Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-07
DRY ENFORCEMENT
EFFORTS REVEALED
Ccran Explains Operations OF
U. S. Forces to Combat
Liquor Schemes.

The Iatcs. chronicle Of Uncle Sam
r,u!;itarious efforts to enforce prohibi-
ton, as given to thu House appropria-
t;onS committee by Commissioner
Doran. Was revealed today with pres
entatinN - the House Of a bill To pro-
vide funds for thc Treasury Depart
rlcNt
The trailing Of rum runners through
fog 600 miles at sea tho Widespread
craSncts SGT around horde, cities for
liauoI s,nugclcTs The wipine out OF as
hlch as SO .n0n Investments in tho boot
lcc industry by lone raids these anc
r1anv more pictures Of Federal activity
on behalf Of the eighteenth amend
r,ert were unfolded as An explanation
q. how annronriatiouS we're expended
t., The past fiscal wear Problems be-
setting administrators Of the dry laws.
sv~h pS that rrccntlV rresnnted by the
Wholesale aunkinc Of civil service tests
hv enforcement agents also were c.
tailed
Cooperation Lacking.
Dorar charged that cooperation With
tf.e Federal nujhSritics vas lacking III
five states. New York Maryland. Mon
fara. Nevada and New Mexico. because
tn state officers NAV work.
Tho greatest single problem facing
enlargement officers now he said. is
thaf Of Illicit 6istlllnc "Coast Guard
end customs have checked OF large
smuggling cnerations s1"h as Old rum
row. he said. adding that satisfactory
control II industrial alcohol has ac-
crntuated the Illicit distilling problem,
1t is merely case Of the illegal
traffic going IN the 1~Xt most available
material for liquor said the commits
kioner They prefer 10 have straight
whisky or p'ire alcohol. then specially
eeratured alcohol then completely de-
ratured alcohol. and failing 10 secure
an adequate supply Of that for the
Illegal trade they invariably resort to
Illicit Oscillation from the raw ma
terlals. grain and sugar: ~ so much
tn making Of old potstil! whisky.
which has distinctive Illegal market.
sized Illicit p,an;s for the making of
fairly good grade Of alcohol. The
raw material We fnd nov III the rathc.
largo use is corn Suoar--giucoSe
Doran said that such distileries are
pit up at a cos. of from $4,000 10
$4,000. and the enforcement: program
vas 10 detect and break up these
places k5sfcrc they have had time TO
make financial re'urn to the opera
The narrative Of Coast Guard actiti'ins
vss given BY Rear Admiral Frederick G.
BLIZZARD. commandment who said that ex-
hnsive scouting operations over wide
areas now Is neccssitated by the absence
Of rum row of the New York coast
Lose Ships in Fog.
The situation IS this" he continued
We Will scout over the North Atlantic
Ocean. and find a vessel We will say.
that we know is laden with liquor more
than 20n miles of shore one OF our pa
trois will stick By her In the fog during
the nigh: Then the rum ship NAV sud-
denly put out her lights turn in a d.
rertiv opposite direction and maybe
We will lose her
Doran explained the isolation OF
Michigan as district of itself. saying
that a peculiarly difficult problem CEN
tcr'ne in Detroit" warranted such step.
I'VE were compelled to take special
MEASURES 10 combat the shipping out
o. Detroit in a fanlike condition or
formation le,sdded of this quantity
Of liquor tilaf. Fas being imported from
CANADA and in addition We had a DO
n1rs'ic n1oonshiring and sale condition
In Detroit that We feIds required special
handling "
The prohibition commissioner expressed
6.Ss appointment that more than SIS per
cent o! the agents had beer. disqualified
b. civil service examinations. taking
the stand that such mental Fs's
provided no measure of mans fitness
:or enforcement work