n both
1925 and 1931 the Oregon Legislative Assembly refused to
pass bills that would have sent to the voters a call to
reconsider statewide prohibition. "Wet" interests finally
used the initiative petition to put such a question before
the voters in November of 1932. This initiative was passed
by the voters, effectively eliminating the state's machinery
for penalizing infringements of the prohibition laws
(page
1 of vote proclamation ...
page
2). In the summer of 1933,
the voters repealed Oregon's constitutional prohibition
amendment, and shortly thereafter Oregon ratified the 21st
amendment to the U.S. Constitution, repealing national
prohibition.
This did not mark the end of liquor
control in the State of Oregon; almost immediately following
the repeal of national prohibition, Governor Julius Meier
began efforts that, by the end of the year resulted in the
formation of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, or OLCC,
which continues selective regulation of liquor manufacture
and sales in the state.
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