New Britain herald., 1926-08-25
ANDREWS CALLS ALL
 z DRY LEADERS
Six Days Conference Will Begin
 on September 20

Washington, Aug. 25 H9 - Tn tWenty-two administrators who di
 rect the field forces of the prohibi ton unit have been instructed b, General Lincoln c. Andrews, chic ! of the service, to report in Wash
 ington on Sept. 20 for a six-day con
 ference designed to bring abou
 more effective enforcement of tn,
 federal dry law.
 Out of this conference plans ma,
 be evolved for a partial reorganiza
 tion of the regional system that has now been in operation a little more 1 than ten months.
 Indications are that General An drews will submit to the admins tratorS his proposal for the creation of five zones each to be manned by an officer who would exercise super visory authority over dry districts in his jurisdiction. 1t would be the duty of these regional supervisors to act as liaison officers between the field service and Washington head quarters.
 Complaint has been made by per sons having business with the field divisions that there was a lack of uniformity in the practices that gov- ern dry law enforcement. While the same regulations apply generally throughout the country, there is a variation of method that General Andrews will attempt to correct through the medium of the Septem- Der conference, and probably by the creation of five regional supervisors to establish contacts in the various dry districts and keep Washington advised of what occurs in all of them.
 Change in Decentralizing Plan
 While the authority of the admin istrators would in no wise be dimin- ished, the establishment of the five supervisory zones, to some extent, would be modification of the plan of decentralization installed by Gen. eral Andrews last October when he abolished state lines and set up dry districts conforming to the line Of the feedral judicial districts.
 rt has been suggested that in cer- tain parts of the country the work of supervision might be done by out side administrators.
 General Andrews conference with the twenty-five administrators who were inducted into office as result of the reorganization he affected alst fall vii lbe the first gathering of the kind held for the, benefit of the field forces of the prohibition unit.
 General Andrews has conferred with administrators singly and in groups from time to time, but he is hopeful that by personal contact with them in q body he will get a better line on developments in dry law enforcement.
 The general expectation is that the September conference will be followed by renewed activity in every dry district. While General Andrews lacks the authority which he regards as essential to the com- plete success of the dry law, he will order his field administrators to tighten up in their endeavors to put bootleggers out of business.
 Modifies Orders .on Medical Liquor
 General Andrews has been obliged within the past week to modify two orders that were intended to make it more difficult for the illicit trade to replenish it's supplies. One of them related to the transporta- tion of medicinal spirits to retailers, and the other had to do with physi- cians' prescriptions for whiskey filled by retail druggists.
 Under the first order, shipments of medicinal spirits had to be handled by bonded express com panies. This requirement applied to shipments within a city or by long railroad haul.
 Wholesale and retail druggists complained against this order on the ground that there were no local bonded express companies outside New York city and that the effect of the order would force practically all retailers except those in New York, to obtain their medicinal spirits out side of their towns.
 As a result of representations in behalf of the drug trade, the order was rescinded, so far as local move mcnts of medicinal spirits are con- serned, and such supplies may now be shipped to retailers, as is alcohol, either in the truck of the vendor or yendee
 In the case of prescriptions. field agents reported that, in the absence of a regulation requiring retailers to turn over used prescriptions to the government. many dealers commit ted fraud by washing and re-issuing them.
 Accordingly, General Andrews ruled that retailers would be re- quired in the future to forward to the government all used prescrip- ti0Dc nn hand at tha and of ayerv