The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-10-18


said, 1T seems TO me there can be no
is fully authorized to subpoena any "
to believe will furnish evidence or ties
set forth in the resolution. Whether {
mony, tends to prove the charges set
be decided by the committee. But il
or presented which is relevant to tho
tile committee is fully authorized TO 5
Jones also outlined the form that the
be revealed when various documents
made the following statement:
Statement by Senator Jones
l believe that the documentary evir
dence alone that will be secured, it
called for, under this resolution will
fully establish the following facts:
|. That the United States Brewers
Association, individual brewers aud
corporations have financed newspapers
in the interest of the liquor traffic,
and deceived the public as to the Sc
cret arrangements made for money
loaned, which in some cases was TO be
repaid only at the discretion Of the
sfe1yzpagc toEs.es.s51s % .tliqa' profits q
the paper, if there should be any prof
its. Evidence of this may be obtained
from. the custodian of alien property,
A. Mitchell Palmer, and 10 doubt evil
dence of other papers will come to
the committee OF information from
which it can get further proof.
Brewers Financed Newspapers
?. That the United States Brewers
Association and certain individual
brewers who helped to finance certain
newspapers, advocating the liquor
traffic, also contributed to the Nation
al German American Alliance and
financed the publication of its official
organ, the Official Bulletin, after the
sinking OF the Lusitania and other SIM
liar German atrocities. Evidence OF
this will be found in the Official Bull
letin, the organ of the National Ger
man-American Alliance. Copies OF
this Bulletin are in the possession OF
Gustavus Ohlinger of the General
Staff, Military and Intelligence Branch
Of the War Department.
Brewers Guilty of Corruption
3. That the United States Brewers
Association and certain individual
brewers and brewery corporations
have been convicted, pleaded guilty or
pleaded nolo contendere to charges of
violation of federal corrupt practices
act and other criminal laws and paid
several hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars in fines and penalties. Evidence
OF this is obtainable from the attorney
general of Texas, the United States
district attorney at Pittsburgh and
other sources.
Vets Financed German Alliance
a. That the National German
American Alliance was financed in
part by the United States Brewers AS
sociation and individual brewers and
liquor dealers; that the National Ger
man-American Alliance, through state
and local organizations and societies,
has carried on a propaganda which
Ihindered the assimilation of Germans
by America; promoted German kultur
and German ideals to the detriment
of the United States; carried on polit-
lical activities in the interest of the
German American Alliance; attempted
to force compulsory teaching of Ger
man in the elementary public schools
of the United States; proclaimed that
our government was a failure and that
Ia constitutional monarchy was prefer
able to it; discouraged war loans to
our allies and hindered the war pro-
gram of the United States. Evidence
of this will be found in the Official
Bulletin, the organ of the National
German-American Alliance. Copies OF
this Bulletin are in the possession OF
Gustavus Ohlinger, of the General
| Staff Military and Intelligence Branch
OF the War Department, in the docu-
ments in the United States district at
torney's Office at Pittsburgh and in