The Washington times., 1922-04-06
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Treasury Upheaval Takes
Place Over Pittsburgher's
Head.
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES,
International News Service.

huacTuhtiohni -No~s service.
An Administration family row
Of such proportions that it may
lead to the resignation of Andrew
w. Mellon as Secretary of the
Treasury is in full swing in Wash
ington today.
Tba rstirement of the multi
millionaire Pittsburgher from the
Harding Cabinet has been ru-
mored a dozen times in recent
months, but the rumors have
always proved groundless.
Today, however, these reports
revived such persistence as to
convince many"of his friends and
opponents alike that Mr.. MELONS
retirement is imminent.
Usual Denials Issued.
Brought to the attention Of the
White House and the Treasury De-
partment, the reports met with tho
usual denials today.
1t was not denied, however, that
the most serious family row so far
developed in President Harding's Of
ficial family is in progress over the
shake-ups already made and con-
templated in the Treasury Depart
ment and it's various bureaus.
The shaking up is being actively
directed by Elmer Dover, personal
friend of the President. who only
recently was appointed Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury. At the
time Of his appointment Republican
Senators said his mission was to
"shake-up the Treasury, clean out
the Democrats, of whom a great
number are still in the Department.
Dover himself described his mis-
sion as "a reorganization in the in
terests of efficiency" He has been
in frequent consultation with Presi-
dent Harding in the course OF his
work.
The shake.up in the Engraving Blu.
reau, with the ousting of 80 divi-
sional chiefs by Executive order,
was to be followed, Dover said after
conference with the President, by
the reorganization of the Customs
Service. the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue, and the prohibition unit.
Harding Is Pacifier.
Some drastic changes already
have been made in the customs
service and the Internal Revenue
Bureau, leading to a conflict between
Dover and Internal Revenue Com
missioner Blair, which was only
ironed out by President Hardings
intervention.
The frank statement by Dover,
Attorney General Daugherty, and
other Administration leaders that
the Treasury Department was to pe
given "a complete overhauling and
reorganization in the interests OF,
efficiency" was offset today by
Secretary Mellon himself. He
caused to be circularized among
Treasury employees, of whom there
are some 10000 an official notice
that mo such reorganization has
now or ever has been under con-
temptation.
such reports. said MELONS cir
cular, do not emanate from any of.
ficial source and are absolutely
without foundation"
There the situation rested today,
with all parties to the controversy
in frequent consultation with the
White House.
Friends of Secretary Mellon a..
serted today that his post lon ~
rapidly becoming untenaple." Mr..
Mellon has met with frequent re-
bluffs at the hands Of Congress. and
for his department now TO be under
going an overhauling over lis
head" is leading to an embarrassing
situation, his friends said.
MELONS Policies Rebuffed.
Many of Secretary Melons poll.
cies have met with rebuff at the
Capitol, His tax recommendations
were turned down by Congress vir.
tualiy in toto, and the House House
Ways and Means Committee wrote
~ eva tax revision BILL which was