LIQUOR "TRUCE"
■Press Assri.-
ISUGGESTEI) ALL ILLEGAL STOCKS BE SOLD
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Washington, Dec. 16. Liquor conirol officials are considerng a noval plan to eliminate "bootegging" and at the same time maerially remedy the national shortage )f legal stncks of liquor. It is suggested that a "truce" of a «\v days he d clared, during which llegal holding.- could be offered for iale to legitimate dealers, on the terms "eash and no questions ask2d." The Government would test the liquor and colleet a gallonage tax of 110 cents. After the truce the revenue officers would relenth ssly search out and proBecute those still violating the law. It is estimated that there is as much as 50,000,000 gallons of liquor illegally held, and the problem of keeping it ofF the market is considered almost insoluble unless some sort of compronrse is effected. Approval of the plan by the President is contingent on public approval of such an evasion of the law by the Government itself.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 717, 18 December 1933, Page 5
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165LIQUOR "TRUCE" Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 717, 18 December 1933, Page 5
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