New Britain herald., 1927-09-14
BY GEORGE II. MANNING.

washington Bureau Of the N. E. Herald, Washington, D. C.. Sept. fl - seymour bowman, assistant secretary or the treasury, in charge of nro- lhihltlon enforcement. has put tho
 adih'hlstrdtion in an extremely em- harraSsing position on the very deli cat" question of prohibition. He will not be busted by tho ad-
 mlnlstration; will not be allowed to
 resign even should he choose to do So' but II is very doubtful that his appointment Will be confirmed hy the Senat" when it meets this fall MT, bowman will continue to be assistant secretary of the treasury
 according 10 the impression in Wash
 lh&'on, but his attention will be cen tered on the coast guard and GUS { toms services. He has been plainly ! told 10 Hay of" prohibition work and particularly not to give utter
 ance 10 any ot his views regarding enforcement.
 silent At Press Confcr,uvc The prohibition hureau will bo run
 entirely by Dr. James x. Doran. pro
 hibltlon commissioner, and any an- nonncemont necessary or rcqucsfed regarding enforcement will be made by Doran, it is believed This course was indicated Monday when at the hrst hNed seni-Woekly conference with newspaper corrcsponGents fol- lowing IoWman's embarrassing ut t"rancos, the assistant secretary sat speeches., declining 10 answer aucs- tons put 10 him, while Dr. Doran made announcements and answered all questions put 10 him and also those directed at bowman. The muzzle had been securely fixed on bowman by the administration which realized that q serious mistake was made in appointing the Elmra man less than two weeks after he took up 'h" job as successor to General Lincoln C. Andrews.
 Cannot Allow Him to Resign
 To permit bowman 10 resign WoulI be a suicidal confession by th" administration that he is unfit for the job and that enforcement has not been conducted properly in the past
 l.oWnans uttorances of the last thr"" weeks have subjected the ad- mjnistratiOn to attack from all fac tions acut"ly interested in the ques- tion. IT" has anEercd the vets who were satisfied with the sloppy kind of enforcement that has prevailed in th" past; he has not satisfied the drys with his statements that many of the onfOrccrS were grafters, and he has aroused the republican poli- l ticians, who lind themselves called upon 10 defend enforcement by the 1 administration.
 The republican politicians arc more aroused than either the drys or vets. They are complaining to the president and Secretary Mellon because Ogden Mills, assistant sec retary of the treasury, was permit ted to make a political appointment from his home state instead of non political appointment being made ot some quite safe and sane . Iildl lpl tlllOlttllltIll tllI'i.
 Lowman's appointment must be confirmed by the senate and there !. is certain to be considerable diff . culty about that. Some dry sena- tors will oppose him because he ad- mitted that many of the enforce ment officers are graftcrs. that 50 years will be required to bring about , enforcement. and many other things . that almost everybody has known . all the time but only few have . openly admitted. Some vets will oppose Lowman because. although . he talked too much 10 their entire . enjoyment, at the same time he put . some wrinkles In the enforcement plans that eventually will increase 
 Instructed to TwiddIc Thumbs
 When bowman was appointed he | was told by those who put him in to sit on the lid. to make as little fuss about enforcement as possible. and 10 keep mum. The adminis- tration's policy was to enforce pro hihition in an inoffcnsiyc sort of way in order to keep both vets and drys quiet and satisfied and to pre- vent prohibition becoming a trou- b.esome question in the coming na- tional campaign. The administra- ton leaders, skilled politicians, be- lteved that Ogden Mills had picked man. associated with politics for many years who Wouid rrt th. | proper political point Of view and avoid any emb1rra ssmcM to the ad- on the question Of pro