dale made a plea for an at tempt to salvage alcoholics with part of the money they have spent on liquor.
 Describing crowded Fairbanks jail conditions after weekend she lab ,eled it "as barbaric as anything the Gestapo ever inflicted She plead ed that alcoholics should "at least have a place with a mattress tc lsober up on. We have a bill intro duced against inhumane treatment of animals; let's try humane treat uiellt TOT QuIIldIlS.
 While Speaker McCutcheon and Taylor supported her contention that there is a good chance of re- naLilitating alcoholics, Frank An german retorted: We have bigger problems than trying to take care lof a bunch of drunks. You can't reform most of them. If we have extra money, we should spend it on our children
 Reps. James Nolan, Doris Barnes and Glen Franklin argued that the amendment would constitute an ear- marking of funds which the cities already receive from liquor tax pro- ceeds, meaning the cities would have less money to spend on othe~ pro jects of their own choosing. :. LIVELY FIGHT
 Toe fight over the indefinite post ponement was lively one.
 McCutcheon and Taylor led the fight to prevent postponement. Op- ponents of postponement charged that such action would be running .away" from the issue.
 l McCutcreon declared:
 The people expect us to do something on the liquor laws, es- pecially on enforcement. This bill is virtually our last chance because tomorrow is the deadline for intro ducing new tills want to keep this bill on the floor so we can put more teeth into it although I'm not sure which way I would vote on the bill as it stands now. I hope we have the courage to hang onto hot po- tato."
 Rep. Jack Conright, Anchorage Democrat. commented: l Tt looks like some members get the shakes when mention of liquor is made on the floor
 i Mrs Gundersen immediately re- torted that she was ready to tackle anything that came to the floor.
 Rep. Marc Jensen contended the enforcement would be weakened by clerks issuing licenses instead of judges; by license renewals without judicial action and by lesser penal ties.
 Taylor replied that "a flexible series of penalties at discretion of the courts will bring convictions that prosecutors have been unable to get under the rigid law requiring for lfeiture of $2,500 bond for an in fraction of the law"
 1 Rep. Percy Ipalook of Wales blasted the provision allowing per l son under 21 to patronize bars with his or her spouse
 Does this mean we think there are not enough drinkers, so we lower the bars to get more young people drinking?' he challenged ! Mrs. Dale expressed the belief that lmost outside critics of the bill have mot read it. T know I will prob- ably be criticized by my ministers and the PIT. A., but think the bill lis step toward better enforcement" she declared.
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