Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-07

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ceipt Of the Presidents message with
the introduction of a resolution by
Senator jones, Republican, of Wash
1ngton, a dry leader, to provide for
appointment Of a committee of three
Senators and four Representatives to
work out the comprehensive legislative
program suggested. This resolution will
be taken up by the judiciary committee
Monday. and comments on both sides
Of the Capitol have indicated that 1t
will meet with little opposition.
Extensive Study Is Planned.
The work of the interdepartmental
committee, as we'll as the findings of
the Law Enforcement Commission. will
be at its disposal, and the task 1t will
be assigned undoubtedly will keep It's
members in Washington much of the
Summer. AS administration officials
view the problem, that task will involve
an extensive study of existing laws and
regulations, together with consideration
of governmental policies relating to
the Coast Guard and customs services
of the Treasury and the immigration
inspection service of the Labor Depart
ment, as well as the present prohibition
prosecution machinery Of the Justice
Department.
The congressional committee will be
called upon to consider not only the adj
visibility and means of transferring
the prohibition enforcement work of
these agencies to the Justice Depart
ment. but the difficult problem of what
to do about the issuance of industrial
alcohol permits. 1t has been suggested
that this division of the present prohi
bition unit of the Treasury might be
transferred to the Commerce Depart
ment, but the Importance of its work
from an enforcement standpoint has
been emphasized by statements that
diversion of industrial alcohol from
legal channels is one of the chief
sources of supply for the bootleg trade
The working out of the program will
call for a considerable amount of legiS-
lation, a fact which President Hoover
undoubtedly recognized in deciding to
inject the prohibition situation into
the special session of Congress in order
to get an early start on the preliminary
work. Political observers at the Capitol
see in the program itself and in the
reception given the Presidents message
in both wet and dry groups clear indi-
cations that prohibition Is likely to be
one of the most voluminously discussed
topics of the Seventy-f1rst Congress.
Drive Planned at Detroit.
Determined to end rum-running
across the Cana dian border in the De-
troit area, the Treasury yesterday or
dered a concentration of customs and
prohibition agents and Coast Guards
men to start an intensive drive against
liquor smugglers there.
Seymour LoWman, Assistant Secre-
tary, said every available agent from
other sections of the United States
would be sent into the area, under COM
mand of E. r. Norwood, a veteran Gus
toms agent. who has been in charge OF
the territory in Northern New York,
with headquarters at Ogdensburg.
Norwood has been in the Government
, service for 80 years. He succeeds F. A.
Yount, special agent in charge OF the
| newly organized customs special squad
at Detroit, who was transferred to
Chicago.
The decision for concentrated effort
| to break up liquor smuggling from
| Windsor and other Canadian points
was reached yesterday at a conference
held in Lowmans Office. Admiral F..
| C. Billiard, commandant of the Coast
Guard; j. M. Doran, prohibition COM
missioner and Frank Dow, acting Gus
| toms commissioner, we're present.
| 1t was the outcome of reports that
| large quantities of liquor were being
| brought into the United States from
! Canada and the recent investigation in
the customs border patrol at Detroit,
which resulted in indictment Of %
| agents and conviction Of IL.