Show RICHARDS NAMED A AS MEMBER or OF Iu uI 5 SI lEGAL STAFF TAff 1 I Utah Director of Federal Prohibition Bureau Is i Chosen Special Assistant Attorney General f fl l Notice was received received- today by Joseph E. E Richards director for Utah of ot the federal prohibition buI bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu I reau reau- of his appointment by United I States Attorney General H H. W. W Daugherty as a special assistant nt United States attorney for the district of Utah Director Richards' Richards new new duties under the appointment will consist largely gely of assisting ng United States State sAtt Attorney Morris Mor Mor- ris nis in the investigation and s 's gation and nd prosecution prosecution tion on of f special cas cases s s' s and nd matters arising aria aris ling ing under the national prohibition n act He will also act in such other special I cases cases cases' and matters as may be assigned to him by the attorney g general a and d he heIs heis is authorized to begin and conduct condict Inthe in inthe the district of ot Utah any kind of legal proceedings proceeding's civil 01 or criminal In including Including luding lud- lud ing grand grand' Jury July jury proceedings and proceedings pro pro proceedings roI ro- ro ce dings before committing magIstrates magistrates magis magIs- which United States attorneys I are ate by b law lan authorized to conduct TO BEGIN AT ONCE Director Richards was wasP sworn in be beI before before be- be fore the United States court today and I will begin his new duties at once once He will vill serve in his hew capacity without additional remuneration than provided i in hl his salary as director His appointment as asan an assistant United d' d States attorney was recommended recommended me mended by United States Attorney Morris and means a continuance of 01 the cooperation existing between the Utah prohibition directors director's office and that of the United States attorney The appointment appointment- of Mr Richards presages renewed activity in abatement abatement abatement abate abate- ment proceedings under the national prohibition act It Is said that national national national na na- na- na prohibition enforcement nt agents have a record of ot many buildings in Salt Lake and throughout the state being used sed for the h Illegal sale of liquor r rand I and that after due warning has been sent the owners that proceedings willbe will willbe willbe be Instituted to seize the properties unless the law Is complied compiled with APPRECIATES HONOR Mr Mr Richards stated today that he considered the appointment as a a. great honor and as a t step forward rd In bringing about better law layr enforcement conditions in Salt Lake and Utah as asfar asfar asfar far as the act is concerned Mr Richards Is a gra graduate of the University of ot Utah class of 1912 He later studied law at at the University of ot Chicago and was admitted to practice before the state supreme court in 1920 Ie fe was was' admitted dr tc to practice be before be- be fore tore the United States courts In hi 1921 |