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Show NEWYOietALS ENFORCEMENT LAW REPEAL OF ENFORCEMENT LAW REGARDED AS SIGNAL VIC-TORY VIC-TORY FOR 'WET' FORCE9 All Prosecution Under Dry Law Will Go to Federal Courts, Causing Hoplee Coiigmtlon; Federal Fed-eral Fight Lone Battle Washington. HlfricuUles, both foreign for-eign and domoHtle, grow npaco Saturday Satur-day in tho federal government's effort ef-fort to enforce prohlbtlon. To copo with the situation brought about by the repeal of the New York state prohibition enforcement act by the legislature at Albany, Friday, the government will luivo to rush reinforcements rein-forcements to New York at once to aid the federal authorities there. Coming lu the midst of a renewed effort to cut olT Now York's liquor supply by Sen, the action of the New York legislature In repealing the state enforcement law, which heretofore has aided toward federal enforcement within the borders of the state, 1 looked up in as increasing mnny fold the difficulties of tho federal prohibition prohibi-tion force assigned to that territory. Speaking for tho Anti-Saloon league Wayne P.. heeler characterized tho enforcement law repeal as tho "only legislative consolation prize the wot have won this year," and added thnt New York Is In a class by Itself and furnNhes no criterion for law abiding states on the iiuestlon of prohibition." Prohibition Commissioner llayne declared there would bo no lot down In prohibition enforcement In New-York New-York as a result of tho withdrawal of the state forces. Ono effect of tho repeal of the New-York New-York law which ofl'l..ils hero nro most anvious about Is that It will be to throw nil prosecutions of dry law-violation law-violation into federal courts. In sev-oral sev-oral other states not having state dry codes the federal enforcing corps have encountered jammed court dockets, doc-kets, with consentient delays In prosecution. prose-cution. Some treasury officials nt least, fear ii similar condition will develop de-velop in New York. |