Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-02
DRY UNIT STAFF
HERE REORGAN|zED
Zone System Abolished, Maj.
White Put in Charge
of Field Offices.

Swinging into action Immediately
after receiving his commission yes
terday as Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, Seymour Lowman, the new
dry czar, today reorganized the head
quarters staff at Washington and
completely abolished the system by
which the field offices had been under
the authority Of Ave zone supervisors.
In place of the Ave zone supervisors
whose positions were eliminated, Mr..
Lowman established a new position
known as general supervise: of field
offices, to which he appointed Maj.
H. H. White, who has been acting as
assistant prohibition commissioner.
Four Of the zone supervisors PIE.
viously had been transferred to other
places.
Oftedal Succeeds White.
Two other changes in the headquar.
ters staff also were made.
ALI Oftedal, who has been deputy
commissioner Of prohibition has been
given the Office vacated by Maj. White
and will be assistant commissioner
with headquarters in Washington.
James E. Jones, now special assist
and commissioner, has been given the
Office of deputy commissioner, succeed.
ing Oftedal.
This new arrangement, an official
statement by the assistant secretary
said, means that Oftedal is to be next
in authority to Prohibition Commits.
sioner Doran, and Jones to be next in
authority under Oftedal.
Explaining further the status of
Maj. White, the statement said that
the organization Of the prohibition dis.
tricts of the country into six zones
with zone supervisors, had been en-
tirely abolished and Maj. White plac-
ed in charge of the supervision Of
field Offices throughout the country.
Rapid Reorganization Planned.
"These officers are to be reorgan-
ized as rapidly as possible" said Mr..
Lowman, land put on more effective
business basis. Maj. White has just
completed the reorganization Of the
Washington offices of the Prohibition
Bureau and is we'll qualified to take
| over the work Of organizing the field
offices to conform tot the plan of or
ganization in the Washington offices
which will give greater uniformity and
efficiency.
1.-THE new field Office manual was
prepared under the direction Of Maj.
White" said the statement. 1T is
now practically completed and the
carrying out Of the plans therein
established will do much toward max
ing the work of prohibition enforce
ment more efficient and expeditions.
This is in line with the established
policy Of strengthening decentraliZed
administration by administrator dis.
tricts, and all Of these administrator
district offices will be brought into
system of uniformity and efficiency"
Follows Andrews Plan.
The new Assistant Secretary and
DR.. Doran, prohibition commissioner,
were understood to have worked close
ly in cooperation in developing the
new plan which is designed to carry
forward the decentralization idea
initiated by Gen. Andrews. but which
| will abolish the Andrews system OF
| zone supervision, substituting a single
supervisor, Maj. White.
Maj. White has had long experience
| in the prohibition machine, having
| been for some time prohibition admin
Of Columbia and Maryland.
| istrator in Texas, where he demon
| strated such marked ability that he
was brought on to Washington by
| Gen. Andrews. He was first placed
here as administrator Of the District