Evening journal., 1921-10-17
DRY DRIVE TO
COVER NATION
State Enforcement Units to
Be Reorganized When
Found Weak
KENTUCKY SUPPLY
NEXT OBJECTIVE

" AOANf O'At ANs--aA II GU
eral prohibition cleanup and shake
up such as the country has not ex-
perienced since the Eighteenth
Amendment was ratified and the
voistead act was passed is under
way.
Beginning in the two great wet
states Of the East. New York and
Pennsylvania, which are counted
among the Commonwealths where
prohibition was received with great
est .eluctance and where It has been
enforced with Indifferent success,
the cleanup under the direct gen.
eraiship Of Prohibition Commis-
sioner Roy A. Haynes, will extend
into many other States. 1t Is learned
authoritatively.
Westward the campaign will make
ITS way. II necessary. State enforce
ment organizations, it Is declared in
official circles. which prove weak or
worse will be reorganized. Local Of
ficiais will be cashiered II they do
not produce results and replaced by
trusted lieutenants OF Commissioner
Haynes. on the other hand. where
local officers actually try TO COM
bat violators OF the law they will
he given the full cooperation Of the
Federal forces. working with them
rather than supplanting them. But
where local enforcement organiza-
tions seem wilfully ineffective there
will be new faces in the State organ
cations It Is asserted.
The newest campaign TO enforce
prohibition is unique, in that the
theory behind Il Is 10 stop the source
Of supply. rather than pursue the
supply after It is found at large.
More than half OF the nations legi-
timately manufactured whisky. II is
stated here today, is stored in Ken
lucky warehouses and whisky in
great quantities. IL seems. has been
making its way up through Penn
sylvania from Kentucky and into
New York. The first move now un-
der way, II Is said, is to put the lid
down tighter than II ever has been
upon the Kentucky warehouses.
Prohihitionists have contendcd from
the start that so long as the sup
plies leaked from their source the
chase OF individual bootieggers with
the stan OF field agents the govern
ment is able TO command is more or
less futile. Enforcement officials
now are convinced Of the same thing.
The new drive against Volstead act
violations was started in New York
where enforcement OF the law had
broken down. There was something
n a sensation In the East when
Judge Harold Hart, appointed Fed
srai Prohibition Director OF New
York in May. resigned recently. and
he enforcement headquarters were
AIKEN In charge by +. c. YellOwly
,oincident with announcements that
here was TO be a sweeping reorgan-
zation and housecleaning in that d.
.ection
The sensation now Is finding an
scho in Pennsylvania as a result OF
he shake-up OF the enforcement or
ganization IN that State. Prohibit
ton Commissioner Haynes has left
Washington for Pittsburgh. there tc
uperintend the installation OF a spe.
,ial officer. S. +. Rutter who helped
reorganize the enforcement Offices
n New York and who was designated
as associate Federal director" foi
Pennsylvania with all the power
ma dutnorlty OF director.
The appointment Of this associate
20 act with Director William C. Nc.
-onnell. OF Pennsylvania is declared
be the beginning Of an reorgani-
sation in Pennsylvania similar to tn,
'hake-up in New York, with the view
II placing the enforcement machin.
cry in the Keystone State under th'
direct personal command OF Com
n missioner Haynes, as is the New
York machinery.
Prior to Commissioner Haynes
departure for Pittsburgh. the Com
missioner's office announced the re
trement OF Samuel B. Wolfe. for
mer head OF the Pennsylvania fiel,
force. and his replacement by Johi
Exnicios. a general prohibition agen
and formerly supervisor OF the Pa
clhc department. He will tax
charge OF the Pittsburgh district.
The renewed activity Of the en-
forcement organization Is expectel
later to be reflected in Kentucky. 81
order that the field organization ma
fortify itself along the main route O
whisky supply. Also Il will be re
ileHted- in other States. although n
m Is made in official circles q
tht ons in which the Govern
MOI ents viii next operate.