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Show BOH WILL f,l 1 PlfSEEfl P.evenue Commissioner tc f. Seek Aid on Alcohol Content Clause. ool, Brewers7 Counsel, Ad- vises Clients to Disre-';, Disre-';, gard Inhibition. - WAS II .ViI'OX, l;uvi! is. Whetl. or Vy: internal rovcniic bureau hn.s uuthor-wV uuthor-wV j, t'lil'ori'i: its rule uuiri.st the initio jj.!' nccr roriraiiiiny one -half C . 1 , f;vnL or nnirr nf ;ih'ohn will lm put up to (.tin fl--!;u't iii'Mii ui' Ju.stit'C. 1, turnat Kev--mu; i .';iiimi:-;.sijiK;r i.;up'--r luuay divided fO mm!-; lor :ui opinion on I no rtubji'i:L. Tho rpifslion was ridded by annomu'C-NM't.t annomu'C-NM't.t Ol" N'W York bl'rw 1't'S thai. ttli-V ,(-iilii icsiimn matiuUujUire and sale of mi mi' con tai niiiK not. mure than P'-1' cfiit ;i k'uhul, i-onsldttrliig 1 lbs noninioxi- : 'urn niNsioiuT Uoper rlieus.-:e:l tho suh-;if.r suh-;if.r to-l.i y wilh deputies of the bureau S7j rliaro of enforcing Honor laws, but .round tin various hi w and food ad mi n-t"t n-t"t ration regulations wen- to complicated that a l-'K:tl opinion -would :; necessary "H fore iic could decide whether to enforce the. htircau's ruling. This ruling' proimil-f.v proimil-f.v h-d recent I y pormitlcd the inanufac-piro inanufac-piro of bef,r containing nut mure than Tier cent alcohol, but provided that before .-71 k; tile alcoliolic content mu.st be re--i i iced to nut more than one-half, of 1 jh,i- cent. . .. ' . Precedent Guides Roper. Kevenue bureau officials explained to-faiy to-faiy that tin: one-half per cent limit pre-sciabeil pre-sciabeil by that rule was based on preec-rtvut preec-rtvut and on court decisions of a number J o;f slates. ' Ktalo 'laWs ami iemba(ious yary, however, and Commissioner Uuuci I "put lie knew specifically of no federal iaw or court decision prescribing urie,.-; urie,.-; ;?i;ilf of I per cent as the limit of alco- iJX M couLent for jionintoxicaiiriK beer, j VAs souu as the solicitor of the revenue bureau and the department of justice :.Kivc rendered opinions. Commissioner toper will decide what course to pur--uk If it is determined to enforce the I one-half per cent rule, revenue officers -will be churned with forbidding the ship-1 ship-1 u.i'-nt of beer containing more alcohol ' frrnni breweries. - -The revenue bureau's action today was based on unofficial reports concerning the intention of the New York brewers.. Neither tho brewers nor their counsel ' bOd communicated directly with the bu-; bu-; rcau. |