| Show N I J WHAT CAN CA CANVE VE WI DO ABOUT THIS TiltS AWFUL PROHIBITION ISSUE By RODNEY ROD EY DUTCHES NEA NTA Sen ice Writ rit Writer jr r. r WASHINGTON Aug 5 The Th coun coun- country countr try tr tf Js s slowly beginning b to realize that the country is facing t cing an unusual pro pro- prohibition prohibition situation The he eighteenth amendment am is not rot In danger dang r of repeal rep al modification of 1 the act is not an imminent I possibility and the voters oters are not about to elect a wet congress con ress I But despite the reluctance of poll poll- in both bath b th parties to grapple with the Issue the question of prohibition enforcement and the amazing filtration tion ton of prohibition into nearly every angle anels of political p thought and political p cal action an Increasingly ly large mass ma of undigested food roOd for thought Even the dry ry admit prohibition en enforcement en- en ment is far from fron satisfactory and the thc thoughts which h ch immediately arise ariss concern cOnc m the causes for such a state of affaIrs and the question of o what the thi th future holds The Th Immediate danger danier center from the viewpoint of the th drys is the fact that the civil service commission will I not be able abe to put th prohibition en enforcement en- en enforcement enforcement service on a e. new and sound basis b ls until congress in its wisdom and In its own good time appropriates the money for reorganization In its ita session ANDREWS ANDEEWS FORCE FADES AWAY VAY The Andrews enforcement organ organization since the generals general's resignation resl Is rapidly disintegrating Thousands Tho of ot men were to all Intents and pur pur- purposes poses paces p es discharged from the enforce enforce- enforcement ment m nt service when it was placed un un- under und un- un under der d r civil service Some Son of them per per- perhaps haps were inefficient to begin with The rest despite the fact that tut some may be able to hang onto their jobs jobs' through high ratings ratinG's In the civil sexy sexy- service servIce ice examinations in the face race of or open field competition are fe resigned to the fact that the ax is suspended above bove them and Is bound to fall Under such circumstances human nature could not conceivably cone ably Inspire them to greater zeal l in n such suh an extremely dif dif- difficult difficult dlf- dlf task as as theirs Violations of or the prohibition law would be even greater Tester If 1 the coast guards and customs services s were ere not patrolling the coasts and borders NEW Z OFFICIALS OF UNTRIED When Then the th new crop of prohibition enforcers Is finally on the Job which will not bs be b for another six months it may bs be b confronted with a 3 great Teat deal of debris as a result of the th present situation Furthermore it will be an untried inexperienced organization which may require re a long time to reach the high water mark rk of en enforcement ea- ea set by Andrews and anet his Ills crew of o ex-army ex officer ors What is can cm and will accomplish pUsh is at this moment a matter of cf guess tue s work Sanity and tolerance In irs enforce enforce- enforcement enforcement ment are promised by the two new officials who will be responsible for prohibition under the new system Seymour Lowman the new assist assist- assistant assistant ant treasury secretary who replaces Andrews is that sort of man Commissioner Doran will work well with Lowman He has a chemists chemist's vision Islon of the importance of industrial alcohol in legitimate industry as well as a full tuu realization of its importance to the bootleg industry TRIED THIRD TI RD STAGE ST OF DRYNESS ESS The question is whether sanity and tolerance will meet the almost in incredible In- In Incredible Incredible credible situation which exists Boot Boot- Bootleg Bootleg Bootleg leg flourishes In most large cities and even right here in the th national capi capt- tal Some authorities believe bleve It would require the strongest and most drastic forms of action acton to bring about any marked improvement ment In enforcement From an administrative standpoint prohibition goes into its ts third stage of o enforcement Under Roy A. A Haynes prohibition enforcement was in the hands of its friends insofar as the friends could get a firm grasp on such a slippery sUpper problem Haynes' Haynes day passed and md the Job was given to Andrews Andre ls along with new and anet unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented dented powers Andrews appointed army ex-army officers officers of Li- Li cers whom he could trust as adminis adminis- administrators administrators and made great strides great great- greatly ly reducing smuggling and arid Illegal di diversion dl- dl diversion version erslon of alcohol But the Anti Anti- Saloon league leogue wasn't satisfied with Andrews Andreas and he end and his men en en- enraged enrage enraged raged rage 1 the politicians despite frequent forced compromises so Andrews was swept out The task facing Lowman and Doran probably will wilt prove even more tre tre- tremendous tremendous tre- tre tremendous than that met by Andrews Cynics who ho may be classed as wets ore are now recalling that with Andrews' Andrews appointment it was said officially semi I that this represented a 8 last supreme effort to enforce the law and that if Andrews failed human nature would more or less be b- allowed to take its course Tomorrows Tomorrow's dispatch will consider some of the political aspects of o pro pro- |
