Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
"SPEAKEASY MAP
.L|STSU.S. PROPERTY
Crusaders AUTHORIZATION
Campaign Shows Result of
Raids Here.
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Rufus 8. Lnsk, under whose direction
it was made, consists Of . list Of all
raids made from September 40. 1929
to April 80, 1880. TN each case the
date, location of the raid by house and
street number and even by apartment
number, person or persons arrested.
the charge and the lot and square were
given. have only spotted on the map
cases where In the raids liquor was
discovered or q sale had been made
to Government agents." he said.
1.-THE total number Of raids made
where liquor was discovered is 934;
Of this number 397 represent places
where buys were made by undercover
agents for the police; Implications are
not spotted. The police Department
advises, however, that in practically
every case where they made a raid and
discovered liquor, even though it was
impossible for them to make a buy,
liquor Is being sold from those premises:
in other words, the police do not raid
private homes where there is no COM
mercial violation OF the prohibition
law.
II estimate at the present time that
the enforcement of the prohibition law
in Washington Is costing its citizens
between 100000 and 100000 per an
mum In actual outlay Of money and in
lost income from license fees formerly
paid by saloons and in lost rents due
to padlocks. This may be figured as
follows:
"Two-thirds Of the time of the vice
squad Of 20 men, $50, 900.
License fees for 326 saloons at 1900
each, $489 900.
Loss of rents in II properties now
padlocked, S39, 900.
Loss Of rents Of 4s properties against
which cases are pending and which
probably will be shortly padlocked,
100000.
"This makes q total Of 1858, 900.
Police Overhead Additional.
This does not take into consideration
the overhead Of the Police Department,
the time Of the district attorneys office,
judges, etc. While the Government
retrieves a certain amount in fines, it
probably would not change the above
figures materially.
ut Is doubtful II in any city the pro-
hibition law Is better enforced than in
Washington. The Police Department
has made an average of four and half
raids per day, including Sunday, during
the time covered by this report. In
many cases the same places have been
raided two or three times within a week,
showing the efforts of the police to dry
up the city. Three raids, by the way,
took place in Temperance Alley!
While it is public record, the Cru.
saders are not listing the owners OF
those properties wherein 'speakeasies'
have been operating, with but one ex-
ception. It is interesting to note THAT
two Of them are owned by the United
States OF America, and that one of
these was raided twice In three months.
This list Is made up by the Police De-
partment for the use Of the district at
torneys ONCE In order to start pad
lock proceedings, so it is reasonable to
presume that the district attorney
should Immediately proceed to paddock
certain properties Of the United States"
Commenting on these statistics, the
Crusaders Washington headquarters
says:
knowledge that prohibition laws have
been passed in Congress with the active
help Of 'wet-drinking, dry-voting Con-
does not realize that efforts to enforce
the prohibition laws are as futile In
the Nations Capital as they have proved
in other sections Of the United States
Our organization. the Crusaders, ia
largely made up Of men who were too
young to vote when the eighteenth
amendment was passed, or who were
fighting In France for their country al
the time prohibition was hurriedly
made law. We know that prohibition
Is failure, that 1t has bred crime and
disrespect for law. Our goal is true
temperance, not continued and futile
efforts to enforce something to which
a majority Of Americans is vehementiy
opposed"