Evening star., 1953-12-16
Ban on Phone Orders
For Whisky Is Urged
To Protect Children

To Project Children
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did not because when he used
to tune in on police calls and
hear reports of fights in tav-
ernS, he did not get subsequent
reports about them from police.
He added under questioning
however, that that was two years
ago and he actually does not
know whether he is getting all
the complaints. He said that
he receives between 10 and 80
police reports alleging violations
each month.
The question of home delivery
of liquor came up when Senator
Hendrickson wanted to know
what there was to prevent a
child from ordering liquor by
phone when his parents were
away. Mr.. Payne replied that
there was no way to regulate
that but it was his personal con-
viction that home deliveries Of
telephone orders was illegal.
When he read the section Of
the law on which he based that
Interpretation, Senator Hendrick-
son said it was subject to two
interpretations and a ban on
telephone orders should be spe-
cifically spelled out in the law.
Revocation Threat Seen Needed.
Mr.. Payne agreed with COM
mittee Counsel Herbert j. Han
mock that a good string of revo-
cations would be bound to have
a good effect on making pro-
prietors more careful about liq-
uor sales to juveniles.
The ABC chairman then cited
an October. 1851, case where the
board voted to revoke a license
and the commissioners reduced
the penalty to a 30-day suspen-
sion. When Mr.. Hammock point
ed out that was some time back,
Mr.. Payne said that this fall a
31-day suspension was reduced
by the commissioners to 10 days.
MIR. Payne volunteered that he
personally believes parents are
to blame for juvenile delinquency.
II place the blame entirely on
the parents-too much indulg-
ence, too much coddling," he
said.
Earlier Mr.. James, reporting
on store troubles with Juveniles,
also criticized parents. He said
their lack of cooperation was
pathetic"
In 1852, Mr.. James reported,
of the 261 children caught by
special police around the food
stores, 227 were released to their
parents with warning.
So far, in 1858, he went on. of
the 314 children picked up, 179
had been released to their
parents.
Mr.. James said the special
police are not sending as many
Of the children home because
the parents say, why bother us?
Why don't you call the juvenile
squad? 1 can't do anything
w1th him"
MIR. James said gangs OF chill
dren hang around the front of
stores to carry orders and FREE.
quently the younger ones; have
to kickback part of their tips
to an older ringIeadef. He re-
ported that one place lost six.
plate glass windows last year,
that children get revengE on.
complaining managers by rip
ping their car tires, and that
they pilfer within the stores.
On many occasions, he said the
juveniles tell his guards,
nothing will happen to me be-
cause I'm juvenile
The emphasis in Mrs. Carl's
testimony about conditions at the
Elk's teen-age dances was the
absence of regulations here to
control dances given CONNER
cially by private groups. At the
dances at the Elk's Lodge, she,
said. the only supervision is by
male members of the lodge who
are actually bouncers. She said
there are no female chaperoneS.
Two Fights Recalled.
To reach the dance on the
third floor of the place, she said,
teen-agers have to pass bar on
the second floor. She reported
two teen-age fights, in oneaof
which a knife and broken bottles
were used.
Warrant Officer Bales, who
was a Chicago policeman before
joining the Marine Corps, COM
pared conditions here with Chi
cago in the early 30s and insisted
that Washington's juvenile prob
lens were worse than what he
had known in the old days in
Chicago as we'll as worse than in
the Southern cities where he had
served in the Marines.
The subcommittee will dig
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