The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-02-01

Prohibition act, 1927, the agencies for en-
forcement were badly organized and mad
equate; that subsequent to that enact
ment there has been continued improve
ment in organization and effort for en-
forcement.
D-The commission is of opinion that
there is yet no adequate observance of
enforcement.
(8)-The commission is of opinion that
the present organization Tor enforcement
still is inadequate.
(9)-The commission is of opinion that
the federal appropriations for enforce
ment of the Eighteenth Amendment
should be substantially increased and that
the vigorous and better organized efforts
which have gone on since the Bureau of
Prohibition act, 1927, should be furthered
by certain improvements in the statutes
and in the organization, personnel and
equipment of enforcement, SO as to give
to enforcement the greatest practicable
efficiency.
q0)-Some of the commission are not
convinced that prohibition under the
Eighteenth Amendment is uncomfortable
end believe that a further trial should be
made with the help of the recommended
improvements, and that if after such trial
effective enforcement is not secured there
Others of the commission are convinced
that it has been demonstrated that pro-
hibition under the Eighteenth Amend
ment should be Immediately revised, but
recognizing that the process of amend
ment will require some time, they unite in
the recommendations of conclusion No 8
for the Improvement of the enforcement
agencies.
dD-All the commission agree that if
the Amendment is revised it should be
made to read substantially as follows
Section l. The congress shall have
power to regulate or to prohibit the man
ufacture traffic in or transportation of
Intoxicating liquors within, the importa-
ton thereof into and the expectation
thereof from the United States and all
territory subject to the jurisdiction there
of for beverage purposes.
02)-The recommendations referred to
in conclusion number 9 are:
Removal of the causes of irritation
and resentment on the part of the med
ical profession by:
(a) Doing away with the statutory
fixing of the amount which may be pre-
scribed and the number of prescriptions.
(b)-Abolition of the requirement of
specifying the ailment for which liquor is
prescribed upon d pId1lk W ~ 4IllO GIlS
public files.
(c)-Leaving as much as possible to
regulations rather than fixing details by
statute.
(2)-Removal of the anomalous pro-
visions in Section 90, National Prohibition
act, as to cider and fruit juices by making
some uniform provision for fixed alco
holic content.
(3)-Increase of the number Of agents.
keeper gaugers, prohibition inVesti-
gators and special agents; increase in the
personnel of the customs bureau and in
the equipment of all enforcement organi-
cations.
(4)-Enactment OF statute authorizing
regulations permitting access to the prem
Uses and records of wholesale and retail
dealers so as to make it possible to trace
products of specially denatured alcohol to
the ultimate consumer
(5)-Enactment of legislation to pro-
hibit independent denaturing plants
(6)-The commission is opposed to legiS-
lation allowing more latitude for federal
searches and seizures.
(D-The commission renews the recon-
mendation contained in its previous re-
ports for codification of the national pro-
hibition act and the acts supplemental to
and in amendment thereof.
(6)-The commission renewS its recon-
mendation of legislation for making pro-
cedure in the so-called paddock injunction
cases more effective,