Show ITES TO CITES FRAUD IN IN TACTICS t 1 I Dry Advocates Ask Haynes Ha Is Kept on Payroll Payroll WASHINGTON Jan BY 29 29 The Associated Press Clinton Press Clinton N f Howard chairman of ot the tho united commIttee for prohibition enforce enforce- enforcement I I i ment ment declared In a statement here p Thursday night that there had been som Improvement In prohibition enforcement the tho united com eom- committee committee placed the responsibility at atthe atthe the door of the White While House at Its annual meeting here last month Recent statements by high government gov gov- government government officials Mr Howard said had confirmed the committees committee's 0 of lax enforcement In this connection con- con he be referred to a 0 recent ad- ad address address ad address dress by United States District At- At Attorney Attorney At Attorney torney Buckner at New York In whIch Mr Buckner was WIlS said sard to tavo related a II conference with a high prohibition enforcement of- of tidal The latter said Mr how Howard ard told the attorney that It yas VIlS never Intended that the federal government should enforce the pro pro pro- prohibition laws and that he lIe receIved not not the slightest support from any of the federal authorities prohibition Taking up an article on tion by Secretary the cur the the- eUN eur rent issue Weekly Mr Howard said Bald tl tI disclosed nothing less than squatter sovereignty on the prohibition question Quoting the secretary as saying It is InevItable inevitable pl 6 that observance Of of the prO law should be controlled by pUblic opinion rather than by die die- dic dictatorial officers of the law the united committee chairman asked It If Air Ir Mellon Mollon would advise that method of or the traffic laws In la Washington No No one questioned the sincerity of of Assistant Secretary Andrews of the prohibition treasury ln In of tion enforcement said enforcement said Mr How How- Howard Howard ard but he aswed What has become of ot Commis Commis- Commissioner Commissioner aloner flames He Is still stilt on the government payroll assigned we have prohibition been Informed to make pro pro- pro speeches for tor certain dry organizations This and other methods of enforcement were char characterized as a colossal fraud upon the American peo people le n- n |