Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-01
DRY TASK IS TAKEN
OVER BY MITCHELL
WoodCoCk Sworn in as New
Chief-Doran Becomes Al
CohoI Commissioner.

Transfer of prohibition enforcement
from the Treasury to the Department
of Justice today became an &C
complished fact, while the Treasury
! Department put into effect a new set
up of its same officials, for handling
/ industrial alcohol and narcotics.
7 AS the new fiscal year opened sew
eral important changes took place.
At the Department of Justice, in
the presence of high officials, Amos w
w. Woodcock Of Maryland was sworn
| in as the new director of prohibition,
and Howard T. Jones of Pennsylvania,
a member of the Department Of JUS
tice staff, took the oath as assistant
director of prohibition.
At the Treasury Department, in the
Southern Railway Building, corner
Thirteenth and streets, DR.. James M.
Doran, the former commissioner of pro-
hibition became the new commissioner
of industrial alcohol at the same salary:
Harry j. Anslinger, former assistant
commissioner of prohibition became as
| SiStant commissioner of industrial al
| cohol, and DR.. B. r. Rhees, former
deputy commissioner of prohibition be-
came the deputy commissioner Of in
dustrial alcohol.
New Bureau Set Up.
Meantime Mr.. Anslinger was given
the added and important assignment as
| the acting commissioner of narcotics
under the Porter act, which sets up
effective today, a new Bureau of Mar
cotics within the Treasury Department
Mr.. Anslinger for several months has
been in charge of narcotic enforcement,
in his former capacity, and the new
appointment carried forward his re-
sponsibility under increased powers,
making him the head of a new bureau.
The post OF commissioner of marco
tics is presidential appointment, and
President Hoover up to noon today had
not sent nomination to the Senate
for this post. The act provides that
in the absence of a duly appointed
president commissioner, the Secretary
Of the Treasury shall fill the post. This
was done this morning, and Mr.. Ans
linger has the title of acting commits
Sioner"
Whether he will be made the COM
missioner by President Hoover re-
manned one of the most interesting I'M
solved problems remaining to be settled
in the big shifts which took place this
morning. There are many active can
didateS for this job and the President
has been besieged both by the candi-
| dates themselves and their supporters.
1t was believed in official circles that
| AnSlinger would continue as acting COM
missioner for some time until matters
settle down somewhat with the new
machinery following the shift in good
working order.
Leaves New Post Vacant.
This arrangement, however, leaves the
| new post of deputy commissioner of
! narcotics vacant 1t probably will re-
main vacant until after the permanent
| commissioner is named.
| Another important post which carries
| over in the Treasury is that of general
| counsel, which in the Bureau of Pro-
| hibition was filled by James j. Britt. He
was made general counsel of the new
Bureau of, Industrial Alcohol
Just before 1t passed out Of existence
| by law, the old Bureau of Prohibition
! last night issued the last of its series
| OF monographs on law enforcement.
This one deals with public co-opera-
! tion," and is 70-page booklet outlining
] the cooperation which has been de-
veloped by the Government in working
| with railroads, property owners, civic
leaders, citizens, public utilities, auto
motive corporations, traffic authorities,
| insurance companies hotel proprietors,
the chemical industry and industry gen.
! orally.
One local citation is given of special
| interest to this city. Numerous real
estate agents in Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia" says the monogram,
insert clauses in their leases canceling
| leases on their property when they have
knowledge the prohibition law is being
violated"
Col. WOOdcOck Given Oath.
Col. Woodcock, the new director of
prohibition, came over bright and early
| today from Baltimore where he has
| been United States district attorney
Leaving by daylight saving time, he
| gained and hour, and was at his desk
in his new office in the Southern Rail-
way Building. Thirteenth and streets
| before o'clock. He was sworn in
later at appropriate ceremonies in the
| office of c.. A. YoungquiSt, assistant at
torney general, in charge OF prohibition
prosecutions, on the top floor of the
Department of Justice Building.
At the ceremony were Attorney Cen
! eral Mitchell and Assistant Attorney
General Youngquist and other officials
The oath of Office was administered by
Charles B. Sornborger, appointment
clerk of the department, who has been
swearing in new officials OF the depart
ment including all the new Attorneys
General, for the past 25 years, few
minutes later Jones, who for years has
been assistant to the Assistant Attorney
General in charge OF prohibition prose-
cutIons, was sworn in as assistant di-
rector of prohibition.
Col. Woodcock went back to his office
In the Southern Railway Building.
where his staff for the most part had
all been set up, while Mr.. Jones re-
mained for a time at his old desk in
the Department of Justice to clear up
some left-overs
Thus the enforcement Of prohibition
and narcotic laws have been deem
tralized from its old Capitalization un-