Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-27
DRY HEAD TO TELL
OF ENFORCEMENT
Youngquist Will Discuss New
Program in Forum
Talk. Z.

The Federal Governments new pro-
] gram for strengthening enforcement OF
| the prohibition act, made possible by
/ the recent transfer of the enforcement
responsibility from the Treasury De-
: partment to the Department of Justice,
| will be the topic of an address to be
made by G. Aaron Youngquist, Assist
ant Attorney General of the United
States, Thursday night, August %, in
| the National Radio Forum, arranged by
The Washington Star and broadcast
over the coast-to-coast network of the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
Drafted by Hoover Personally.
Mr.. Youngquist was personally drafted
last November by President Hoover to
take charge of this important work, and
he is one of the youngest men in the
Government to hold such a post of re-
sponsibility. He is only A years of age
and is native of Sweden. His rise to
official prominence is another striking
evidence of the opportunities for q poor
immigrant boy In this country.
When Mrs Mabel W.. Willebrandt
made known her wish to retire to pri-
yate life, President Hoover gave long
and serious thought to the selection of
her successor as the Assistant Attorney
General in charge of prohibition before
picking Mr.. YoungQuiSt. The latter at
the time was attorney general OF Min
nesota and was recognized as one of the
outstanding lawyers Of that State. He
had also made a speciality OF tax law
and this had considerable to do with
his selection, because, besides being in
charge of prohibition for the Depart
ment Of Justice, his new duties would
include the taxation litigation division
Of the department.
At the age of two years Mr.. Young
quist came to the United States with his
parents. The family settled frst in
Illinois and two years later in st. Paul,
MINI. He attended the public schools
of that city until he was 10 years Of
age, when his family moved to farm.
Later he worked in business college
and later took course in stenOgraplay4
He entered st. Paul Law School In 1905
and graduated three years later with a,
degree of LIB. and was admitted to
the bar the same year.
Mr.. Youngquist praeticed law for a
time at Thief River Falls, Mimi, and
afterward at Crookston, MINI. He was
county attorney of Polk County from
1914 to 1918. He was then honored
with appointment to the State Board of
Law Examiners and to the Board of
Governors Of the Minnesota State Bar
Association.
Captain I'm Service Corps.
Soon after the United States entered
the World War, he was commissioned
q captain in the Army Service Corps
Of the United States Army. A year
later he returned to CTookston and re-
sumed the practice of law. In 1921 he
was appointed assistant attorney gen.
eral of Minnesota and in 1923 was ap-
pointed attorney general to fill va
cancy. He was elected to that high
Office at the next general election and
soon afterward was elected vice presi-
dent of the National Association Of
Attorneys General. He has had a wide
experience in the various courts of his
State and has represented his State in
q number Of important tax cases in the
United States Supreme Court, all OF
which has made him especially well
qualified to supervise the important tax
litigation of the Federal Government.
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