Evening star., 1925-07-25
VIRGINIA PLACED
IN NEW DRY ZONE
Will Be Under West Virginia
Chief in Shake-Up Be-
gun Today.

In a reorganization Of the Treas
ury's new 20 districts for the enforce
ment of prohibition announced today,
the State of Virginia has been taken
from the district with headquarters
at Baltimore, and placed with West
Virginia in a separate division, with
headquarters at Roanoke.
This was only one of the shifts made
by the Treasury, as announced to-
day, in realignment of the districts
for the new prohibition reorganization,
which has now been delayed in it's eff
fective date to ION or about Septem-
ber L.
The new district, including Wash
ington.' will have it's headquarters at
Baltimore, as arranged under the
first reorganization plans, and will in
clude Maryland, District of Columbia
and Delaware. This will take the
headquarters of the local district from
Washington, where for years it has
been administered. The first reorgan-
iZation included as the local district
Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia and Delaware.
In an official statement today Act
ing Secretary of the Treasury Win
ston outlined the changes in districts
and made public instructions to field
planning in some detail the methods
to be used in making the changes.
Although it had first been planned
to put the new organization into ef-
feet August l, Mr.. Winston said, ''it
has been found more desirable to put
the prohibition reorganization plan
previously announced into effect as a
whole through the country instead of
one district at a time. This modifica-
-s.lF
sion of the August ! date" Mr.. Win
ston continued, explaining that the
additional time would permit the de-
partment to complete the admins
trative details. SO that the machinery
would operate smoothly from the
start.
Best Men Selected.
"The selection of the "a administra-
tors Including Hawaii and Porto
Rico) is a matter of the gravest i'm
portance," said Mr.. Winston. THE
department is giving all recommends
tionS earnest consideration and is
making q thorough survey of the field
with a view to the selection of the
/ best available material.
1t is proposed to announce the
names of the new administrators
when all, or nearly all, have been Sc
IeCJeU. mere VIII De group Hedu,
where practicable, in every judicial
district and located in the same city
as the United States attorney with
whom he will cooperate in enforce
ment of the law. Under his admins
traitor the group head will be RESPONSE
BILE for enforcement in his district"
Under the first plan of reorganiZa-
tion the districts had been laid out
| with the same boundaries as judicial
districts Under the plan announced
group heads where practicable" oper-
ating as had originally been planned
for the administrators to function.
Andrews Statement.
In the orders sent out to field Off
GERS OF the prohibition unit, Assistant
| Secretary of the Treasury Andrews,
| chief of the dry forces, said: THE
present appointment of all unclassified
employees will be terminated not later
than October Is, 1925, and unless re-
appointed will end their connection
with the service. In the case Of pro-
hibition agents and inspectors who
may not have been selected for re-
tention any leave which may be due
them on October Is, 1925, must have
been taken before that date"
Appointments to the new positions
Gen. Andrews said. might include
some of those now in the service, but
explained that such appointments
would be made ''on merit only" and
on distinct understanding that the
appointee will hold office so long, and
only so long, as his services are salts
factory.