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SINCE NON PROFIT 1886 REGISTRATION COLLEGE Fall quarter begins September 17. Applications should be in by July 31. Find out more about your Church Business College now. Write the Dean of Students for a free catalog. 411 East South Temple • Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 A special Improvement Era editorial for our Utah readers. Liquor-by-the- Drink and You Utah's citizens now have before them a proposal to the petition must be signed by at least 10 percent of the bring to Utah liquor-by-the-drink. voters participating in the 1964 gubernatorial election in the majority of Utah counties (15) by July 5. Petition for Liquor-by-the-Drink If the necessary signatures are obtained and the majority of voters in the November election favor the pro- Is Now Being Circulated posal, liquor-by-the-drink will become law in the state five Briefly, this is where the proposal stands: days after the Governor announces the results. A petition providing for liquor-by-the-drink has been If the petition does not receive the necessary 10 introduced by certain business interests. Utahns are now percent signatures in 15 counties before July 5, the liquor- being asked to sign the petition. In order for the liquor- by-the-drink proposal becomes dead. by-the-drink proposal to be placed on the November ballot, The wording of the proposal cannot now be changed before July 5, nor before the November election should the necessary signatures be obtained. STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT DAVID 0. McKAY OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF Informed Citizens Are The Backbone of Our Democracy LATTER-DAY SAINTS: procedures are all part of the pro- "Citizens of Utah are now being approached to These democratic cess. It is well to remember, too, that the strength of sign petitions to place on the November election our democracy lies in responsible, informed citizens. ballot a so-called 'liquor-by-the-drink' proposal. It No one will deny that every voter should be informed on is said that this is being done in the name of creating candidates or issues on which he votes or signs. an enforceable law. It is, therefore, vital that every Utah citizen make "Let no one be misled concerning the real intent. sure he is adequately informed on the liquor-by-the-drink "The true purpose is to make liquor more easily petition before he decides to sign or not to sign. available. Never before has there been an issue before the citizens of this state that could have more far-reaching "The complaint is made that enforcement is effect on you and your family. virtually impossible under the present law. If this is true, the prevailing deplorable condition results from methodical removal of state enforcement machinery and practical nullification of local enforcement. Liquor-by-the-drink Will Bring "This situation can be remedied through legisla- Mounting Crime, Alcoholism, Traffic Deaths tive action to restore enforcement provisions or Consider these inevitable evils, and others, that come otherwise modify the present statute without the with liquor-by-the-drink: broad proposal now designed to make liquor freely Liquor Consumption Climbs. Liquor use rises as liquor available in hundreds of restaurants and eating becomes more available. Liquor sales are pushed even places throughout the state, and which, according higher because of the bigger markup realized by those to provisions of the proposed statute, would make it who sell liquor-by-the-drink. (A 175% markup is considered possible to serve drinks even without food. an average in many areas with liquor-by-the-drink.) In Iowa, "We may expect specious arguments emphasiz- during the three fiscal years (1964-67) after liqubr-by-the- ing economic benefits. A member of the First Presi- drink became legal (on July 4, 1963), liquor sales increased dency speaking in April Conference said, 'Surely 52.9% . It is well for persons employed in business to every mother, father, and worthy citizen can see realize that dollars spent for alcohol cannot be used for the folly of this and what it would do to our youth. purchasing shoes, food, clothing, or other goods or services. We must not sell our heritage for a mess of pottage.' Alcoholism Increases. Annual admissions for alcoholism in Iowa's four state mental health institutes more than "I urge members of the Church throughout the doubled between 1962 (the year before liquor-by-the-drink State, and all citizens interested in safeguarding became legal) and the end of 1966. youth and avoiding the train of evils associated with Highway Deaths Mount. Studies across the country alcohol, to take a stand against the proposal for " show that highway deaths rise as liquor use gains. A 'liquor by the drink.' California survey, for example, shows that 65% of drivers DAVID O. McKAY, killed had been drinking. In Iowa, the death rate per 100 President million miles was up 19% in 1964-66 (after LBD) over 1960-62 (before LBD). Crime Gains. A study of 882 persons arrested during 3. Power breeds corruption. Under the proposal, the or immediately after the commission of a felony in Colum- state liquor commission would have "tremendous power" bus, Ohio showed: of the 882 persons arrested for crimes including the discretion of giving licenses and establishing ranging from rape to robbery and murder, 72.7% had all rules, conditions, prices, discounts, exceptions, and been drinking. variances. The proposal provides that there would be no Welfare, Auto Insurance Increase. Because welfare appeal to the courts when the commission grants or revokes cases often are related to drinking and alcoholism, costs a liquor license. climb as consumption of alcohol increases. Automobile insurance rates rise as highway accidents gain. Governor Says Utah's Summer Other, Even Greater Costs. Of course the most damag- Tourist Business Will Not be Seriously Affected ing evils of liquor-by-the-drink cannot be measured by dollars. These are broken lives and shattered families. If it There have been those who have said that liquor-by- becomes law, the liquor-by-the-drink proposal could bring the-drink would bolster Utah's tourist business. We believe an almost limitless number of bars across the state, with the role of liquor-by-the-drink in attracting tourists has bar tenders and bar maids eager to push sales of a big- been greatly exaggerated. Governor Calvin L. Rampton is profit beverage. There would also come lurking "bar flies," reported in the DESERET NEWS (May 2, 1968) as saying, and often the added ugliness of more dope, prostitution, in reference to Utah's* summer tourism and the liquor-by- and gambling. the-drink proposal: "I don't think it will make much dif- ference." Utah's Liquor Proposal "Would Some say that liquor-by-the-drink may attract invest- Open the State Wider . than Any Other" ments in ski lodgings and resort installations. Even if this be true, are these installations worth the staggering price proposal now before Utah's citizens is no But the Utahns would pay with liquor-by-the-drink? Consider the ordinary liquor-by-the-drink act.