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Show Plans Are Made I To Enforce the Prohibition Act Plyns for the enforcement of nation wide prohibition ,ve-e announced yes-jterday yes-jterday by Commissioner of Internal 'Revenue Daniel C. Roper, according to word received by W C Wh lley, of flee of the collector of internal revenue In this district. The national prohioition act makes! the bureau of internal revenue the directing di-recting agency In the enforcement of I both war-time prohibition nd prohibi- ! tion under the constitutional amend- ; ment, he said Responsibility tor its enforcement, however, is not confined j to the bureau, but ts disturbed among ' federal, state, county and municipal I officers, everyone or whom. Coinmis J islouer Roper said, is exp'cted to do his full pan successful administration of -.he' prohibition law. Commissioner Roper' declared, w ill be measured ?arelv hv ! the manner in which other than federal fed-eral agencies meet UrJr requirements. ' in local communities local officers are' expected to take the initiative. No, to I do so, he said, will result in such action ac-tion by federal officers, airl it will be their duty to bring to the attention of the law-abiding -ilizen? to assume then- responsibillti-s under the new-law. new-law. "The national prohibition act Is now ih law of ihe land, .-aid Commission er Roper. "It makes the bureau of internal in-ternal reenue the directing agency In tio enforcement of noth war time pro hibition and prohibition under the con atltutional amendment. The ecretarj and the commissioner of 'he intern il revenue urgently expressed to both committees of congress the hope that, this important responsibility would not be imposed on the 'reas'iry department, depart-ment, burdened as t .s wltn ilscal and revenue matters. Congress decreed otherwise, and the aepa tment pur-poses pur-poses to respond in the fuUeBt degree to the duty placed upon It." nn |