Evening star., 1925-07-26
DRY DRIVE DELAYED
Until SEPTEMBER |
Shake.Up in Force and New
Grouping of Districts on
Fresh Program.
BY the Associated Press.

Defeated in his plan 10 sa+ =.
reorganized machine at work August I
to enforce prohibition, Assistant Sec.
retary Andrews, the Treasury's pro-
nioftion Held marshal, took a fresh
start yesterday in developing a pro-
gram with which he hopes he can
dry up the country's wet spots.
september / has now been fixed
tentatively as the date on which the
revamped enforcement organization
can be set in motion, and it will start
with a division of the country into
districts along different lines than
were at first contemplated. Announce.
ment of the changes in boundaries of
SIX districts and the transfer of head.
quarters of two other regional areas
was made.
Force to Be Shaken Tn.
II also was announced that all of
the unclassified employees of the f1eId
service VIII automatically be out Of
their jobs not later than October *
Some of them probably will he re.
named. but merit will be the ward
stick by which the employees will be
measured in their selection for nlaces
under the reorganization.
accompanying Mr.. Andrews an.
nouncements was a formal statement
by Acting Secretary Winston giving
specihc details of the delay in building
the new enforcement structure.
II has been found desirable" said
Mr.: WINSTON, to put the prohibition
reorganization plan previously an
nounced into effect as whole
throughout the country, instead of in
one district at time. This modifica-
tlon In plan requires a brief extension
or the August l date, tentatively given
as the date when the plan might be.
come effective. for about 80 days To
on or about September 1. The addi-
t1onal time will permit the department
10 complete the administrative details
SO that the machinery may operate
smoothly from the start"
Blair Asked Changes,
The changes made in the district
boundaries resulted from Recommended
tions by Commissioner Blair of the
internal Revenue Bureau, who,
though having turned over most of
the Job to Mr.. Andrews, retains i'm
portant enforcement functions delegat-
ed by law. Mr.. Andrews previously
had said that no suggestions for
alteration OF the original administra-
tive districts had come to him from
outside of the Government, and Mr..
Winston said yesterday that the
changes were solely in the interest of
efficiency and better administration.
There has been opposition to va
r1ous phases of the plan, however,
from various quarters and Mr.. An
dreWs has received visits from half
dozen members of Congress and
political leaders, so the decision TO
change the lines came as no surprise
to many observers here 1t was re-
iterated at the Treasury officially,
nevertheless, that no pressure had
been exerted on the department exec
utives in behalf of the change. ex.
cept from within the organization.
Chlef among the changes for which
an outside demand had been pro-
nounced was the removal of Michi-
gan from the same Jurisdiction with
Indiana and the linking of Virginia
with West Virginia, by which the
latter State was automatically with
drawn from Jurisdiction with Ohio.
Senator Watson, Republican, In
diana, and Postmaster General New.
also an 1ndianian, had opposed the
districtins of Indiana and Michigan,
as did others of that State, while
Z. Bascom Slemp, former secretary
to the President, and Republican ma
tionaI committeeman from Virginia,
had entered objection to having his
State aligned with Maryland. Della
ware and the District of Columbia
Whatever actuated the change, the
announcement yesterday showed Vir-
ginia and West Virginia in one dis
trict, Michigan and Ohio in another
and Indiana joined with a part of
Illinois and part of Wisconsin.
Another important change was the
lifting of Kansas from the district
with Nebraska and Iowa and the
substitution of South Dakota in that
group. Kansas was placed with Mis-
souri, and the southern end of Illinois.
While part of Wisconsin not in
cluded with Indiana was included in