Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-07
BUREAU FINISHES
|. 1ST ENFORCEMENT
FACTUAL SURVEY
Monograph Sent to Printer,
But viii Not Be Public for
Month or More.
FEATURED BY LACK
OF "SERM0NIzING"
Work Of Experts Under $50, 1000 .,
8. Fund to Aid States 0rgani-
cations and Others.

The first Of what is expected TO be
series Of "factual surveys" on prohibi-
ton enforcement has been completed by
the Bureau Of Prohibition and sent to
the Government Printing once for
publication. 1t is not expected TO be
available to the public, however, for
month or six weeks.
The pamphlet, booklet or analysis is
to consist Of about 100 pages and will
be about by inches in size.
The publication will be issued by the
Bureau of Prohibition under authority
of the act Of Congress, which appro-
priated $4,000 "for the collection and
dissemination Of information and appeal
for law observance and law enforcement,
including cost of printing and other
necessary expenses in connection there
with"
The survey will be disseminated
through oficial channels. and will be
made available to the public. State
staffs will be among the flrst to receive
1t. The entire contents will be made
public.
Prepared MOST CarefulAys
What phase of prohibition win be
discussed in the first pamphlet was not
disclosed, but 1t was learned from pro-
hibition of1cials that this first mon
ograph has been carefully prepared.
Especially Is 1t emphasized that the
booklet will be "factual" rather than
argumentative in character. It will
seek to present the facts" about pro-
vRif1a a1a
ing or sern1onizing about the moral or
ethical phases of the question.
Keen interest is expected to be stirred
up by the Governments publication, rs
the prohibition enforcement question
Is one Of the hottest with which the
administration has to deal, and has been
the subject Of bitter debates and con-
1iicts between the "wets" and "drys."
Not only does the administration plan
to start the program of Offering the
American people "factuar information
about the enforcement of prohibition
but It intends to carry on the program.
purpose is included In the annual bud
get for the next fiscal year, 1881.
The program for disseminating infor-
nation Is understood to have the ap-
proval not only of Prohibition Commits
sioner Doran and Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon but Of President
Hoover himself, as the budget contain
ing the $4,000 for the work next flscal
year was submitted to congress over the
signature Of Herbert Hoover.
In Hands Of Experts.
The monographs are being prepared
under direction not only Of experts of
long experience in the Prohibition Blu
reau but Of Journalist Of long expert
ence In the field of writing. The names
of those engaged in the work are with
held by the Bureau of Prohibition at
this time, and it was stated that the
monographs will be issued ANONYMOUSLY,
with no names, but under the insignia
OF the Bureau of Prohibition.
The problems Of distribution have not
as yet been completed in detail, but 1t
was assumed among prohibition organ
tzations that the of11cial Government
publications would be of such O nature
that they would be desirable for use by
such bodies as the Anti-Saloon League
OF America, the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, the Methodist
Board Of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals, and others.
A mass OF facts and information is
being gathered in the business Of pre-
pairing the series of surveys. and the
work Is being carefully divided, subdi-
vided and catalogued so as to enable
the Government to present It's matter
In q series Of short pamphlets. care
fully correlated and dealing briefly with
the many problems faced by the en-
forcement officers of the Nation. The
monographs are expected to prove Of
help to district attorneys, United States
narshals, Federal prohibition agents,
governors: States attorneys, sheriffs
State prohibition oficerS and that part
Of the general public which Is support
ing the prohibition laws.