AMERICAN PROHIBITION
DERELICTIONS IN ENFORCEMENT.
THE LATEST SCANDAL. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Oable Association. (Received 9 a.m.) Washington, October 27. Mis Willebrandt's charge of derelictions in prohibition enforcement was confirmed by Attorney-General 'Stone, who after conferring with President Coolidge, announced that the Willebrandt's disclosures had already resulted in the resignations of six l Federal Attorneys and the impending retirement of four others. Mr Stone added that Mrs Willebjrandtfs letter caused grea.t intensifieationi of enforcement throughout the country. Moreover, the Department of Justice had been investigating charges of lax enforcement and acting wherever the. conditions warranted.
Mr, Stone declines to disclose the identities of those who resigned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 5, 29 October 1924, Page 5
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