Evening star., 1926-04-24

| honor, common sense and executive
| ability could enforce the law. He said
| the question as to whether q man
/ should be appointed only in case he
was in sympathy with prohibition had
| never been raised since he was in
| office.
Senator Reed asked Gen. Andrews
| if it We're not a fact that n great
many more people were making home
| brew than were using stills to make
hard liquor.
Gen. Andrews said that he did not
know, that he had never gone into
that part of the problem, that he was
aiming TO hit at the traffic in liquor.
Questions Haynes Activity.
| Senator Reed read q letter which
was written by K. Fl. Dana to the
! late President Harding in which at
tention was called to the fact that
when Prohibition Director Haynes
and Wayne B. Wheeler had decided
upon the removal Of some prohibition
| agent, q Congressman bobbed up and
protested against his removal. Sen
ator Reed asked Gen. Andrews II he
knew anything about that
Gen. Andrews said that he did not
know anything about it; that nothing
Of the kind had happened since he
was in Office. He said that Mr..
Haynes was still in prohibition en-
forcement and that he understood
that his salary was $500 year.
Senator Reed wanted to know
whether Mr.. Haynes wasn't spending
some of his time making prohibition
speeches over the country.
rs that any crime?" asked Senator
Harreld.
Gen. Andrews said that he believed
that Mr.. Haynes had made six or
eight speeches in different parts of the
country since last September.
Defends Speechnlaking.
| did he get his expenses paid by the
! Government and draw his salary
while going to make these speeches."
, asked Senator Reed.
| Gen. Andrews said he probably
would draw his expenses. He added
| that when he went away to make
speeches he had his expenses paid, too.
He said that he had made a speech at
the convention of the Anti-Saloon
League in Chicago and another at the
W. c. T. L. convention in Detroit and
that he had spoken in Philadelphia
Have you other agents making
speeches." asked Senator Reed.
Gen. Andrews said that he pre-
the various administrators in their
respective districts. He said that
he considered the making Of these
speeches an important part OF the
work, and that they helped to obtain
cooperation which was necessary for
law enforcement.
Senator Reed asked Gen. Andrews
what his salary was and the general
replied $500 a year.
isn't Mr. Haynes the liaison officer
between the Anti-Saloon League and
the Prohibition Enforcement Unit?"
demanded Senator Reed.
At this point Senator HarreId rap
ped the table. declaring that the time
was up and that therefore Gen. An
drews did not have to answer the
question. The committee then ad-
journed until 2 o'clock.
Tells of Drinking at Yale.
MI. Post, chairman of the Yale
Daily News, questioned by Senator
Reed regarding a referendum on pro-
hlbition taken at the university, said
that the greater the attempt to en-
force prohibition the stronger was the
opposition of the students. He said
that the students go to the bootleg
gers for their liquor.
Does a student of ordinary intel
lieence have any difficulty in getting
all the whisky that he wants?" asked
Senator Reed.
NO" was the reply.
"I suppose that all Of the students
at Yale are intelligent" commented
Senator Reed.
"Is this liquor drunk on the cam
nus and in the students quarters and
alsewhere?" asked Senator Reed.
Yes"