New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
S29,OO0,OOO Campaign To Be Wag0d On Land And Sea-
 Aimed At Source of Supply
PASSIVE LOCAL OFFICERS
 ARE TO BE TERRIFIED OUT


 to Be Driven from Market by |
 Christmas, Is Prediction of Chief. |
 Washington, July l LP)-Prohibi- tion's largest army of 4,000 men was mobilized today-the first day of 1 the governments new year-for the i most extensive campaign against liquor in the seven years of national l prohibition.
 General Lincoln c. Andrews, West | Pointer and assistant secretary of 1 the treasury, in charge of prohibit ton, planned the campaign on the | basis of the largest appropriation ever granted dry enforcement in one ycar-about 49,000,000.
 Land and Sea Campaign
 The campaign will be waged on l and and sea, with the attack cen tered principally on sources of sup drews promises not only more effec- tive enforcement, but reduced costs and more popularity for the law,
 Increased popularity will result, he hopes, when it is proved that we can protect the legitimate business from illegitimate competition.
 The dry war will be carried on principally against smuggling and . diversion of industrial alcohol and ! the flood of high powered beer" The territory east of the Mississippi . and north of the Potomac rivers Will be the main battle-ground, al- though the regular prohibition staff will be maintained throughout the country.
 DOG New Agents
 The additional forces of 906 men i necessary 10 carry out this program probab bly, will not go into action un- iii next week, when the appropria- ticn of S2,90Q,00O carried in the de- Gcicncy bill now before the senate is expected to become available, These forccs have been mobilized, however. and are awaiting the word.
 The new fighting units organized { by general Andrews will include mobile squads of S9 men each to combat industrial alcohol and beer leaks. John 4. Foster will direct the former squad. which has been ordered hy Andrews 10 plug the leak of l5,o0Q, oO0 gallons of industrial alcohol getting into bootleg trade annually.
 Thomas F, Stone will supervise the boor squad with the task Of get ing real beer off the market by .hristmas.
 Larger Patrol On Border
 Other additions 10 the prohibition army will include 235 new men for border patrol SIS new inspectors. 28 now smuggling investigators, 51 ''un- der cover" men, and 62 men for an assessment squad.
 X large unit of the new border pa .rol staff will be stationed at De- roit, where 37 w!lI be added to the staff of 3. General Andrews con- 7ilers this point the principal leak from Canada.
 The new inspectors, who will be charged with supervision of permits md drug stores, will be allocated as follows: 100 New York district; 20 15 Pittsburgh; 75 Philadel- 1hia; Baltimore; 1 Virginia: Kentucky; 10 Ohio; 50 Chicago; It. Paul; 2 Omaha; 10 St. Louis; n Texas; . Seattle, and in the San Francisco district.
 This will result within a year." General Andrews said, "in the re- vocation Of permits that have been l granted in the past to illegitimate operators, both as drr geists and doc ors and as manufacturers, or users If industrial alcohoL'
 "Stools" Also Engaged
 With the under coTer" Inen, the secretary intends .o give attention Q those local officia's who are lcglecting the law or working with he bootlaggers.
 When we find, for instance" An irews explained. that where we nave put up to the local authorities he question Of law enforcement, To- ,ally, and that in a certain county ,r state violations have become ram pant. there are just two things to ,a done. Shall We 30 in and do hat police work? l say that We mould not. We will send under over investigators there, and no one will know anything about them un- | il the day they will be presented { O the grand jury with evidence a which would result in the indict- S nent of those officers responsible | or law enforcement n n, state or \ ounty."
 Will Collect Taxes Too d
 Through the new assessment v quad, Andrews plans to collect tax :, s on the bootleggers and thereby ! O slash eventually the cost of pro- y. ibition. More than 15U,000 cases n which the government believes y can levy taxes on liquor now are ending. Collections made now by the pro- . ib,ion force through conhscatlon, | axes and fines total about S6,00O,- 90 annually. Receipts under the ( CIV program should amount to "at C east one third of the cost of pro- f ihition," the general declared. W If l can succeed in cutting out f he illegitimate operator in the in- L. ustrial field and in the drug distri- T Iron field" he said, "I do not see