New Britain herald., 1928-12-05
LIQUOR SMUGGLING
BIGGEST PROBLEM
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think is quite favorable. and it has
relieved the industrial trade to a
large extent of the odium of being
responsible in their trades for a
large diversion Of industrial al
cohol."
The breaking down Of Illicit dis
tilling from large to small plants.
the commissioner said. had increas-
cd the need Of cooperation in en-
forcement from local officials. This
has been forthcoming in some sec
tons, he added. but in others there
had been not only passive but "ac-
tive and heavy" opposition.
Asked by Representative Wood.
republican. Indiana, chairman OF
the subcommittee, to elaborate on
this point, DR.. Doran said his force
had mo cooperation in the state Of
Maryland other than the sheriffs OF
some OF the counties where they
nave lOCdl OpllOH laws.
Little Cooperation
As for New York. he said cooper
alton was given only to the extent
that state troopers upstate make
cases and turn them over to already
overcrowded federal courts. and
through a great many minor cases
turned in by New York city police
which have to be taken care OF on
bargain days in United States
courts and disposed Of on pleas OF
guilty with fines Of SO and SIS"
Philadelphia Situation
Reference also was made to the
Philadelphia situation. where Dorar
said there had been mot only lack
Of active cooperation. but a very bad
situation in the police department"
That is being developed now" he
said. land that, of course. made it
very difficult to ever really clean the
town up; when you have a collusive
condition between various police
captains in charge Of precincts and
the violators in those precincts"
Chicago. Doran testified. was
Frightening up little Bit" as far as
federal enforcement is concerned.
but he said "a great deal could be
done there yet" Up to last spring,
he. continued, there was practically
no cooperation from Chicago police.
Asked by Representative Bacon.
republican, New York. the reason
for the recent restaurant raids III
New York city. DR.. Doran said the
cause was that they were violating
the law openly and brazenly, and 1t
was becoming a matter OF very
great public comment, not only In
New York but on the part Of those
who visited that city. The commits
sioner later corrected his statement,
saying he did not wish to say the
restaurants were "actually violating
the law until the jury said So"
More Help
The commissioner said he was
getting more help from the present
in Detroit than from
the previous one: that in st. Louis
there was not much activity on the
part OF city and county authorities
to close up speakeasies. The prob
lem in Florida, he said. was "smug-
Cling and kind Of everglade distill-
ing problem" with the former
winter proposition"
The situation In San Francisco.
questioning developed. was in DR..
Dorans opinion about the same as
in other large cities.
I'VE have fair cooGaration from
the police Department. Doran said.
However. 1t is a serious problem"
DR.. Doran said he believes that
while the new law requiring dry
officers and agents to stand civf,
service examination will work out
satisfactorily in the end. such u
merit system per Sc does not pur-
chase honesty" and some hired un-
der it have had to be discharged.
He said that of 10000 who stood
the first civil service examination
only about $500 passed. This. he
said. was due to the listing Of ques-
tons wholly inapplicabla to the pro-
hibition service: questions which
Chairman Wood OF the sub-commit-
tee said had lust as much applica-
ton to an effective prohibition en-
forcement agent as the devil he's to
be viceroy of Heaven"
DR.. Doran added that a second ex-
animation making six months in
vestigational experience a prerequi-
site rather than u written intelli-
gence test was more satisfactory and
that between six and seven thousanu
had applied to take il.