Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
Sales Permit
Again Denied
Rosenberg
Officials Hold Up
License to Sell
Cars I'd Time

District licensing officials to-
day refused for a second time
to issue Ross Rosenberg an
auto salesman's license.
This was the fifth day after
the Board of Appeals and Re-
view ruling granting Mr..
Rosenberg license to sell cars,
but not to operate a uSed-car
dealers lot.
His attorney, Bernard T.
Levin, claimed today was the
last the Department of Lii
censes and Inspections could
legally hold up the license. Mr..
Rosenberg was first denied it
last Friday. 7
However, c. T. Nottingham,
superintendent of the license
and permit division, told Mr..
Levin this morning that the
licensing office was acting on
orders of the appeals board in
holding up the license.
Reconsideration Granted
The board decided yesterday
it would grant the Districts
motion for reconsideration filed
by Milton Norman, acting cor
poration counsel, and two of
his assistants.
After the denial, Mr.. Levin
said he would file a two
pronged suit in District Court,
probably tomorrow, seeking a
preliminary injunction against
licensing officials and the
board.
He said he will ask the court
to require Mr.. Nottingham to
issue the SaleSman's permit,
and at the same time will ask
it to enjoin the appeals board
from acting on the Govern
ment's reconsideration request.
Touched Off Inquiry
A former used car dealer |
here, Mr.. Rosenberg had |
touched off a police investiga-
ton when he said during an
appeal to the Board of APP
peals and Review that he had |
paid for bicycles for children |
of a District official and made
other payments after being
solicited.
The police investigation
found no support for Mr.. Ro-
Senberg's accusations.
The corporation counsel's
motion asking that issuance of
the car salesman's license be
held up until the case can be
reconsidered declared that the
appeal record is devoid of any
evidence which would even re-
motely tend to establish Ro-
Senberg's trustworthiness in
any capacity connected with
the motor vehicle business"
Authority Questioned
Mr.. Levin declared that the
action of the board in ordering
issuance of the car saleSman's
license to Mr.. Rosenberg held
UP is null and void because
the board had no authority to
do it."
The attorney said that un-
der the rules of the Board of
Appeals and Review "only the
appellant (Rosenberg, in this
caSe) has the right to move
for reconsideration"
Mr.. Levin said he considered
the action of the appeals board
in deciding to hold up Mr..
Rosenberg's license IAN exam
pie Of government by men and
not by law"
The corporation counSeFs
motion said that with all the
ardor at its command, theIs
District of Columbia asserts,
that unless the ruling of the
appeals board in granting the
salesman's license to Mr.. Ro-
senberg is changed, "the inter- ,
ests Of justice will unquestion-
ably be perverted"
The Appeals Board, in order
ing ISSUANCE of a car
Salesman'S license to Mr..
Rosenberg held up, said that I
he would be allowed to keep 6
his temporary salesman's IL I
cense until the board COM
pleted final action after hear l
ing additional arguments pre-
sented by the corporation Il
offioa !,