Evening star., 1927-04-08

Maj. Roy A. Haynes of Ohio, re
turned by a. turn In the wheel OF for
tune to his old job as prohibition
czar, Is preparing for thorough
"housecleaning" of the enforcement
organization. He proposes to sur
round himself with workers who are
whole.heartedly in accord with his
own ideas on the question of prohibi'
ton. This means a bone dry" outnt
of the sort which the Ant'saloon
League viii joyously approve. The
major intends no wholesale dismis-
sails. but rather program OF gradual
elimination. Just where the ak viii
fall does not yet appear, but II Haynes
is given a free rein, as he confidently
expects. there will be many new
names and new faces both in WASH
ington and in the field by the time
the civil service requirements, Whicn,
under the terms of the new reorgan'
ization law, become fully effective
September /, put stop to dlsmssals
from the prohibition service eXcepi
for cause. Maj. Haynes believes tnai
his appointment is a clear vindicatloH
at last of his ayowed policy or en-
forcement and an Endorsement OF his
mast performances. Now he is grlmly
determined to enforce the prohibition
laws as he sees them, backed IN MS
fight by the Anti-Saloon League ahu
perhaps by the White House. Haynes
says his policy may be summed UP
in single phrase: Less politics and
more pep in enforcement.
X X !: X
Wanted. an absolutely unbeatable,
non-refillable bottle. This is one OF
the major problems confronting the
distillers who are laying plans TO re.
slIme the manufacture OF WHISKY
under Government auspices 20 replen-
ish the dwindling supply of medicinal
liouor. The distillers propose TO put
.un the new supply in DISTINCTIVE
bottle under an original name with a
trade-marked label. Gen. Andrews
fayors the suggestion that Congress
be asked to make it a penal oHence
to refill the bottle, tamper win us
contents or initiate the package.
But, first of ALL all parties are seeking
glass container that will be as near
a physical impossibility to rehli as
human ingenuity can devise.
x y y X
The President received this week
from an anonymous correspondent a
cartoon clipped from an issue OF
Harper's Weekly of 1885, drawn by
Thomas Mast, famous two decades
ago as a political cartoonist. 1t por-
trayed President Cleveland in the
White House receiving a horde OIL
office-seekers. 1t was labeled; '"Fhe
Intelligence Office" which meant theh
what employment bureau" means
now. Across the top was spread me
national motto, "E Plurlbus Unum' ;,
translated as "many for one place.
Mr.. Coolidge showed the cartoon 10
his callers. with the comment that
There are some aspects of the presi-
dental Office which have not changed
much since Cleveland's day. lie
ioined in the smiles which greeted
this remark, and added: But perhaps
in this respect there has been a little
improve nent."
Horace ]. Donnelly, solicitor for the
Post Office Department, is the of1clal
Anthony Comstock in the matter of
the mails. His title, Solicitor means
that he heads the Post Office legal
staff. and he it is who is called upon
70 act as book reviewer, critic and
censor in deciding what books and
periodicals shall be banned from the
malls as "obscene." From his de-
cision there is no appeal except by
long.drawn-out and expensive legal
proceedings, which are seldom INVOKED
and almost never successful. Donpeliy
personally does not scan, in the first
instance, the suspected pictures and
reading matter. This job keeps one
Of his assistants steadily employed six
days a week, every week in the year.
The reader" marks the passages, ear
marks the pages and attaches brief
memo, Donnelly makes quick work
of the final censorship. Books and
magazines which fall under the ban