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DC. Unit OKs
PriceContro|s
On Beverages
Minimum Charge
Provided in Bill
Sent to House

A controversial bill to set up
q system Of minimum price
controls on liquor. wine and
beer in the District was ia
vorably reported today by the
House District Committee.
The committee also approved
a bill to allow District Teach
ers College to award master
degrees to a group of some so |
students, but the unit passed
over another measure to au-
thorize creation of a junior |
college as part Of the District
operated institution.
Chairman Mcmillan said
there was also some discussion |
of the Juvenile Court judge
ship controversy. but no action
was taken. Representative Da-
Wis. Democrat Of Georgia. who
attended the session. has been
blocking efforts to win approval
Of legislation providing two
more judges for the one-judge
court.
The District Commissioners
and the Alcoholic BEVERAGE
Control Board strongly OPP
posed the liquor measure at q
hearing on July 20. Commits
sioner David B. Karrick said
price control would hamper
competition.
Dealers Are Split
The legislation was urged
by the National Liquor Stores
Association and the Washing
ton Retail Liquor Dealers As
ISOLATION. It was opposed by q
group Of liquor dealers repre-
scented by Thurman Arnold,
former Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral in charge Of the Justice De-
partment's antitrust division,
who said the proposed controls
would violate the antitrust
laws.
Spokesman for the two liquor
organizations backing the bill
complained Of what they la
beled "ruinous cut-throat COM
petition" which they said is
undermining the liquor busi-
ness here. They commended the
controls would not raise prices.
The Commissioners. however,
charged that the obvious pur-
pose" Of the bill was to elimi-
nate price competition. Mr..
Karriek called the bill "a fair
trade bill"
The District has no fair trade |
laws.
Junior College Delayed
The Senate already has
passed the Teachers College |
masters degree bill. as well as
the junior college legislation.
both Of which were strongly
urged by the Board Of Educa-
ton. The junior college meas
ure probably will have to be
carried over to the next session
of Congress because Of the
House units failure to clear 1t
today.
The same thing may apply to
the Juvenile Court bill, unless
the Mcmillan Committee should
decide to meet again early next
week before adjournment. The
chairman did not rule out the
possibility Of such a meeting,
but he did not give any indi-
cation that another session is
probable.
The Senate. In April. passed
a bill to permit the addition Of
two judges to help relieve the
case backlog in the court. but
efforts by civic leaders and
public officials to persuade the
House committee to send the
bill to the floor have been un-
successful.
Meanwhile, stadium and PEN
sion measures, originally passed
by the House, we're amended
yesterday by the Senate. In all,
Is local bills we're sent either
to the White House or to the
House Of Representatives.
The stadium bill would free
the Interior Secretary to spend
$2.6 million for parking lots.
access roads and sewer and
water facilities for the $4,000
seat arena. Planned location Of
the stadium Is on park land