New Britain herald., 1925-07-22
THOUSANDS APPLY :
 FOR NEW DRY JOBS
Zone System Not Likely to Be
 in Use Before Sept. 1

Washington, July 22 R--Fcderal
 prohibition officials prepared tc ! buckle down today to their most diff
 fcult problem in the sweeping dry 1 reorganiza ion--sclcCtion of men to shoulder the responsibility of en- | iorcement in each of 24 dlstrcits provided in the new plan of opera i tion.
 Bulging files containing thousands Of letters of application for the new administrative posts, recommends tions, including a number from members of the senate and house, protests, and records of personal ap- peaIs, awaited consideration at a conference called yesterday to meet today, of the dry heads on the return 10 the capital of Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury, creator of the new enforcement machine.
 With the first appointment yet to be definitely decided upon and ap- plications mounting daily, some of 1icals believe it will be at least an- other month before the plan which it was at first hoped could be put in operation by August l, can be fairly well completed, (kne factor support ing this prediction is the fact that the several hundred employees at pro hlbiton headquarters who are to Icso their jobs in the reorganization have not as yet received the re- quired months notice,
 Many of the headquarters em- poNcs, however, are expected 10 be retained temporarily to aid in the preparation for transfer of bulky files and documents from the cen- tral office to the dccentralize field work.
 Selection of the federal admlnis- tratQra apparently was the one big task confronting officials today, for announcement WIs made that the revised regulations covering indus trial alcohol had been completed. The department of justice at the same time was working to determine federal judicial districts, especially those bounded by water, to aid officers in deciding where to prose- cute properly seizure cases.
 Under the revised regulations, control of inc production. distribu- ton and use of industrial alcohol is divided between collectors of revenue and the new federal pro- hibition administrators. The ad- ministrators will supervise the issu- ance of permits to operate indus trial alcohol plants. bond and warehouses and denaturing plants, and control the sale, use and cXpor- tatiOn of dcnatured alcohol
 Control over the production, warehousng and dcnaturing of all cohol will be retained by the revenue collectors in so far as this is necossitated by tax collection, but they will after tax payment, per init withdraw from warehouse or when the product has been de- natured.
 They also will continue to issue permits for withdrawal of tax free alcohol for Use by the government, the states, territories, hospitals. col Ioges and other institutions, but the administrators will determine who shall obtain alcohol in this manner.
 The revised regulations, in the opinion of Prohibition Commits Sloner Haynes mark no advanced step in the control of industrial al- rohol since national prohibition at the same time giving assurance that legitimate business interests have been provided for,
 The centering of the administra- flon Of the uses of industrial aIco- hoI in one local administration h"ad, he said, "WiI provide a sim pIlfled, direct and responsible ad- dition'