ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL ACT

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISCAL AFFAIRS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 1931 and H.R. 10744

BILLS TO AMEND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE CONTROL ACT

S. 2480

A BILL TO AMEND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE CONTROL ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALES OF ALCO-
HOLIC BEVERAGES TO PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS
OF AGE

68+377

AUGUST 22, 1966

Printed for the use of the

Committee on the District of Columbia

U.S, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1966

THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont JOSEPH D. TYDINGS, Maryland

II

CONTENTS

Appendix.

Statement of-

Block, Samuel B., attorney at law, Washington, D.C-----

Bomstein, Sanford, director and chairman, Budget Committee, Cen-

tral Business Association, Inc., Washington, D.C..

Dawes, Bourbon, executive vice president, Hotel Association, Wash-

ington, D.C...........

Durant, Robert A., American Federation of Musicians..

Exrailson, Stewart, treasurer, the student body, American University-

Fisher, John P., president, the senior class, Catholic University.

Foran, Capt. William, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police

Department.

Franklin, Charles L., Jr., president, the student body, Howard

University..

Goldberg, Herman D., professor of psychology, Hofstra University,

Hempstead, N.Y.

Harrison, Richard A., president, the student body, George Washing-

ton University.

Hester, Clinton M., Washington counsel, U.S. Brewers Association__

Kneipp, Robert F., assistant corporation counsel, District of Columbia

Korfhage, Rev. Wilbur, American Council on Alcohol Problems,

Washington, D.C..

L'Hommedieu, Samuel J., Jr., attorney at law, Washington, D.C..........

Long, Hon. Clarence D., U.S. Representative from the State of

Maryland.

McCooey, Richard J., director, Restaurant Beverage Association,

Washington, D.C..

McKenna, Keven A., president, the student council, Georgetown

University..

Miller, Karl H., chairman, Alcohol Beverage Control Committee
of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington..---

O'Donnell, James, executive secretary, Restaurant Beverage Associa-

tion of Washington, D.C.

Palmer, Gardner E., acting president, the Citizens Association of

Georgetown.

Peterson, Kenneth, legislative representative, Hotel & Restaurant

Employees & Bartenders International Union, Washington, D.C___

Richardson, Ronald, executive secretary, Bartenders Union, Local 75,

Washington, D.C..

Schulberg, Hilliard, executive director, Washington, D.C., Retail
Liquor Dealers Association _ _ _

Scott, Hon. Hugh, U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania.
Simonson, Mrs. Joy R., chairman, District of Columbia Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board

Waters, Laurence, president, Brewery & Beverage Drivers, Inside

Workers, Vending Machine Servicemen & Helpers, Local No. 67,

Washington, D.C.

Wilson, William L., president, Associated Brewers of Maryland..........

I. WRITTEN STATEMENTS

Bromstein, Sanford, director and chairman, Budget Committee, Central

Business Association, Inc., Washington, D.C..

88

Capitol Hill Southeast Citizens Association, Washington, D.C..

De Gastyne, Mrs. Raylyn_-_-

109

133

Greater Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, J. C. Turner,

president

84

Harsha, William H., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio_-

128