Evening star., 1926-09-26
ANDREWS FINISHES
PARLEY WITH AIDES
Weeks Secret Conference
Results in Establishing
Zone System.

A weeks conference between AS
sistant Secretary OF the Treasury An
drews and % of his prohibition ad
ministrators closed yesterday with nc
radical changes in the present pro-
hibition machine in prospect.
Perhaps the outstanding single fea.
ture of the conference. which will
result in putting into effect per
rnanently A policy tried out for some
time. was the decision to install
throughout the country zone super
visors VINO shall have under their
Jurisdiction a number of prohibition
Adnlinistra tors.
This idea, however. had been tried
out by Gen. Andrews for some time.
so that 1t cannot be said to have de-
veloped out of the weeks conference,
Already Tried Out.
What the zones are to be will be
determined soon by Gen. Andrews
and his aides here at Washington.
Two supervisors have been trying out
the plan Of co-ordina ton. They are
ALI Oftedal at San Francisco, repi a.
sentative there Of the special intelli-
gence unit of the Treasury Depart
ment, and NJ. o. Dunning. collector Of
customs at Savannah. Ga. They
have been co-ordinating the various
prohibition activities in several Stotes
Of their respective sectors of the
country i'm such successful fashion
that II has been decided to extend
thu system throughout abe country.
There were unofficial reports during
the week that Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia might eventually be
added to Collector Dunnings zone,
but ii was officially stated that final
decision in this has not beer reached
yet.
Gen. Andrews and the prohibition
administrators seemed gratifled with
the conferences Of the week as having
ironed out several matters about
which administrators differed.
Not only did Gen. Andrews lay down
the program he desired carried out
hut there were numerous open discus
eions when suggestions from admins
traitors were heard, criticisms were
asked for and frank exchange of opin
ION prevailed. This. however. all took
place behind closed doors, and so close
was the vigilance of all that If there
were any serious disa greements they
were concealed.
More Cooperation Sought.
Among Ino NdTlouS IIueS vi poliNH
laid down by Gen Andrews during
the week. it is known that he called
upon his administrators 10 elicit more
effective cooperation from local law
enforcement officials. Administrators
were advised to be 'teetotalerS as
were all members Of the dry force. eX
cept the man who is forced to drink
In order to h,ake a buy"
The prohibition machine. Gen.
Andrews said. is now we'll oiled and
ready to go ahead at full steam.
Several general conferences were
held interspersed by individual con
ferences between Gen. Andrews and
his aides here with the visiting ad-
ministratorS. Yesterday was occupied
by the general principall.-~ with in
dividual conferences.
No prediction was forthcoming AS
to what may he expected in the way
Of improved results during the year.
and there We're no promises Of any
big drive in prospect. Gen. Andrews
himself was more guarded about keep
ing secret results of this conference
than any important development in
prohibition since he took office year
ago last Spring.
This was the first meeting of the
A conference here about a year ago
Of prohibition chiefs included the
heads OF the old regime, known as
state directors, and divisional chiefs.
In some cases the personnel was the
same. but there have been many
changes.