Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
Hoover Is Expected to Send
Commissions Report to
Congress Tomorrow.
SOME WORK ALREADY
DONE, LEADER BARES
King Goes Ahead in Senate, Intro
ducing Move to Transfer
Governments Agencies.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Legislation to strengthen enforce
ment of prohibition is to occupy the
attention of Congress almost immediate
". President Hoover is expected to
send to Congress tomorrow the first
report of the Law Enforcement Com
mission, dealing with prohibition.
This report will embodv several rec
concentrations for legislation, mclud-
ing the transfer of prohibition enforce
n1ent from the Treasury Department
to the Department of Justice.
Representative John @. Tilson of
Connecticut, majority leader of the
House, said last night that the House
would deal promptly with these rec
concentrations for legislation.
Two or Three Bills Seen.
Probably Two or three separate bills
will be necessary TO cover all the rec
concentrations submitted by the Pres
ident and the Law Enforcement Com.
mission for the strengthening of pro-
hibition enforcement" said Mr.. Tilson.
They will be referred. after they have
been drafted, to the committee on the
judiciary and to the committee on ex-
penditures in the executive depart
ment."
Mr.. Tilson indicated that already
some work had been done toward draft
ing these bills. The congressional com=
mlttees. he said, doubtless would be
aided by the executive departments in
framing them.
The recommendations for legislation
which will be made by the President
and the Law Enforcement Commission
will cover: Transfer of enforcement
agencies from the Treasury Department
to the Department of Justice, reorgan-
ization of the various services engaged
in the prevention of smuggling into
one border patrol" under the Coast
Guard, codification of the laws relating
to prohibition and legislation modifying
and simplifying procedure for dealing
with large volume of petty prosecu-
tions under various Federal acts, in
order to relieve congestion in the Fed
.ral courts. There may be other recon-
mendations, also, but it was under
stood last night that these points would
be covered.
King Urges Transfer in Senate.
The House is expected to deal first
with the legislation to strengthen pro-
hibition enforcement. It is expected
TO pass the bills and send them to the
Senate in time for that body to take
them up soon after it has disposed of
the tariff.
Senator King of Utah, Democrat, a
member of the Senate judiciary COM
mittee, and of the subcommittee which
handled the original volstead act, yes
terday introduced bill in the Senate
transferring enforcement to the De-
partment of Justice from the Treasury
Department. The Utah Senator did
not wait for the administration to send
in q bill for this purpose. He ex-
planned that when the Volstead act first
was before the judiciary committee he
had been strongly opposed to having
the Treasury Department handle the
enforcement of the law.
ct foresaw just what would happen"
said Senator King. The enforcement
of the laws, prohibition included, should
be under the department of the Gov
eminent set up for law enforcement
the Department of Justice. I have in
troduced a bill in every Congress since
the enactment of the Volstead act to
transfer prohibition enforcement to the
Department of Justice"
Senator Kings bill, which was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee,
transfers all of the powers and duties
of prohibition enforcement to the De-
partment of Justice except those re-
lating to permits for the manufacture
of industrial alcohol, which he leaves
under the control of the Treasury
Department.
Indicates Change May Be Asked.
ST believe 1t would be best" said
Senator King. Ito have these permits
for industrial alcohol still handled
through the Treasury, and so leave them
there for the present" He intimated,
however. that If there was not an i'm
provement in this matter of industrial
alcohol permits, he would seek change
in the future.
The King bill does away with the
ofices Of commissioner of prohibition.
assistant commissioner of prohibition.
deputy commissioner OF prohibition and
the positions of all other officers and
agents for prohibition enforcement
under the Treasury Department
IS believe that the Attorney General
should be given the right to build up
his own prohibition enforcement Or
ganization," said Senator King. For
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