The Washington times., 1921-10-28
DRY BOSS
in BAT TIE
with BLAIR
Personal Ambition to Build Up
Political Machine Charged
t,t as Cause.

Roy A. Haynes, Prohibition Com
missioner, Is due for short stay
In Washington. This is the senti-
ment of the political wiseacres Of
the Capital, who for several weeks
have been discussing his activities
and his probable resignation from
the Federal service.
fE LIN Had With Blair.
1T. is generally known In official
circles that the Prohibition Commiss-
sioner and his Immediate superior
David H. Blair, Commissioners Of In
tsrnsi Revenue, have not been getting
along like turtle-doves, and that a
showdown IL coming in the near
future.
Commissioner Haynes is charged by
some of the Government officials with
using his office to further his own
political ambitions and with practices
that are In keeping with harmony.
The Federal Prohibition Commiss.
toner, 1t Is charged. Is working hard
TO build up for himself. in his home
state, Ohio, a political machine that
hecan use to great advantage. This
plan, II is said. Is meeting with a
great deal Of opposition from Ohio
politicians who are not In sympathy
With his motives and they have been
wagtng q secret war against MN.
Publicity Man Held Cause
About a month ago Haynes engaged
the services of Sherman Cuneo, an
Ohio newspaperman. as publicity. d.
rector of the Prthibition Bureau.
Heretofore the Bureau has given out
ali its publicity through the office OF
the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue:
II Is charged that the real purpose OF
the employment of a press agent was
not as much for the good OF the FRO
hibitton Bureau as it was for the per-
sonai benefit Of the Prohibition Com
missioner. =,
Hardly had the new publicity d.
rector assumed office. certain OIL
cisIe say, when there began to os
isslied lurid articles exploiting tne
bureau for the wonderful manner
In which it was suppressins tne IL
rrsat extent the prohibition cornM Is
sioner was responsible for the chanse
for the better. "a
Cuneo Is Adviser" d"
director of Publicity Cuneo does
mi work. as do other publicity d.
,.acfors Of the Government work, some
officials point out. He was a. once
installed, they declare, as the conli-
denial adviser OF the commlssioner
and was always with him Wnerever
ne went, ready to prepare puoiicHy
for. his chief.
WOfficials of the Government nave
onS several occasions charged tnal
the publicity given out ny p'rec.o, S,
Mven out, by him, has put the GOV.
%Mnent in a position that was ridic-
ulous. ..,,,
Sn,neo was to the effect that the
urohibition authorities were going TO
nreyent actors from ridiculng the
urohibition enforcement work OF inc
Goyernment. Another told OF fing-
inx TO Pittsburgh the terror OF the
pacific Coast" who was going TO put
= stop to all liquor traffic In the
western part Of Pennsylvania
Haynes Fights for Publicity.
when the fiarebacks on the articles
neean to be received by Com
,,ssioner OF Internal Revenue Blair,
A. n understood that the Prohibition
Commissioner was summoned and
asked to explain the articles and also
xvaa told that hereafter II probably
xxo,,id be better for everyone ron-
csrs,ed II the Prohibition Bureau con.
tfnued to observe the rule that all
nublicity be given out through the Of
ftce of the Commissioners OF Internal
Revenue.
Commissioner Haynes raised serious
oAiections to such plan, and said
that Director Cuneo was capable OF
handling any publicity, and that II any |
embarrassment was caused In the
Snture that the Prohibition Commits |
siories would be personally responsible. |
II ls charged that Cormissioner /
,zaynes did not want to lose his die
tatorship on prohibition publicity |
,which he would IL IL was censored by !,
the eCXmmissioner Of Internal Revenue,
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