Quitting

"The temptation to carry on is strong, but it is impracticable." With these words Lincoln C. Andrews last week tendered to Secretary of the Treasury Mellon his resignation as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition.

In the face of a grasping Anti-Saloon League and an arid Middle West beginning to think about Congressional elections, it would be embarrassing for the Administration now to appoint a successor to General Andrews. Wherefore, the Spokesman announced that the General was not giving up his post. General Andrews, surprised at the sudden change in his destiny, embarked for England to discuss closer co-operation on the anti-smuggling treaty.

It is expected that General Andrews will conclude his British mission, reorganize his U. S. forces on the basis of the new appropriations, and resign in September. His chief investigator, Major Walton A. Green, has decided to quit on the first of August.