PROHIBITION.
TIGHTENING UP ENFORCEMENT.
(BY CABLE— J'BKSS association— copyright) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
WASHINGTON, October 27,
Mrs Mabel Willebrandt's charge of dereliction in Prohibition enforcement was confirmed by the Attorney-General (Mr H. P. Stone) who, after conferrng with President Coolidge, announced that Mrs Willebrandt's disclosures had already resulted in the resignations of six Federal attorneys and the impending retirement of four others. "Mrs Willebrandt's letter has caused a great intensification of Prohibition enforcement throughout the country," said Mr Stone. "Moreover, the Department of Justice has been investigating the charges of lax enforcement and acting wherever conditions warranted action." Mr Stone declines to disclose the identities of those who resigned.
[Mrs Willebrandt, who, as Federal Assistant Attorney, is generally responsible for Prohibition enforcement, charged Senators and minor politicians with declining to dislodge unworthy officials. "There are nine or ten Federal Attorneys," she wrote, "whom, if I had the power, I would summarily remove from their inactivity or political evasiveness in enforcing the Prohibition statutes."] i
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18217, 30 October 1924, Page 9
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165PROHIBITION. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18217, 30 October 1924, Page 9
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