Politics in Politics

Long has it been asseverated that Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Prohibition enforcement, would have free hands, unhampered by politics, in selecting the personnel of the reorganized Prohibition Unit soon to be constituted (TIME, July 6, 20, Aug. 3, 10).

Naturally Congressmen and Senators were aroused at the prospect of loss of patronage. The ineluctable hand of politics last week reached into the Treasury Department and seized a concession. It was officially announced that Senators would have the opportunity of consulting with General Andrews before he chose his men, and that if any Senator objected to the appointment of a man in his district, his veto should be absolute.