New Britain herald., 1925-06-24
PUTNEY WILL LOSE ENFORCEMENT POST
Prohibition Directors Office
 Will Cease to Exist
ANDREWS EXPLAINS POLICY
Only Skeleton Force To Be Main tained At Hartford Under New Program Adopted By U. S. Treas URY DEPARTMENT,
BY GEORGE H. MANNING

BY GEORGE 1T. MANNING
 Washington Bureau of N. B. Herald.l
 Washington, D. C., June 24.-The complete reorganization of the pro- hibition forces planned for August l, announcement of which was made yesterday by Secretary of the Treas ury Mellon, means the abandonment of the state directors office for con- necticut at Hartford, and in all probability the separation from the service of Frank T. Putney, the state director.
 New York To Be Headquarters
 The whole prohibition force for Connecticut will be administered from the headquarters office in New i. York City after August 1 by re- gional director who will probably not be Connecticut man, under the reorganization plan worked out by Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Lincoln s. Andrews in collabor- ation with Internal Revenue Com missioner Blair. Prohibition Com missioner Haynes and ustice de- partment officials. Pa
 The Hartford office which is now the headquarters for Connecticut will be abandoned except for a skeleton force of three or four men who will be kept there as a group to look after particulars of the state situation.
 The office of the state prohibition director of Connecticut together with the state directors for all the other states and the IS regional directors will be abolished on August 1 to make way for the new system under which the United States will be divided into 22 districts arranged chiefly along the lines of the feder- al judicial district.
 AS a state unit for prohibition en- forcement in Connecticut the organ ization with Frank T. Putney as it's head goes ont of existence on Aug ust 1 and will De superseded by dis tr4ct No. 2 composed of the south ern and eastern districts of New York and Connecticut with the headquarters at New York City.
 Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Andrews in charge of all branches of prohibition enforce ment, will personally select the dis trict directors, he stated today.
 Ta Noln GpIprs
 q am going to select the district directors myself" said Mir. Andrews. The personnel of the staff of the directors will be chosen by the di- rectors but after consultation with me, l am going to know who is op- pointed because l believe the job of enforcing prohibition is largely dependent upon the personnel.
 "In selecting the district directors expect to advise with Commission CT Haynes. Assistant Commissioner Jones and MT. Yellowiy, the chief of field agents, because they know the records of the men now in the service.
 "All the present state directors will not necessarily ho fired" NIT. Andrews continued Some of them may be appointed as district direc- tors and others may fl. in as of ficers in the state groups.
 "The new districts have, so far as possible, been arranged along the lines of the federal judicial districts in order to bring about complete cooperation between the enforce ment officials and the prosecuting officers, district attorneys. etc.
 Legal Adviser in Each District
 Each district director will have an assistant who is a lawyer. It is expected he will act as liaison of ficer between the enforcement of flcers and the district attorney and all county and local prosecuting of- fcers. The law officer will have several trained criminal investiga- tors and detectives on his staff.
 "State lines will be almost en- tlrely wiped out in the reorganiza- ton plan. It will be strictly a fed eral organization. much along the lines of the customs service.
 The Washington headquarters force will remain undisturbed. with Commissioner Haynes, Assistant Commissioner Jones, Mr. Yellowly. chief of field agents and James J. Bruitt. head of the legal division.
 This organization plan is he product of six or seven weeks con- ferences I have held with justice de- psrtment and prohibition officials and believe 1t will work out well and make it extremely difficult for 1 ICantlnusa on Rasa lN