Evening star., 1923-02-04
STILL RECENTLY CAPTURED APARTMENT HOUSE. 1T IS
BEING DEMONSTRATED CHEMIST WILCOX.

that the dry change has. No law has
had as many jokes cracked about 1t.
No other part Of the Constitution has
brought down upon its head more
criticism than the one Roy Haynes
is charged with enforcing. and yet
there is no portion of the basic law
that ever had so many energetic sup
porters as has the eighteenth amend
ment, for despite the fact that many
societies have been formed to bring
about repeal or modification, and that
tons Of propaganda have been spread
over the country. It Is an undeniable
fact that there are likewise many or
Sanizations that are fighting daily for
the strict enforcement of the law.
This article is not written to discuss
the merits OF the law. but is for the
purpose Of showing how the men
charged with enforcement conduct
Illicit beverages and to give the pub
lie an idea as to how 1t is daily being
buncoed h. bootleggerA who are
charging exarbitant prices for stuff
that is constant menace to the
health of those who drink the vile
concoctions.
The organization tables of this
branch OF the government show a
carefully thought-out plan, one that
is elastic enough to take care of most
any emergency that may arise, a con-
dition that Is not usually found in
government organization work, and
time after time the wisdom OF such a
scheme has been proven, for hardly
day passes but that the unexpected
happens and is taken care Of in a
manner that would not have been pos
sible had the old-fashioned form of
organization been in force.
The tables Of organization Show the
head of the service, Commissioner
Roy A. Haynes, and the assistant COM
missioner, James E. Jones; then the
special assistants to the commissioner
and the general counsel; the different
divisions and sections of the Wash
ington office, such as the chief of the
general prohibition agents, permit
division, the section devoted to liti-
cation. the part devoted to the inter-
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alcohol and chemical division, the
narcotic division. the division devoted
to reports and Investigations, the sec
tions dealing with correspondence,
personnel. marine patrol, withdraw
ais, beers and wines, court cases,
chemists. forces in field. records, etc.
In addition to these is the section di-
ra fv Wi
prohibition directors and the general
prohibition agents. all of whom have
their Offices in different parts Of the
country. There is. In every state. a
federal prohibition director, who has
under his jurisdiction agents and
others employed in the carrying out
OF the enforcement of the law.
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T EFT us take, for the moment, the
IL scheme of organization in a
state, for instance, California. Here
we find a director with an assistant,
a head of the federal division, mar
cotic division and legal division.
These. in turn, have agents, clerks,
inspectors, etc, under their immediate
charge, so 1t will be seen that the
prohibition enforcement section Is
much better organized and functions
more efficiently than the majority
Of people imagine. and, according
to the authorities, the enforcement
OF the law Is being carried on
with greater success today than
1t was several months ago. This
fact is due not only to the zeal of
the men In charge Of this work, but
also to the greater corporation
given by state and local authorities
since President Harding made his ap-
peal to the country for the enforce
ment OF the law. While It Is true
that there are still municipal forces
in the country that are not giving the
active cooperation that IL desired, the
majority OF them are giving greater
aid today than they ever have before.
The local officiais of the District of
Columbia government are co-operat-
ing most heartily with the federal
government. In addition to this ac-
tive cooperation. legal authorities
are melting out severer sentences
than before, and are interpreting
to the letter section twenty mine, which
reads as follows:
ANY person who manufactures or