Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United
States
National Commission on Law Observance and
Enforcement
(The Wickersham Commission Report on Alcohol
Prohibition)
Dated January 7, 1931
Table of Contents
I. National Prohibition
1. The Eighteenth Amendment and the National Prohibition Act
2. History of Prohibition Enforcement Before the Bureau of
Prohibition Act, 1927
3. Prohibition Enforcement Since 1927
II. The Present Condition as to Observance and Enforcement
1. Observance
2. Enforcement
III. Bad Features of the Present Situation and
Difficulties in the Way of Enforcement
IV. The Degree of Enforcement Demanded
V. Plans Which Have Been Proposed Toward More
Effective Enforcement
VI. The Necessity of Federal Control
VII. Benefits of Prohibition to Be Conserved
VIII. Summary of Foreign Systems
IX. The Proposed Alternatives to the Present System
X. Conclusions and Recommendations
Separate Statements of the Commissioners
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