Roy Asa Haynes Explained

Roy Asa Haynes
Birth Date:1881
Death Date:1941
Term:1920 to 1925

Roy Asa Haynes (1881–1940) was United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Prohibition enforcement from 1920 - 1925.[1] He was succeeded by political appointee Lincoln Clark Andrews, who reorganized the enforcement bureau.[2] He was the editor of a daily newspaper in Hillsboro, Ohio.[3] Haynes was appointed by Warren Harding and considered a puppet of the Anti-Saloon League.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cover: Roy Asa Haynes . https://web.archive.org/web/20060626063813/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19230723,00.html . dead . June 26, 2006 . Time. July 23, 1923 . 2011-09-01 .
  2. News: Aut Vox, aut Vis . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219125212/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881494,00.html . dead . February 19, 2012 . 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. . Time . July 20, 1925 . 2009-08-18 .
  3. News: From Woman's Christian Temperance Union web site subsection History:Crusades. Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 2011-09-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110829193124/http://www.wctu.org/crusades.html. 2011-08-29.
  4. Book: Daniel Okrent. Daniel Okrent. 2010. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. 132. New York. Simon and Schuster. 978-0-7432-7702-0.

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