Evening star., 1956-12-31

lSuQSy ecnO OF arguments ONCE
heard in Washington and Mon
treal.
Maryland brewers who lobbied
for its passage have dropped
their fight for it, clearing an
easy path for the legislature to
sustain Gov. McKeldin's veto of
the bill.
The beer bill will be taken
up with 10 others vetoed by
Gov. McKeldin after the last
session. They will be considered
shortly after the Senate and
House organize for business at
their 90-day session which gets
underway Wednesday.
| Vetoed Bills Described
There is little controversial in
his other vetoes. Five of them
were of bills which duplicated
other acts. Another, to permit
carnivals and games of chance
in Wicomico County, was turned
down as unqualified for consid-
eration at session restricted
to the budget and emergency
matters.
This leaves for consideration
Wednesday vetoed bills which
would:
Permit physically disabled per-
sons to be accompanied into a
voting machine booth by any
person rather than just an i'm
mediate member of his family
or the two clerks at the polling
lplace.
Expand the State Planning
Commission into two depart
ments with one devoted to eco
lnomic development of the State.
Abolish the boards of man.
layers for the States four train
ing schools for delinquent chill
dren and place the general op-
Grating management of the
schools in the Department of
Welfare.
Exempt from State income
tax the pay a nonresident re-
ceives for services performed in
Maryland. Gov. McKeldin saic
this would cost the State $780,.
900 a year and would exempt
residents Of States which do moi
have a reciprocal law for Mary.
, boundaries.
Beer Bill Provoked Storm
None Of these provoked any
thing like the storm that swirlec
around the beer bill. which
J would have prohibited any for
! eign-controlled corporation from
: producing beer in Maryland
: Specifically it was aimed al
Carling Brewing Co., wholly
!. owned subsidiary of Canadian
Breweries. Ltd. who wanted tc
: locate q plant in the Baltimore
t area.
Maryland brewers attacked
business practices of the Cana.
dian firm, and Canadian news
papers fired editorial barrages
!, at Maryland's attempted re.
! ! straint Of trade.
The United States State De.
r partment got into the act Will
: a request that Gov. McKeldir
s veto the bill as dangerous II
s foreign relations and he com.
piled.
Last November a spokesman
' for state brewers wrote to legis.
|. lators who voted for the measure
8 saying it had already served itl
: purpose. He said Canada hac
p lowered its tariffs against Amer.
ican beer as a result Of the in.
2 cident and the publicity given it
! Measures Proposed
After disposing Of vetoed bill
and hearing Gov. McKeldin'i
! "stateloflthe1State" speech. th'
! legislators can get down to worl
on new legislation. They already
nave stack Of it waiting in thu
: form Of 78 measures drawn uI
by the Legislative Council. thu
between-session study arm o
the General Assembly.
Among the more far-reachint
of these proposals is a package
of 81 bills calling for a sweeping
revision Of motor vehicle laws
They would require re-examina'
. ton every three years for drivers
i licenses. annual inspections o
cars and trucks and sitter pen.
alties for traffic offenses.
BY January 20 the legislaturl
! will receive from Gov. McKeldil
his new budget for State opera
tons in the year which begin
next July /. This Is expected u
total around 1855 million, com
4 pared to s309 million for tn
! current year. and will requir
I'D II I'll 4 A