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...said here today," declared a news dispatch written as from Mr. Andrews' office, "that before he would undertake to enforce Prohibition with an outfit com- posed of one part fanatics and one part politicians, he would give up his job." The spirit was amplified by Mrs. Mabel W. Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General in charge of Prohibition cases (a job parallel to Mr. Andrews' in the Treasury Department...
...postponement did not mean abandonment of Mr. Andrews' program. He has two eager allies in the persons of William J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan, assistant to the Attorney General, and Mrs. Willebrandt. The three are substantially one in purpose. It is supposed to have been Mr. Donovan, a former Army officer of the same type as Mr. Andrews, who induced Mr. Andrews to give up a lucrative civil job for a thankless political...
...dismissals. In Boston, one attorney was summarily removed; and it looks as if her lightning might next strike in New Jersey, where there is at present a furor over enforcement. The new Senator from Massachusetts, William M. Butler, has been looking for a man to fill the Willebrandt-made vacancy...
...inevitable Mrs. Willebrandt...
Women Lawyers. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt of California, an Assistant U. S. Attorney General, is one of the best-known women lawyers in the U. S. She was appointed by President Harding, has now complete charge of all cases involving violation of the Volstead Act. Another Assistant U. S. Attorney General, and the first woman to hold this post, was Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams, also of California, appointed by President Wilson...