Evening star., 1926-09-28
DRY FORCE SHIFT
IS UNDER STUDY
Washington Would Be Made
Center of New Headquar-
ters' Zone in Plan.

In the proposed ZOning OF territory
in the United States for more ade-
quate supervision of prohibition en-
forcement 1t is likely that this city
may be the center of new "head-
quarters zone"
This was learned from official
| quarters at the Treasury today, al
| though, it was emphasized that the
plan has not been worked out in de-
| tail and no final decisions have been
made.
| Creation of a headquarters zone
supervised out of Washington would
be entirely different from the set-up
reported last week during the con-
| ference here of prohibition admins
traitors. as the likely alignment. which
proposed that the District would be
under NJ o. Dunning, collector Of
customs at Savannah, co-ordinator
| for the Southeast
Now Under Baltimore.
At the present time Washington
| officially is listed as part of the ter
ritory under Prohibition Administra-
tor Budnitz, at Baltimore. but. in
| reality, the local Federal forces are
working both in cooperation with
Budnitz and Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Andrews, the dry chief
himself There are "a prohibition ad-
ministrators in the country at large,
but it is proposed to put over them
| a few supervisors.
| The importance OF prohibition en-
| forcement in the Capital has been
| realized by the administration always
| as matter of concern, since it is
| so close under the eyes of the Gov
ernment and the headquarters of Fed
eral prohibition administration. Con
| ditions here more than once have been
| the subject OF tart remarks on the
part of both vets and drys on the
| floors Of Congress. and any untOward
prohibition developments locally usu-
| ally receive more national attention
| than they would elsewhere.
Neither the territory to be included
| in the new zones nOi' the men to be
pla ced In charge of them have been
designated by Gen. Andrews, but he
| is expected to take up the matter and
bring it to a close before long.
Livingstone Now i'm Charge.
The chief in charge of prohibition
! forces here now is Robert l.. Living
stone, carrying the title of deputy
prohibition administrator He oper-
| ateS not only in the District of Co
lumbia, but out of here into southern
Maryland, from which. officials charge,
much Of the bootleg liquor supply in
Washington comes.
Estimates for expenditures in the
fiscal year 1928 for enforcement Of
prohibition. for the prohibition units
forces have been submitted to the Bu-
reau of the Budget as a total of about
$13. 5000. 900, it was learned today. This
is in round figures the same amount
appropriated for the current fiscal
year, known as 1927. The figure, how
ever. does not include appropriations
| for the Coast Guard, which Is now
largely engaged in enforcement work
in addition to its primary business of
protecting life. and property at sea.
| An executive conference with Can.
adian authorities, with a view to es-
tablishing better cooperation at the
| border, where possible. so as to en-
able the United States better to en-
force prohibition, may take place fol
| lowing the imperial conference in
| London next month. When the Cana
dian officials return it is expected
: plans may be developed for the bor-
| der conference.