Show Fg Utah tah Police Oppose Rum 1 Permit Plan 1 State Peace Officers Declare System Would Aid Bootleggers Local Option Also Called Caned Undesirable The rue permit system for idt individual al purchases and local opSon option op op- Son tion ton two vo proposals for Utah liquor control were were opposed T Tuesday by peace officers of the thc state j Meeting late ate Monday Ion ay afternoon at the thc the public safety wilding a liquor control study committee of the thc Utah Peace association tio 1 offered a number of amendments to proposals pro pro- discussed by a drafting subcommittee of the thc governors governor's r committee on liquor control together with rith some rec- rec of its own described unde The C committee as a proposal considered considered b by bythe the thern governors governor subcommittee to alI aIl al allow al- al l I low y individual sales of oC hard liquor r only nl to persons holding permits f Such Sueh a a system would be tible Ible able in this state tate because many per per- 1 son ions wishing to buy liquor would not ot care to register r their names for public observation and consequently ml fit t bu buy from rom bootleggers or through other purchasers the com corn asserted Oppose Local Option group based opposition to the theal theal ocal al option plan allowing counties e right to remain di dry on grounds thit one dry county if II surrounded toy l' l wet ones would be dry on the records only ony The Ibe ie peace officers officers' committee ich ieh was named by Chief o of or like lice W. W L. L Payne of ot Salt Salte I Lake ke e City association president at th Ih last convention recommended I It it t a state tate liquor control commis commis- lw be composed of oC the governor sec sec- of ol state and attorney general Citing ex cx officio and appointing such administration agents as might be The governors governor's subcommittee con con- Ii ered a plan for Cor the governor governor chief I. I C Continued on Pile Page Two LIQUOR PERMIT PLAN OPPOSED State Peace Officers Declare System Would Aid Bootleggers Continued from rom PAge On One justice ustice of the supreme court and president of the University of ot Utah to o name a liquor control commission of ot three mcm members rs which would in inurn turn urn name an administrator and assistant as as- Urges Low Prices The peace officers' officers group agreed d the he control commis commission on should be empowered empowered em- em powered to fix prices at government liquor stores but added they should be e low enough to eliminate bootlegging bootlegging bootleg bootleg- g ging ng and should be fixed on the recommendation recommendation rec rec- of the administrator Concurring in a proposal that drink drink- jag ing ng in public places be e except c with meals and arid in hotels restaurants res- res and clubs the peace officers recommended that possession of or a liquor bottle bottle- with th the seal broken and all or part of the contents gone In n an automobile or public place be berima prima rima facie evidence of intent to violate vio- vio late ate the law Would Allow Hearings Th The officers recommended that liquor licenses at clubs restaurants and nd hotels be canceled only after noice notice notice no- no tice ice and that a hearing then be grant grant- ed The governors governor's group proposed to allow no hearings The peace officers added a proposed proposed propos pro pro- pos posed condition m that such license holders be required to buy through the he control commission The Thc governors governor's subcommittee proposed proposed pro pro- posed th that t no persons convicted of felonies elonies or violations of or any liquor law aw be permitted to work in government govern govern- ment meat dispensaries The peace officers suggested that violation of an any city ordinance concerned with liquor be included as a bar to eligibility for employment employmentS S Uniform Closing Law Other recommendations of the officers officers cers 1 I. If II a private owner of ot liquor is round found selling it at his home the home lome for purposes of ot the law shall become a public place and be subject subject sub- sub to search and supervision by officers officers of- of in i matters pertaining to liquor control 2 A uniform closing law for beer establishments throughout the state with such places being required to close doors at a specified time instead of only stopping sales of beer 3 That applicants for operation of state tate liquor stores be approved by local ocal authorities 4 That drunken and reckless ng jag be made indictable misdemeanors punishable by penalties of or not less than han 90 gO days and not more than one year in jail or by a fine of or not less than han and not more than 1000 or by both imprisonment Go t to Governor 5 5 That a any Y liquor legislation p providing pro pro- o- o viding for ration of f wineries and distilleries in Utah Utan con conform rm nn to federal regulations The recommendations were announced announced announced an an- by Police Chief Chie John E. E Harris Harris Har Har- ris na of Provo Prove committee chairman who explained the Hie association will not sponsor any liquor legislation b but buts t is s interested only from the administration adminis- adminis ration standpoint i if liquor is legal legal- The recommendations ec will go to the governors governor's committee and to the association legislative committee |