Evening star., 1926-04-04


attitude of a man who apparently is
getting Zest out of fight.
Therein lies one of the surprising
features of Gen. Andrews, the man.
Retired from the Army because of
difficulty with his eyes, this fighting
soldier has pitched into one OF the
most embattled jobs in the whole
Government service, and working
early and late, often into the night.
he looks as fit as a fiddle. In fact, he
seems 70 be enjoying himself. This
work appears to be task TO test his
blade. Hard work seems to agree
with him, as one of his associates
said. On occasion his eyes do bother
him some, he confided to an &C
quaintance last week, but when that
happens he gets some of his asso-
ciates to read for him and then pre-
sent the matter for his consideration
and action.
A STRAIGHTFORWARD Man.
Tall, straight. with soldierly bear
ing, Gen. Andrews personally Is an
impressive. straightforward person,
with direct answer for every ques-
tion. honest consideration OF each
matter brought before him and an IN
formal manner which most OF MS
visitors find refreshing. His hair Is
iron gray; his eyes blue and plerclhs
behind gold-rimmed glasses. BY and
large he is a friendly man, but those
who know him we'll also know ne
can be stern and. on occasion, amply
expressive when aroused.
But to return from the man MN
self to his plans and prospects. For
the future of prohibition in America
which foreign powers are pleased 70
term our great sociological expert
ment. Gen. Andrews admits he mas
still more new plans up his sleeve.
Two principal parts of the new
plan have been laid before Con
cress in two bills introduced oy an-
ministration members. one OF tnese
would authorize establishment OF
bureau of customs and a bureau OF
nrobibition This proposal has been
favorahlv received, for the most part
hv both the "wets" and "drys' on
Capitol Hill.
Second Has More Teeth.
The second bill. however, which was
| Introduced Friday afternoon carries
| much more teeth. It provides tor elgEt
| changes in the National prohloltlon
act, which are aimed squarey dt
drier nation. The reaction OF tlle mno.t '.a.
| CONGRESS on this bill has not as yet
| f,IIJy developed Most observers ap-
near TO agree with the dry element
| that there are more dry than we
| votes in Congress at the present nm
| The vets. however, have SUCCEEDED
| in stirring up a public argument over
! the merits of prohibition not only
| through newspaper polls on the ques-
tion. but through demands LOT neat
inps There has been more DEBATE III
| the halls of Congress over prohlDltIoii'
during the last few weeks, IL Is esll,
mated than for years. There Is no
| denying that the "wets" are stirring
nm much talk. much noise, and are
| drawing real fire from the drys.
| How the issue eventually will be de-
| cided is a question which seems to De
| of increasingly grave concern 10 ooth
| camns The war of words gains mo-
| mentum weekly.
| There will be more proposed legis-
lation forthcoming from the Treas
ury before long, it is predicted, IN
| order to strengthen still further the
hands of the administration. Ine
exact nature of adittonal proposals
has not been revealed, but there mas
| been much talk of the advlsaollty OF
new legislation to improve seVeral
revised statutes, marine and GUS
toms laws, and the narcotic act.
| MOSL heCeIb ShdhSOos
The most recent changes effected by
| Gen. Andrews in his organization are
in the direction of specialization. This
development was somewhat predicted
~ the outset, when Walton A.
Green was made chief prohibition IN
vestigator, with force of assistant
| investigators, to round up the big
conspiracies and combinations. whose
ramifcations may run anywhere In
the United States or abroad.
The next step in specialization
placed John A. Foster, prohibition ad-
| ministrator at New York, as head OF
an alcoholic squad. Proving so sue
cessful in curtailing Illicit leaks OF
good alcohol, Foster was promoted to
supervisor of alcoholic investigations
with headquarters here.
Recently there were added two
| more: Thomas E. Stone, Federal
supervisor of brewery control, and III.
! Keith Weeks, supervisor Of sacra-
mental wine control. Each one of
| this quartet of specialists is to be
provided with a special counsel, Gen.
| Andrews said yesterday. The first
one to be appointed is Roscoe c. Har-
! per, who is with Mr.. Foster on the
alcohol problem.
| New changes to be made, II has
! been learned on the best authority. will
| be still further in the direction of spe-
| cialization, this time in the office OF
counsel here at Washington. Among
will be chief counsel on assess
ments." This expert will specialize
! on the problem now presented by the
| campaign of Gen. Andrews to tax all
! illicit liquor at the high figure of
| $3.50 per gallon, levied by the new
! revenue act. Already deputy col
/ lectors of internal revenue have been
| set up in all but two of the offices OF
prohibition administrators, for the
| purpose of specializing on collection
| of this tax on illicit liquors. Con-
| siderable funds have been realized.
| Gen. Andrews has hopes that with
! the income from his tax and from
! fines and assessments the p~>Sdbition
/ unit eventually may come 70 pay its
own way.
APPOINTMENT Coming Soon.
The new position of chief counsel
/ on assessments has been given much
| thought by Gen. Andrews, and IL is
| expected before long he may mako an
appointment. Other legal experts on
various phases of the new and diver
/ sified campaign of specialties may be
| considered later.
The exact place in the new prohi-
bition machine occupied by Roy A.
HAYNES, who still holds the title of
| prohibition commissioner, has never
been completely defined. Gen. An
drews has consistently expressed the
highest approval of the value of Mr..
! Haynes to the new organization, al
| though fire of criticism was directed
at the commissioner when it was re-
vealed that James +. Jones. former
assistant prohibition commissioner,
had been promoted to the newly Gre
ated post of director of prohibition.
| Apparently this new post took over
most of the administrative duties of
| the head of the unit.
Mr.. Haynes still retains his former