The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-09
NEA Service Writer

xNGl<A SSESACO vtAAUCE Washington.-The department of justice with it's bureau of investiga- ltion and bureau of. prohibition has far from a monopoly of the govern. ment's law enforcement activities. Nine of the 10 cabinet officers are charged with certain amount of enforcement through their depart ments.
 The exception is the depart' ment of stateN which, however, has been known to.supervise the maintenance of law and order in small Latin-American countries and whose eonsuls in foreign posts per- form variety of duties in connec- tion with American laws.
 The wide spread of enforcement is pointed out in the Wickersham committee's~re on criminal sta- tistics, which In its general lament over the inadquacy of such sta- tistics says the diffusion of the fed- iieral police power Is one thing which places obstacles in the way |of collecting federal police figures.
 Outlines Police Functions;
 The bureau of Investigation, the |committee says ..iu fits + outlines of federal police functions, is charged with investigating alleged offenses against the United States except those under national prohibition and the cohnterfeiting laws. The prohibition bureau. divides enforce ment of laws relating to intoxicat- ing liquor s3with the treasury de- partment's sbureau of industrial lalcohol. 5
 The treasury department also includes: The narcotics bureau, which enforces laws covering nar- cotic drugs. The coast guard which prevents smuggling and en- Quarantine land other laws. The customs service, which ehforces the tariff law and maintains 8 land border patrol because 1t Is engaged in prevention of smuggling of both alcoholic liquor and other imports The secret service, charged witt Suppression of. counterfeiting, pro. tecting the. president and investi. gating violations of various lawi with which'the treasury is especial. ly concerned. The bureau of in, ternal revenue, which enforces in. lternal revenue laws and whose lega division contains a special pena division and a corps of intelligence Iagents and field representatives. 525 Postal Inspectors l The post office department main. tains 525 inspectors and Is division heads to enforce the postal laws proceeding against mail thieves )mail tampers, money order forgers lany dishonest postmasters and send. CTS of indecent, scurrilous or fraudu' lent matter.
 The bureau of immigration is part of the department of labor and en, forces the immigration, laws, keeping out aliens who try to get in and raiding and arresting them wher they are here illegally. Its border patrols also seize liquor and arrest smugglers. In the same department is the bureau of naturalization (which administers naturalization laws and invokes their penal provi. sions. i.
 Several department of commerce units perform police functions, tht lWickersham commission notes. cit ling the steamboat inspection service nautics branch with its air com |merce act--which has also aided prohibition enforcement through seizure of unlicensed planes and ar rest of unlicensed pilots-affd thu |radio division which enforces thu radio act and the rules of the radio Icommission and sometimes has re ported broadcasting by bootlegger' on the coasts.
 Other Departments
 The interior department sup Ipresses crime and keeps ordel Iamong the Indians and also en. forces laws relating to the, nationa parks.
 The department of agriculture en forces and administers laws covering |meat inspection, animal quarantine backing and stockyards, wilt animals, cotton futures and grail lstandar rds. grain futures plant guar