New Britain herald., 1922-09-25
ASK UNITED FORCE
 AT BORDER LINE
Smuggling Of Narcotics, Booze and Aliens Prompts Request

Washington, Sept. 25.-( (Associatec
 Press s)-Consideration is being giver
 by the Labor, Treasury and Agri
 cultural Departments to the co-ordi
 nation of all the Federal police forcet
 along the nations borders to the end
 that smuggling of narcotics, liquor
 and aliens may be more effectively
 checked
 Faced with a situation which has
 been described in some government
 reports as alarming committee of
 representatives of the three depart
 rnents and of the Department of Jus
 tice, it was learned today, has com
 pleted an investigation and reached
 the conclusion that there must be
 closer cooperation among all Federal
 government forces if the international
 borders are 10 he properly guarded.
 The recommendations of this com
 mittee, which was headed by the Commissioner General of Immigra- ton, Mir, Husband, have been pre- sented to the Secretary of Labor, Mir. Davis, and will in turn be considered by the heads of the other depart ments controlling the various border patrol forces.
 Irregular entry of alien labor and other aliens from Mexico, the snug gling of liquor and shooting affrays which jeopardize the lives of govern- ment officers" the committee report ed, would seem to indicate that the proper enforcement of Federal laws necessitates the cooperation of the various government departments"
 The committee in this connection pointed out that the Canadian and Mexican borders were being patrolled by the United States Public Health. Customs, the Prohibition Enforcement and Immigration Services, the Coast Guard, and the Federal Horticultural Board Coordination of these fed eral police forces, Commissioner Gen. eral Husband reported on behalf of the committee, would seriously crip- pie the "bootlegging industry" and minimize smuggling of drugs and aliens across the borders. With po- lice powers alike for customs. prohi- | bition and immigration inspectors and ] epresentatives of the department of agriculture, the border patrols would constitute, if was said, police ma chimes as effective as those whiC'l pa trol the borders of all European coun- 1 tries. .S
 The bootlegging industry, Mir. Hus- band added, had become a menace along both the Canadian and Mex ican borders and rivaled the days when piracy was in full swing In this connection report has been re- ceived by MT. Husband from United States Immigration Inspector Clark at Montreal, Canada, describing the wounding of Immigration Inspector Savage at Alexandria Bay by a noto- rious bootlegger, and adding that it was unfortunate that immigration in- spectors must be called upon to en- danger their lives. but unless there is full cooperation between customs and immigration officials and all oth- CT federal officers along the northern border. certain laws are bound to be- come laughing stock"
 The great need of all government the committee report con cluded lis the establishment of an effective patrol along the Mexican border, particularly between estab- lished ports of entry, to prevent il- legal or clandestine entry and to force all traffic through regular ports where 1t could be dealt with by appropriate redraft of department al regulations, where advisable, with l view to providing for better CO., ordinated efforts among the several services; careful survey of deficien- ,ies in existing law and a united ef- ort to secure desirable notifications,
 The attitude of departments other , han labor toward the CO., ordination , las not been definitely defined, Sec 7 etary Mellon, replying to the initial uggestion of Secretary Davis. said q hat "the nature of the services per ormed by the different branches of r he government is so varied that l q loubt whether their activities could : ,e effectively consolidated or super -ised by one administrative officer
 Secretary Wallace has expressed the ,elief that the work done by experts 1 If his department along the Mexican ' ,order was highly technical busi- ess and not only could not be car jed on by persons who have not had |