Evening star., 1952-02-24
Virginia Delegates
Kill Last Proposed
Liquor Law Change
BY NE Assstisisd Press

" the ASs6eldied Press
RICHMOND, va. feb. aSAFhe
House Of Delegates today buried
the last OF a number Of iiauef law
change proposals 10 the aee6ihE
Bahiment OF the eFateFy it fe=
serves fer such eeeasieRs,
The final victim OF the dele=
Gates disfaVeF was a measure 20
permit the sale Of fortified wines
by certain Licensees In AFst class
cities as well az In State liaueF
stores, to which the Assembly Fe=
strieted such sales 10 years age.
Aetien on the high peweF wine
bills was the highlight Of the
General Assembly's AFst Saturday
session Of the 1859 term, Hew=
ever, the Assembly alsel
Gave Its aAal approval to the
Tucker House bill to open the
States welfare rolls TO public In
spection, This came when the
House approved O Senate amend
Inent which bans the publication
of the names of children receiving
public assistance,
Liquor study Proposed.
Approved O Joint resolution
calling for an overall study OF the
States alcoholic beverage control
laws by q legislative commission
which would make It's recommen-
dations to the 1854 session.
Pushed the DeJarnette bill to
establish q supplemental retire.
ment system for State employees
halfway to adoption by giving 1t
unanimous approval In the House.
The measure. part Of the new
Federal Social Security-State sup
plemented retirement plan, was
amended to exclude trial justices
from the system.
Both Houses cleared their col.
endars Of nom controversial mat.
ters but had to forego considera-
ton Of O number Of charter bills
because Of the absence Of mem.
ers. Il requires o two.thirds vote
10 alter o city charter. Only about
90 Inemers Of the House were on
hand and about 10 OF the 40
Senators.
Antl.Kian Bili Passed.
The Senate also passed and
sent over TO the House The
Anti.ku Klux
Kian bill after tightening its pro.
visions 10 prevent cross burnlnaA
or other evidences OF terrorism "a
we'll 40 wearing masks In public
But the sound and the fury
same In the House on the fortified
wine bills by DeleRate w, Meseee
Huhtley OF Richmond,
Huntley pleaded that his pro.
peAal wasn't designed 10 weaken
the ABC laws-Whieh the dele
gates have held inviolate, Rather,
no said, his plan merely would
allow the sale OF certain high grade
wines, such as imported ports and
10 be sold In package
lots by department stores or fancy
groceries,
Licenses 10 conduct thlS buAi.
ness would cost $500 q year and
would be restricted 10 stores In
elites OF the iiFht class,
Accommodation 90 Women,
Huhtiey said the plan would be
IN accommodation 90 housewives
who didn't care 10 10 Into AgG
stores, And he pointed out that
the State still would e6ntf6i the
sales by exercising the licensing
peWeF and still would receive q
bFeht on the wine seidr
All the debate came on one Oh
three bills by Huhtley On the subS
jeet=the one fiNihG the license
Tan OF eabe which had previously
been killed and then FesuFFeeted
In the House Finance Committee
And when the House sTaaeked
down the license tan bill by re-
fusing 10 advance II 10 third
reading by Veiee vote, HuntleV,
himself, moved 10 strike the two
eempanLen bills fFem the ealens
daF, These dealt with how the
wines should be handled and 10
whom the licenses would be issued
DELEGATE Norman Bailey, OF
oranee, called the wine bill an
opening wedge TO weaken the
ARc system, II the House passed
1t, he said, the Senate was apt
to open the tlo0dgates by amend
Ing the plan 10 permit the sale
Of the fortified wines anywhere,