The Washington times., 1926-07-06
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ANDRE VS.
QUITS job
Done

tContinusd frOm FIRST Pass3
standing that when the service
was reorganixed he would be re-
lieyed from duty.
Ont After Amguse n
Andrews asked that the resigna-
zion be effective soon after he 70
turns from London on August IL.
If was understood kIaaE conference
- administrators would be called
sYgamediately after Andrews return
anA that after this conference he
would turn the Job over to sue
ces6or.
AZ the white House. It was de-
MED that General Andrews had
resigned. The denial, however, was
accepted as one Of the diplomatic
variety. for the prohibition admin.
istrator Is known TO have pre-
aenfed his letter Of resignation TO
Mellon, with o request to be re.
fieved a. soon as he returns from
England, or by September at
MAI. GEN. John r. Organ, Of
New York. commander of the
@eventy-seventh Division In. the A.
E r.: Franklin D'0lier. Of Phila-
Aelphia, former head Of the Amer
lean Legion, and Herbert II. White,
ex-army officer and prohibition adj
ministrator for Texas and Okla
nonaa, were suggested to Mellon az
possible successors to Andrews.
Andrews declined to make any
statement on his resignation. His
friends, however, declared he was
not retiring because Of discourage
Tnent over failure of Congress to
enact prohibition legislation. but
he considered his work had been
20 private life.
Hopes for New Laws
At Andrews office q statement
was given out saying that .'it seems
reasonable to believe that at the
next session OF Congress considera-
ton OF the entire legislative pro-
gram proposed by the Treasury TO
strengthen enforcement win be COM
pleted."
Most of the proposals have been
reported favorably by their COM
mittees and given places on the
calendars" the statement said.
Meantime our ad interim study
improving these proposed measures
before the final enactment"
Andrews was appointed April 1,
1925. He In a West Point graduate
and distinguished himself as q re.
organizer Of the military police in
France after the war Retiring
from the Army Immediately after
the war, he became receiver for a
number OF bankrupt New York
State railroads. 80
It is understood the prohibition
chief win devote his attention 20
winding up the affairs of the bank
rupt railroads and later will be-
come affiliated with a nationally
known corporation.
Andrews left Washington this
afternoon for New York, and to-
night win sail for London in an
effort negotiate a new antt.rum
smuggling agreement with Great
Britain.
His Methods Radical
AS prohibition chief, Andrews
made radical changes in enforce
ment methods. He sought TO he.
move prohibition appointments from
politics, proposed that the Govern
ment buy all the existing whisky
and distribute IL To the consumers,
drafted an executive order confer
ring on State and city enforcement
officers powers OF the Federal Gov
eminent, and brought about other
changes which threw politicians into
q turmoil.
Before the Senate committee in
vestigating prohibition, he created a
sensation by declarig that legaliza-
ton Of ITS per cent beer would
make enforcement easier.
Andrews proposed radical amend
nents to the Folstead act which
failed OF passage in the last Con.
gress.
Treasury officials declared An.
drewH retirement does not mean
that the Governulent will go back
to the old mkthods of prohibition
enforcement,
Mellon. Vlaas e continue the