Evening star., 1951-01-24
Maryland Seeks
End 10 County
Beer Monopoly
System in Montgomery
Said to Cut Revenue
By Limiting Choices
BY q sior Sioff Correspondent

~ 6ssistttuS SIOs$SS
BY q star stoff Corr espondsnt
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 24.-A recon-
that a bill be intro
duced to eliminate Montgomery
County's monopoly over the sale
of beer was being studied today
by the county's legislative delega-
ton.
Roger Iaynor of the State con-
troller's office told the group yes
terday that the present system
under which county tavern own
ers must buy their beer from the
liquor boards beer division re-
duces State revenue.
Mr.. Laynor pointed out that
since the liquor board determines
what brands of beer shall be sold
in the county. many residents
were unable to get their favorits
brand and went to the District.
Only County With system.
montgomery is the only county
in the United States which has
such system" Mr. Laynor de-
clared, land We are in constant
fear that it will spread to other
Maryland counties"
Controller j. Millard Tawes,
who accompanied Mr.. Laynor TO
the delegation meeting. was asked
by State Senator Dewitt S. HYDE,
Republican, of Montgomery
whether he favored a delegation
proposal to transfer appointment
of liquor board members from
the Governor to the County
Council.
"It makes no difference to me"
said Mr.. Tawes. THAT is purely
a local matter"
Bill to Raise Salaries.
Senator Hyde also announced
he will introduce a bill to increase
the salaries of the supervisors OF
elections from 5000 to $1,000 a
year each. In addition the chief
clerk to the Board of Election
Supervisors would be raised from
$4,000 to $500 a year and the
assistant clerk from $4,000 to
S., 400 a year.
Another bill being drafted by.
the Senator would give the Ken
sington Mayor $125 a year for ex-
penses and each councilman S.
per meeting, not to exceed $l25
a year.
Earlier the Montgomery dele
cation introduced legislation to
add a small tract to Garrett Park
and to extend the jurisdiction Of
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission to include a por-
ton of Gaithersburg annexed by
the town two years ago.
The Montgomery ana Prince
Georges delegations voted to in
troduce a bill to restore 10 Ia
koma Park II acres of land re-
moved from the city under a bill
passed at the 1889 session. The
land is at New Hampshire ave-
nue. and University lane.
In the Senate, Majority Leader
Louis l.. Goldstein, Democrat, OF
Calvert County introduced a bill
to authorize issuance of motor ve-
hicle license plates to amateur ra-
dio operators bearing their call
letters instead of numerals.
Another measure sponsored by
Senator Goldstein would exempt
food for fur-bearing animals
raised in captivity from the 2
per cent sales tax.
"Jim Crow" Report Approved.
Without ceremony, and in part
without cognizance, the House
adopted a report favoring elimi-
nation of the States Jim Crow"
law.
The repeater, sponsored by the
six delegates from Baltimore's
fourth district was identified only
by its number.
Later some delegates said they
did not know the report concerned
the statute requiring segregation
of whites and Negroes on railroads
and steamboats, operating within
the State
With the passage of time the
law has become all but Ineffective.
It now applies only to the Chesa-
pcake Bay ferries, but opponents
insist it should be junked on prin-
ciple.
1t. Col. David G. Mcintosh, Sd,
State director of civilian defense,
reported to the House after the
regular session on just what had
been done toward protecting resi-
dents in event of a bombing at
tack.
He said that if war comes he
will recommend that infants, the
aged and the infirm be removed
from target areas.
But the aple-bodied will be
asked to remain.
Col. Mcintosh disclosed that the
State is printing thousands Of
booklets outlining what residents
should do in the event of an
atom bomb attack.