The Washington herald., 1918-11-22
NATIONS LEAGUE TRAP FOR U.S.,
SAYSREED in SCATHINCATTACK
POLITICS AIM
OF BREWERS
Backers of the Times Spent
Money Freely to Fight
Prohibition.

1hdl Nne national Association
of Commerce and Labor. through
which the brewers associations con-
Quoted the greater part of their
uganda work. was purely a po-
| litical organization was admitted in
a speech of DR.. Percy Andrea, chair
man and organizer. submitted yes
terday at a hearing of the Senate
judiciary Subcommittee, investigat-
ing the purchase of the Washington
Times and the various meddlings of
the brewers in the political affairs
/ Of the country.
In the speech. made at an execu-
tive session of the United States
Brewers Association at Atlantic
City in 1913. DR.. Andrea proposed
the organization of the propaganda
committee and himself as organizer
and leader.
AT an earlier hearing of the sub
committee, c. W. Feigenspan. who
Negotiated the loan for the Wash
lngton Times, stated that he believed
Dr. Andrea must have "hypnotized''
the Brewers Association to secure
the absolute control of the National
Association ofo Commerce and La
Dor. granted him at his own re-
quest and upon his own guarantee.
Sought Political Machine.
In the speech. read into the rec.
OT0S nf tho G11hror,,r,ft+z
! Humes. counsel for the subcommit-
tee, DR.. Andrea strongly urged that
the brewers take immediate steps to
prevent the passage of a national
/ prohibition measure by Congress,
! prohibiting forever the manufacture,
sale and importation of alcoholic bev-
eraSes into this country"
Dr. Andrea points out the impor-
! lance of a strong political machine
controlling sufficient votes to insure
! the election of candidates faVora BILE
to their cause, and outlined a rough
sketch of the plan he proposed put
ting into operation
Emphasis was laid upon teh friend
ly attitude taken toward the brewers
by the foreign citizens of the country,
the millions and millions of men of
German, Austrian. Bohemian and
SETiss- descent" and the Importance
of the foreign press I'm the brewers
fight. DIR. Andrea strongly urged that
, the brewers support these publications
by giving them advertisements and
actual financial assistance in case OF
need.
Expenses Were Heavy.
The speaker admitted that the ex-
pense of supporting such an organfza-
tion as he advised would be heavy
but described it as the last resort of
the brewing interests in the losing
tight they were making with public
sentiment and the efficient organiza-
tion of the prohibition forces.
In referring to the saIoonkeepers,
DR.. Andrea declared that it was as
unfair to blame the entire trade for
the depraved tastes of some of its
members as it was to hold the min
istry of the country responsible for
the notorious frequency of moral
crimes among its individual mem
bers."
Maj. Humes put into the records a
summary of the deposits of the United
States Brewers Association from
1913 to 1918. with the exception of
part Of the record of 1916. destroyed
during the Pittsburgh investigation.
The total deposits were S4.457.s41.
The subcommittee called to the
witness chair John McDermott, OF
New York, the John Mac" of the
Montgomery Advertiser correspond
ence. and manager of the organiza-
tion bureau of the brewers asso-
citation. Mr.. McDermott described
his work as organizer for the brew
ers in different States, admitting
under cross-examination that he had
received political reports from every
State in the Union
The subcommittee adjourned until
1890 this morning, when Mr.. Nc
Dermott will be recalled.