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

Message

Letter of Submittal

Table of Contents

Preliminary

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

X. Conclusions and Recommendations

Separate Statements of the Commissioners

• Separate Report of Henry W. Anderson
• Separate Report of Monte M. Lemann
• Statement by George W. Wickersham
• Statement by Ada L. Comstock
• Statement by Newton D. Baker
• Statement by William I. Grubb
• Statement by William S. Kenyon
• Statement by Frank J. Loesch
• Statement by Paul J. McCormick