New Britain herald., 1930-01-13

| ton or the prOnlDltlOn unit. O1 the remaining 10000, only a small pro- portion of the personnel is available for actual preventive and investiga- tive work. The remainder is en- prohibition.
 These figures speak for them selves
 ''To adjust the machinery of fed eral administration, as it has grown up for other purposes, to this huge 1 problem of enforcement of prohibi tion is not easy. and will require much further study. Unficatiol centralization of responsibility, and means of ensuring cooperation be- tween federal and state agencies, q things to which we must come, quite apart from the cXigencics Of enforcement Of prohibition. but which can not be achieved oVcf- night"
 Replying to those who have as sailed if for a failure to hold public hNehi iii6S oil lIlt pI OIllpiNIoii ioSt'''o''i the commission reported 10 Presi- dent Hoover that it conceived it 70 be more useful to make a careful study of the whole question, securing information from the responsible of- ficers of government and from print ed reports, as we'll as from hcar- ings before committees Of congress before embarking upon public hear ings,"
 Sums Up Findings Summing up it's four recommer- dations for legislative enactmcnts the commission said:
 "We think they could not in any wise interfere with any ultimate program which we may have tr recommend, and would in the mean time advance observance of the law
 The commission dealt with each Of it's recommendations separately and with some of them at consider able length. In urging transfer cl the prohibition unit from the treas ury to the justice department, the report said it was an anomaly tha' the cases are investigated and pre- pared by agencies entirely discoh' nected with and not ansWerablc tt those who are to prosecute them.
 If prosecution, the legal side O enforcement, is partitioned be tween two district agencies" the re port said. the diffused, ill-define] non-located responsibility is sure ii the long run 10 be an obstacle tc ! efficiency"
 The commission reported th3' there must be a careful study O. | how to separate the work which be | longs in the treasury of grantins permits and administration of regU lations as to the legitimate use O. alcohol or liquors.
 25 Previous Laws Pointing out that there are 7; 1 statutes. many enacted before tilt 1 Eighteenth amendment, to Whic' there is recourse ir prohibition cn forcement, the commission assert>. | they were in form disconnected. un wedly, and in much need of co ordination and adjustment to ca other. Consequently it recomr.ont ed that these statutes be revise and digested," with a view 10 max l ing them unified whole in tn form of a simple, better r-order@ and hence more workable code.
 On the question of paddock in functions, it was stated that the us Of injunction proceedings as a mean of enforcing prohibition was so i'm portant that the section of the Vol sted act dealing with this subJec | should be so amended as to enabl' | the courts 10 reach unknown claim ants to property, residents an. residents who conceal themselves t wade service of process.
 "It contains nothing which is no already done in the states general. when private claims to property a" concerned" the commission added.
 Congestion h Courts Congestion in the federal court causing long delays in prosecution and "bargain days" for accused VIZ declared by the report to have dor much to create a feeling in som localities that the law can not E. enforced.
 If it is possible to deal with thi matter adequately with the eXlstin; machinery of the federal system, l should be done" the report went on We think such solution entirel' possible and in the right line 2 progress
 Pointing out that the Jones la7 has expressly recognized class 0 casual or slight violations,' th commission said a statute authorlA ing the district attorneys in suc' cases to prosecute by complaint o information keeping in session 0 grand juries which are demanded D. the present state of the law.
 In such cases. when so proseculeI the penalty suggested would be fine of not more than $500 and in urisonment in jail without har' labor not to exceed six months, o both.
 we thinl, also that it would 0 eNpedient for congress 10 define tn term casual or slight violations. the commission said. 'Speedy con victions and certain impositions Q penalties are important considers tions and arc moro likely to be eff cacious than threats of severe pun ishment rendered nugatory by COT gested dockets overpassing any pos abilities of trial in the manner COZ additionally appointed for crimes o such magnitude
 Suggestion also was made Una petty cases be heard before Unite States commissioner and a repo' made to the courts which would pas Judgment on the case. There wout' be a safeguard that the accused ] TorpJ pNjlty bE a com m SSlOn.'