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Oe eo -—FANUBE AETiON SEEN GUNS) STS *. Drive on Smugglers i in- West Planned. BLOW aT DRUG TRAFFIC. ——e 5 ‘ ted Press.) aaa Gangsters, Tacketeers and nereote amuggiers are to get a dose of pre- ventive medicine from the law en= forcing branches of the Federal Gov- arpine.t, — Direct Congressional action against }e machinations of the lawless may dd potency to the Government's imistrationa before !t finishes, Aa the Customs Bureau announced - Yeaterday it was going to concentrate eupert narcotic agents on the Pacific touast to combat smuggling, @ mem- , rber of Congress saic he would de-- (mand legislation specifically author- sizing Federal agencies to hermonine wih State and Pederal governments . . {in thetr work against racketeers: . * Representative Woodruff (Bepub- ican), Michigan, hes under formuls~ Mion @ iteasure he will present to the ,House ordering direct action tm pre- vent what he termed the alarming spread of keteering. “When -apone can go from Chi-- i to Caillornia, as the papers havi ft, and threaten the life of a” who Is selling grape Juice, something - must be done," Woodruff ssid. . The Michigan representative said [the racketeers recelved most of their, * revenue from the man in a legitimate : busthess “and he ie entitled to Bron 4 tectlon* He added that in many canes, oy county and State officiais had failed ° to halt racketeering. He commended Attorney Genera) Mitchell Jor forti- fying Federal forces in Chicago 1 4 work ageinst gangsters. - . . The Custom Bureaus’ steff of mare - A cotica experts ts to be headed ‘hy Mel": ‘Tvin b. Hanks, credited with the sun” oeesful prosecution of the Lau lee {um case in Honolulu. : He will have sgents Jn Beatle, voreee. Ban Diego and Los Angeles - addition to hie San Francisco: quarters. Thg work will be wi Heegaus narcotic stuasling ; West Const a the Mex — ra god Canaian yee te eae ee 22,1930. es " B34- (SPY¢/-2X Ape ZO