Lincoln Clark Andrews

Lincoln Clark Andrews
Born	1867
Died	1950
Title	Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Term	1925 to ?
Predecessor	Roy Asa Haynes

Lincoln Clark Andrews (1867–1950) was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury starting in 1925. He was in charge of Prohibition enforcement after Roy Asa Haynes held the office. Time magazine called his forces the Prohibition Army.

Biography

He was born in 1867.

Andrews reorganized the bureau in 1925, resulting in the layoffs of numerous agents, including Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith in New York, who were nationally the most successful and famous team.^[1][2]

He died in 1950.

References

1. "Izzy and Moe", Time, 23 November 1925, accessed 11 April 2011
2. "Aut Vox, aut Vis". Time magazine. July 20, 1925. Retrieved 2009-08-18. For four years, the champion of the Prohibition Army has been a crusader Commissioner Roy Asa Haynes. But now an efficiency expert has arisen to fight with him for leadership. Lincoln C. Andrews, new Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Prohibition enforcement, looked upon the work of the crusader and found it ineffective. Mr. Andrews is a General (a title he acquired in military service) and promptly he set out to reorganize the Prohibition Army.