The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-11-05
Coolidge's
DRY Plan Is
Given Out
Federal Forces to Try ''Pre.
ventive Enforcement" While
States Will Handle Ac-
tual Violators.
100000 Officers to Aid
BY Universal Service.

Washington. Nov. 4.--The policy
of the Coolidge administration for
the enforcement of the volstead law
was outlined in a formal statement
by Prohibition Commissioner Roy A.
Haynes, today.
Under the plan the federal govern
ment would devote its energies-large-
-k to preventive enforcement, while
.saying to the states the task of look
ing after minor violations of the law
such as individual bootlegging. moon
shining, etc. Commissioner Haynes
said:
The federal government will make
every effort to carry out a program
of coordination. The federal gov
ernment will assume and discharge
its full obligation to the limit of its
ability. There are certain phases of
the enforcement of the prohibition
law for which the federal govern
ment is entirely responsible and 9th.
ers for which the states should as
sumo responsibility.
THE former, or preventive en-
forcement, includes supervision of
permits, Withdrawals, Concentration
of bonded whisky. supervision Of
beverages and industrial alcohol
plants, ETC."
Pointing out the task that this
phase Of the undertaking imposes up
on the federal authorities, Commits
sioner Haynes said .there are 1883
permits Of all classifications in effect,
all of which require careful watching.
The bulk Of these permits are for
the manufacture and withdrawal of
bonded whisky for medicinal pur-
manufacture Of cereal beverages, or
poses and for export and for the
near beer.
These authorized activities must be
kept under careful surveillance to
prevent the liquor from leaking into
Illicit channels and to see that the
near beer. which is made by the same
process that produces the genuine
article. does not lose the near" be-
fore it goes out of the brewery. Mr..
11aynes said:
"rhese are but few illustrations
of preventive enforcement It will
be seen that these activities might
quite properly require most OF the
time and energy Of the federal force"
II the state, municipal and county
authorities may be depended upon
in the main to care for minor vio-
1ations, the dry" chief declared,
''then the federal forces will be more
free to deal with the larger conspir-
acy violations and border problems
and to assail the illegal traffic at the
source"
Good progress, Haynes asserted,
already has been made in many sec
tions in this work of coordination.
An inquiry made through the federal
prohibition directors in the various
states has shown there are 200. 900
policemen, sheriffs and deputies, state
prohibition officers and other officers
authorized to make arrests and un-
der oathe 20 uphold and enforce the
federal constitution.
This potential armys manifest
duty, according to the commission
"dry'' law while the federal force
OF but 1922 agents, are all needed
On the preventive phase of the
work"
Haynes statement concludes:
r"If this great army could join
hands with the prohibition agents,
as was obviously intended by the
trainers of the 18th amendment and
OF the Volstead act, no provision be.
Ing made for the building up of a
great national constabulary. this
Ecountry could be combed Of violators
who now slip through because hands
are not Joined"