Evening star., 1933-08-25
BIG DRY OFFENDERS
FACE NEW DR|VE|
Disciplined Prohibition Force
Ready for Work Until
Repeal.

A sharplv reduced, redistributed and
better disciplined prohibition force Is
ready to concentrate all its efforts on
Nationwide drive to wipe out big Of
tenders" of the eighteenth amendment
as long as that amendment remains In
the Constitution.
After that the force probably will be
further curtailed and assigned to pro-
tect dry States from wet leakage. IN ac-
cordance with assurance given dry ter
ritory under the repeal amendment.
ATTORNEY General Cummins an
nounced yesterday the abolishment OF
the 1872 field districts and Offices for
merlv maintained for prohibition en-
forcement and the substitution OF 70
new field Offices modelled after the pres
ent field organization of the Division OF
Investigation, which has absorbed pro-
hibition work.
The field organization. composed
largely of men bearing the new title OF
prohibition investigator" Will be l,0So
strong, under supervision OF 23 proh1ol-
ton field officers in charge.
Concentration in New York.
The largest concentration of dry In
yestigators will be In the New YORK
area, which will include three States
New York, New Jersey and Connect
CUT. WILL NC 4to AAASAA AAA
unit. with headquarters in New York
City.
There will be 60 men each in Chicago
and Philadelphia, and SIS in Washing
ton and Birmingham, Ala, with smaller
field units in other cities
The Washington field Office will
cover the District Of Columbia, Mary
land and Virginia and will be IN charge
of William E. Dunigan, former World
War captain and prominent hgure In
prohibition enforcement activities 1or
the past 10 years. DUNCAN won com
mendation Of his superiors Tor dry
work in Omaha early in his career
and later for his raiding exploits IN
Missouri Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
He was selected for his new post by
John S. Hurley, assistant director OF
the division of investigation, In charge
of prohibition.
Cummings said the new prohibition
set-up would prove more etnclent ana
more economical than the old one,
which he described as overloaded with
unnecessary employees" and "overour-
dened with unnecessary expenses.
He declared the new organization
would center its attention on large
Commercial violators, racketeers and
pangster elements" engaged in illegal
liouor activities. Because OF the re-
duced appropriations and curtalled
force, he explained, little attention can
bs paid small offenders.
"a pointed out that prohibition en-
forcement work has become "a dimin-
ishjng function" but emphasized that
when and if" the eighteenth amend
ment Is repealed it will be necessary
to maintain sufficient personnel TO pro-
teet dry States from invasion by liquor
Sr,f6e in, odininnp wet States.
d. C. In Same District
The District of Columbia heretofore
has been a part Of the Richmond en-
forcement district, which included also
Virginia. West Virginia and the two
caroIinas. West Virginia now joins
with Western Pennsylvania in forming
a new district, with headquarters at
Pittsburgh, while the Carolinas are
combined into a separate district, with
headquarters at Charlotte.
Cummings said that the announced
organization is only tentative, ana
may be changed from time to time.
The other new field Offices, with Of
ficers in charge, follow: Birmingham,
Robert E. Tuttle; Boston, John w. Nor
rill; Butte, Robert D. Ford; Charlotte,
j. A. Clifton. jr.; Chicago, Robert W.
Coyne; Cincinnati, w. N. woodruff
Raw: Jacksonville, w. D. Harrington;
Kansas City. H. L. Duncan; Los An
geles, w. E. Bennett; New Orleans, w.
K. Bruner: New York. M. o. Hansen;
Oklahoma City, Eugene Smith; Phila-
delphia, j. D. Pennington; Pittsburgh,
r. S. Krause; Portland, e. E. kohler;
Salt Lake City (officer not designateO;
San Antonio, W. E. Brown; San Fran
cisco, r. A. Beman; st. Louis. Ralph
Herrick; st. Paul, w. e. Burke.