Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
WOODCOCK TO USE
MARYLAND RAIDS
AS DRY ARGUMENT
Director Anticipates Oppose
ton to Request for Larger
Enforcement Fund.
CHARTS AND MAPS MADE
TO DEMONSTRATE WORK
Increased Appropriation of $2r
100000 and 500 More Agents
Goal Of Chief.

Anticipating congressional opposition
to his request for larger enforcement
appropriation and more agents, Col.
Amos w. w. Woodcock, the prohibition
director, armed himself today with de-
tailed information from Southern Mary
land on which to base his plea for an
expanded effort.
Equipped with charts, maps and de-
tailed reports from individual agents,
two deputy administrators gave Col.
Woodcock q summary Of the work Of
~ Federal agents In an extensive area
regarded by the director as zone Of the
sore spots in the United States"
Determined to find out all there is to
know about enforcement conditions,
Woodcock intends to use the data now
being assembled as the basis for his
request for an additional 2,200 900 in
appropriations and 500 more agents.
Report Activities.
William r. Blanford, acting deputy
administrator of the fourth, Washing
ton, district, and Robert D. Ford, acting
assistant deputy administrator at Balti-
more. submitted to Col. Woodcock this
afternoon a report compiled from I'VE
days activity in three Maryland coun-
ties. st. Marys, Charles and Prince
In this period nine stills have been
confiscated and q small quantity of
liquor seized. More important, from
the agents viewpoint, is information
showing the period of time necessary
to cover every inch Of road" in given
territory: the temperament of the peo-
pie In different sections; the co-opera-
ton or lack Of cooperation extended
BY county authorities and the people
themselves; the topography Of the area
sections.
| One crew of three agents covered 10
square miles in q day. Another crew
OF three men. working In nat country,
covered so square miles. Still another
crew covered only 3 square miles of
densely wooded ground.
Called Success.
The character Of the information IS
regarded BY Col Woodcock as invaIu-
able IN estimating the requirements and
the capabilities 81 the Enforcement unie.
In the aggregate the Information win
give MIN q picture of conditions he
1 reels has never been available The
data collected, in the form of maps,
charted to show the exact area covered
by designated enforcement crew in a
day. and supplemented by reports on
other aspects Of the work, win be avail
able to the Department Of Justice, conn
mittees Of the House and Senate and
to the White House itself.
II we don't capture single sim or
make an arrest the drive will be sue
cess one of the directing administers
tors said this morning.
One effect on the drive thus far. BIar-
lord said this morning, IS that rum run
nerS and operators Of stills are moving
out OF the territory. The largest num-
Der OF agents ever concentrated in
Southern Maryland Is working SYSTEM
aticaIly in groups of three and four.
The number Of stills uncovered depends
upon the character Of the territory. In
the extreme southern section along the
POTOMAC River few stills are operated
because liquor does not make well near
, salt water. The drive thus far has
been in that section.
No Time Limit Set.
A time limit has not been set on the
drive and it was indicated TO-DAY the
agents would be kept on the job through
January Is, with prospect that the
whole section would be traversed a Sec
ond time. Col. Woodcock, commenting
on the work several days ago, said he
was determined to dry up Southern
Maryland.
II Congress grants his request, the
prohibition enforcement unit under
Woodcock will receive $11 zoe, 900, in
stead OF 100000 spent in the current
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