Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-26
FORMER DRY
OFFICIAL. WINS
DURANT PRIZE
by United Press Leased Wire

By United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Dee. 2G.-- Major
Chester p. Mills, former fcderat
prohibition administrator for the
New York district has won $4,000
because his plan was adjudgcd to be
the best submitted for enforcing the
prohibition laws.
Tho money was offered by W. G..
Durant, automobile manufacturer.
Tha $1,000 prize for the best en-
forc~mrnt plan submitted by high
school student was won by Malcolm
ID. Aimark Of thc Palo Alto, Calf,
high school. Under the terms Of the
contest, AImack VIII receive II, 900
and the high school $1,000. His
plan will be published January l.
Mills submitted plan which he
put into effect wh"n he was Il mem
hcr Of III" federal prohibition force.
The cfuX OF tn" system was a
scheme to curb tho diversion Gf in
dustg;al alcohol. Nils said there
was little doubt that alcohol diver
sion furnished lootl"ggcrS with
most Of their supplies.
The plan contends the Volstcad
hct ''was we'll conceived and we'll
written. He says its provisions
are capnb.c Of enforcement with
few, if any, changes.
Following ere few Of the inn
portant recommendations he made:
The agencies Of enforcement mrs'
keep the public informed fully as
to their policies and aims.
Alcohol permits should be issued
for Il period not longer than six
months to allow the prohibition
agents to dctcrmih" for certain
whether thc business for which the
permit is issued is legitimate.
Closer cooperation between the
coast guard, customs and prohibi.
ton forces is essential to the cradi-
cation of liquor smuggling, although
it is pointed cut that less than two
per cent Of tine liquor consumed in
tn" United States is imported.
Strict supervision Of the manufac.
turing activities Of firms using in
duStrial alcohol under permits
should bp maint"ircd.
PALO ALTO, ncf. %. \ SIN
cGre Ee,icf in the fundamental prin.
ciplcs Of the prohibition laws and
the conviction that elimination OF
alcoholic drinl; from the world
works for human blttcrmcnt caused
i,l \ al
Palo Alto high school boy TO enter
the ". G. nurmt essay contest on
enforcement.
Today the youth was happy in
victory. He saw Lis essay returned
the first prize winner in the high
school division Of the contest in
which the main pri~" Of go, goo was
won by Major Chester Mills, former
New York prohibition administra-
to-.
The son Of John Nlmack, profess
sor Of education at Stanford Uni
vcrsity, Malcom is regarded rs a
brilliant and conscientious student
in the palo Alto union high school,
which win receive $1,000 Of tn"
prizr money. Malcum will use his
$1,000 share for expenses at stan
ford when he enters at the age of
l..
Professor Almach said today that
his son has had little contact with
persons who use liquor during his
life time.
"Wc always lived in dry terri
tory,' said the elder Almack, "and
Malcom s life has been free from
| incorporate contacts. lie was bor
in Rockford, WASH, and our life in
west since that time has been in
cities where temperance is mark
cd. -
No School Problem
In our high school of 80 stu
dents there is ne problem rs fan
as liquor is concorned,' said Nal.
com. "Of course my experience out.
side of my own school and home
city is limited. H.
1t was from thought ON the sub.
jcct, rather than from actual cX.
pcrienccs, that Macom constructed
his ESSAY. the father and son
agreed. Due to the fact that Prof
Amark and his wife were long ac
tive in prohibition work, Malcon
from early boyhood has fostcrcd the
sincere belief that laws to suppress
liquor deserved the support of al
American citizens.
In his essay the youth made three
/ IN ain nointS.
II The public, including adult,
and school children, should b,
taught thoroughly what the pro
hjhition law is and why it became
a law.
3-EcSpcct for the law as law
and its special significance should
be mstillcd in the citizcnry through
education.
3--Administration methods of en-
forcomcnt should be frightened.
- believe the prohibition law
can be enforced in the United
States, Malcom said, "and | be
licVc one of tho most important
steps is the better selection of the
men in whose hlnds the enforce
mcnt powers arc placcd.'