New-York tribune., 1918-11-20


tioning by Senator Nelson.
Funds Raised in Two Ways
What has been the activity of your
organization in respect to getting ia
vorable action from public mem" the
Senator asked
! II have no knowledge about that,
sir"
THAT does not answer it. You say
you never had, but do you not know
there has been some activity in that di-
rection ?"
II have no knowledge of it,
"Oh!" burst out the Senator. "You
cannot lay that activity to immaculate
conception"
Mr.. Fox testified that funds were
| raised by the U. S. B. A. in two ways,
early dues that had been half cent
but are now u cent a barrel on all beer
produced by its members, which pro-
duces, he says. some 100000 a year,
and voluntary assessments, which ran
the total up to 100000 or ssO0,0oO
This, he declared, was the highest
amount reached, but Major Humes cor
rected him and said that in 1914 it
had reached s999,OO0.
2!r. Feigenspan testified that in ad-
dition to these sums the state brewers
associations had assessments and dues,
which amounted in New Jersey to about
| $150,000 year. No figures were avail
| able as to how great the total beer
fund is.
Check Stubs Destroyed
Mr.. Fox was asked by Major Humes:
"Has the practice of the association
during the last two years in the hand
| ling of the financial records of the
! association changed, or is the practice
that seems to have been adhered to
prior to February, 1916, still in vogue
namely, the destruction of check stubs
| and the destruction of cancelled checks
! with each bank balance"
~ believe the practice Is still in
vogue" Mr.. Fox replied.
Later in the hearing Major Humes
went at length into the publicity of
the U. S. B. A. He asked:
"You employed some one to write an
article, and because of the standing
of the author the author was able to
sell the article to a periodical for pub
lication."
II believe that is true" responded
Mr.. Feigenspan.
"And the author of the article re-
ceivcd remuneration both from you
and from the periodical IN which the
article appeared"
stances"
Statistician on Payroll
Mr.. Feigenspan also admitted that
John C. Koren had been for several
years under annual retainer-he be-
lieved for S5,O0O--from the U. S. B. A.
Mr.. Koren, it was brought out later.
has been president Of the American
Statistical Association and was secre-
rxr of %En 10 11oJ cOp, M; +too Of a ftu
which was body including many we'll
known men formed to present an un-
biased report on the prohibition move
ment.
He has been employed in the Census
Bureau, is a member of the Massachu-.
setts Prison Reform Association and
has taken leading part in many re-
form movements still under brewing
retainer. Incidentally, when he at
tempted to go to Germany in 1916 to
prepare a series of articles, the Brit
ish government would not permit him
to land. He wrote series Of articles
on the liquor question for "The At
lantic Monthly"
A. J. Sunstein, treasurer from 1905
to 1915 of the Protective Bureau Of the
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers AS
sociation, who had been asked to pro
duce his records, testified that they had
all been destroyed whom he resigned
and that there had been no audit rec
ord or any detailed report made of his
expenditures.
Paid Andrea $4,000 a Year
1t was brought out that much of the
propaganda work Of the u. S. B. A., es
pecially along political lines, was han
died by the National Association of
Commerce and Labor, of which Percy
Andrea was the head. He was paid
$4,000 a year by the brewers, and his
concern was supposed to coordinate the
efforts of trades and businesses allied
with the brewers and to raise funds.
About 10 per cent of the funds came
from the brewers, although Mr.. Fox
testified that the men in the allied
trades were almost as glad to give the
money as the brewers were to have
them do so.
This organization, Mr.. Feigenspan
admitted, was given practically carte
blanche to use these funds in COM
batting the temperance movement.
Among his expenditures was $4,000,
which went to the disloyal National
German-American Alliance. and various
sums to publicity agencies which have
been under suspicion of dsloyalty.
Mr.. Feigenspan asserted that Andrea
"hypnotized" the brewers convention,
and Mr.. Fox declared, there had been
much dissatisfaction with his work.
Control Is Established
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