Fallen

In olden times a heavily armoured crusader who had been knocked off his horse lay at the mercy of the foot soldiers ; for he could not walk until he was put on his feet by kind and strong arms.

Last week, an obese Ohioan, Roy Asa Haynes, was knocked off his Prohibition horse which, in the opinion of critics, he has riden none too ably during the four years that have elapsed since President Harding appointed him to the munificent office of Prohibition Commissioner.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue D. H. Blair, Mr. Haynes' immediate superior, decided (no doubt in cahoots with General Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury) that the 22 Prohibition Administrators, yet to be appointed (TIME, July 20), shall act without the "advice, concurrence or approval" of the Prohibition Commissioner. This means that Mr. Haynes has been reduced virtually to the rank of an ordinary inspector.

Would the Commissioner retire from Government Service? The answer seemed likely to be an emphatic affirmative ; for, when General Andrews, no admirer of Mr. Haynes, has completed his reorganization scheme (TIME, Aug. 3), the latter is sure to find his cup of humiliation filled to the brim. So thought competent observers.