Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
ANDREWS HOLDS
RE|NS ON HAYNES
Secret Mellon Order Leaves
Acting Commissioner"
Subject to Restraint.

Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has put a check-bit in the teeth of
Roy A. Haynes. newly appointed act
ing prohibition commissioner, and
handed the reins of the bride to Gen.
Lincoln G. Andrews, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury
While comforting on Mr.. Haynes
full authority to pull the prohibition
water wagon under provisions of the
new reorganization law establishing
a bureau Of prohibition, the Secretary
has designated Gen. Andrews as the
driver by short order, which he
signed just before sailing for Europe,
but which has not as yet been made
public.
Although all officials at the Treas
ury put on smiling front, and state
emphatically that they are now set
to work in harmony. 1t is an open
secret that neither Secretary Mellon
nor Gen. Andrews wanted to appoint
Mr.. Haynes. 1t is asserted they were
forced to it through pressure by the
Anti-Saloon League, operating in
directly through the administration.
Strict Control Seen.
Haynes was named acting com.
missioner, announcements were made
of the appointment, mimeographed
orders of the establishment of a
bureau of prohibition were made
available to the press. But the little
order which the Secretary signed, and
did not give out, conferred upon AS
sistant Secretary Andrews such au-
thority in directing both the Bureau Of
Prohibition and the Bureau of Gus
toms that it is believed Mr.. Haynes
will be under the strictest control.
No controversy, such as ragged
around Haynes for the past few years,
troubles the Bureau of Customs,
which is expected to begin function
ing smoothly under Ernest w. Camp,
the new acting commissioner.
But when Haynes, the Anti-Saloon
League candidate, who Senator
Edwards of New Jersey charged, was
foisted upon the administration, takes
over his authority next Friday morn
ing, it will be in the absence of the
Secretary, but under the authority of
a war-trained general, bulwarked
with short order of not only deep
significance, but real power.
Based on New Law.
The text of the Mellon order con-
ferring blanket authority on Gen.
Andrews was not disclosed at the
Treasury, but ii was learned that the
order is based on several express pro-
visions in the new law, which allow
the Commissioner of Prohibition only
such authority as shall be delegated
to him by the Secretary of the Treas
ury. He will not have the power for
merly exercised by the Commissioners
of Internal Revenue in prohibition.
There is a fine distinction between
the administrative authority coz
ferred on the new Commissioner of
Prohibition and that which was for
merly conferred upon the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, according
to legal experts, who have been
making a close study of the shift of
authority effective April /.
Under the Volstead act. the author.
ity was conferred on the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue direct.
This officer is appointed by the Presi-
dent by and with the advice of the
Senate. BY virtue of being part Of
the Treasury Department, he is under
authority of the Secretary of the
Treasury. The Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue had broad powers
under the Volstead act, in his own
right.
But the reorganization act has not
set up the Prohibition Commissioner
with the same authority as that of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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