Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-13

by the Hoover commission 70 be:
Division Of enforcement between
the Treasury and Justice depart
ments.
Disordered condition Of federal
LEGISLATION involved in enforcement.
Possibilities Of defeating paddock
iniunctions by means Of ~concealing
ownership of property used LOT
manufacture and sale OF iliclE
liquor.
These figures speak for them
selves.
Further Study Needed
ITO adjust the machinery OF fed
eral administration, as 1t has grown
up for other purposes. to this huge
problem Of enforcement OF prohini-
ton Is not easy. and viii require
much further study. Uniflcation,
Capitalization Of responsibility. and
means Of ensurtng cooperation BE-
tween federal and state agencies as
things TO which We must come, quite
apart from the exigencies OF en-
forcement OF prohibition. but which
a not be achieved overnight"
Replying TO those who have as
sailed II for a failure to hold pub
lie hearings on the prohibition ques-
ton, the commission reported 20
President Hoover that II conceived
IL TO be more useful TO make a
careful study of the whole question
securing information from the res
ponsible officers Of government and
from printed reports. as well as
from hearings before committees OF
congress, before embarking upon
public hearings"
Summing up its four recommend
ations for legislative enactments, the
commission said:
we think they could not in any
wise interfere with any ultimate pro-
gram which we may have to rec
ommend, and would in the mean
time advance observance OF the law.
Congestion Blamed
Congestion Of petty prosecutions
in the federal courts leading 10
wholesale disposition Of &ccumu-
lated cases under circumstances
impairing the dignity Of and in
turing respect for those tribunals.
without prejudice 10 any ulti-
mate conclusions" the report said,
I've think that In the interest OF
promoting observance OF and res
pect for law. the national prohibit
lion law may well be strengthened
and its effectiveness increased IN
these important particulars"
AS to observance. the commission
declared that 1t is wholly impos-
sible to set off observance OF the
prohibition act fuom the large
question OF the views and habits
az the American peop@ with res
pect to private Judgment as 70
statutes and regulations affecting
their conduct"
ave must not forget the many
historical examples OF large-scale
public disregard Of laws in our
mast" the report said, adding that
..v,e must bear in mind the Pur-
itah's objection 10 administration,
the whig tradition I q Tignt o.
revolution the conception OF ma
tural rights. classical IN u pol
scy. the democratic tradition OF
individual participation In sover-
.ignty."
$4,000 Arrested
Asserting that as to enforcement
there were no reliable figures to
xhoU the s. Of the problem, the
commission said the reported ar
rests in the last fiscal year OF up
ws-ds OF eighty thousand persons
from every party OF continental
United States indicates a stagger-
ing number Of what might be call
ed focal points Of infection"
Attention was directed that there
also were l8,T00 miles Of boundary
and shore lines for the United Sta
tes "at every point Of which in
lection IS possible"
The number Of smuggling roads
from Canada is reported IS at least
a 900. IL was added
ITO deal with an enforcement
problem Of this size and spread
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