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Show PLAN TO E!ffORC WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Dam I i Roper, commissioner of internal rev-' enuc, today rnadr public plans for en-1 forcement of prohibition. Mr. Kramer i will have as aides an executive field force of nine supervising agents and a director in each state The supervising supervis-ing federal ageni.- . ill have juriadic-tion juriadic-tion over nine territorial uruts into which ihe country has boon divided. Under the direction of the supervising supervis-ing agents will be a mobile force of federal agents whir h will be sent from one point to anpthei as conditions war- Headquarters ot the supervising red-H:ivl red-H:ivl PIal aeut' althour:i not definitely decided de-cided upon, probabl) will be located as A- ji Albany, N, y.j Nov.- York City; ; FUcfimond, Va.; Philadelphia, Atlanta. H'i '1 Chicago, Omaha, Little Rock and San Kftii Erancisco. The departments, or units, Trl ovei which their jurisdiction will ex- HtflP ,rDd are to be kno,vn as the north- Bffiy eastern, New i'ork eastern southern, Jlli gulf, central, northwestern, southwest- HjlKjlj crn and Paciric. H Directors will keep in' constant touch H Mg val1 lne governors and aitorncv gen H. II i rals of lhc ,hc ario"s states to 'which Hkfl llley aro assigned wid enlist the cc-op-l rat ion of all Btate and local authorities in the enforcement of the laws. Mr Roper said that only high class men would be employed as inspectors OthT officials said judicious handling of enforcement provisions was absolutely abso-lutely necessary If the government was 10 have full co-operation of all citizens. citi-zens. The commissioners' program leaves no doubt that where tate officials or city or county officials do not enforce the law vigorously, the federal government's gov-ernment's representative will proceed in their own way to drne out illicit liquor sellers Mr. Roper in his statement asked for the co-operation of all religious, social, fraternal, labor and civic or ganlzations in preventing the illegal sale of intoxicants. JUDGE OPPOSES LAW. I LOUISVILLE, ky . Nov. 12. Fed-leral Fed-leral Judge Walter Evans in open court 'declared here today he is "firmly of the opinion," war-time prohibition is un 'constitutional and indicated a disposition disposi-tion to enjoin Elwood Hamilton, col ilector of internal revenue for Km tucky, from Interfering with the sale of about. L,000000 gt lions of tax paid iv.hiskey known as "floor stock." |
