The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-09

Cling rings hoped to make big
cleanup by running In tens of
thousands of cases of liquor with
out payment of taxes.
Regarding Illicit domestic pro-
duction. the official view was that
prohibition will be the law until
December s, and must be enVorced.
Director Hurley of the Justice de-
partments enforcement unit point
ed out. however, that the policy
for some time has been to concen-
trate against large dlstillers and
distributors, and to ignore speak
easies and small-time bootleggcrs.
This policy Will ut In precisely
with tho governments activities
after repeal. Enforcement agen-
cies then will make every effort
TO stamp out production by unli-
censed' dlstillers and to protect the
legitimate ones who pay taxes.
Production by licensed distlllers
has increased six times during the
past month In preparation for re-
peal, Whiskey output n month ago
was at the rate OF 100000 gal
Ions annually. Now It Is at tho
rate Of 100000 gallons. Techni-
cally, the production Is for medi-
cinal purposes.
All existing distllleries that meet
requirements have been authorized
to begin production. New distillers
cannot be licensed until repeal Ia
in effect,
To qualify as bonded whlskey,
the product must be aged ut least
four years. The domestic supply
OF this whlskey Ia only about o.
600, 900 gallons. Officials say how
ever that this can be "cut' with
months-old whiskey or alcohol
and water ut ratios as high as %
to one, and legally can be sold
as blended whlskey. A very large
part of pre-prohibition whlskey
was Of this type.
There will be 20 wet states on
December 6. They are: ARIZONA,
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Indiana. Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, New York,
Rhode Island, Illinois, Louisiana,
Maryland. oregon, Wisconsin.
Washington, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania and Michigan. The first II
have control laws, and the others
measures.
AHS pIopoDlllS 10 tHdt iioSN Va
the persons now serving federal
violations will have to serve out
their terms. but lenioncy for minor
offenders IL being considered. on
cials frown on suggestions OF
blanket pardons or paroles. be-
cause many persons convicted of
prohibition violations were asso-
ciated with racketeering gangs, II
IL felt they would In all probability
turn to other forms OF outlawry
II released.
Division of future enforcement
work has not yet been determined
fully. The present prohibition unit
OF about 1000 men is expected TO
continue MS central agency, pos
sibly aided by AAA and MIRA ottl-
Gals.
Border patrols will be organized
In an effort to keep liquor out of the
states that remain dry. These will
work with the internal revenue
agents in combating Illicit produc-
tion. They Will cooperate with tho
coast guard and customs bureau to
try TO prevent smuggling.
Forty some alleged rum runners
are known to be lurking along tho
east coast.
Shipments of liquor from Can
ada to st p!crre--the French H.
land Off tho Newfoundland coast
which Is the jumping off place for
North Atlantic rum shlpa---hnve M
creased enormously. They amount
cd to 253,3S9 gallons In September,
az compared to $4,000 gallons In
August and less than 10000 In Sep
TENDER, 1892.
Increased use of airplancs by
smugglers operating from the Ba-
hamas to Florida liz reported. They
are understood to have nearly 70
planes and are operating ns far up
the coast as Georgia. Two large
syndicates IRE said TO have been
organized recently. Increased ,lse
Of airplanes by smugglers on tho
Mexican border and the Pacific
coast also IL reported.
Eight coust guard destroyers, ts-
signed TO Cuban waters during tho
recent disturbances there. IRE en-
route northward to renew the bat
tie against smuggling.
In addition to the destroyers tho
coast guard has 80 75-foot patrol
bonts and as picket boats concen-
trated between Maine and Cape
May. N. j. This IL about two-thirds
OF the total force available for anti
smuggling work.
Reduced appropriations and
economy orders have required
more than $50 boats to be laid up.
Aware OF the hard battle ahead,
IA hn al NA.