The Washington herald., 1918-11-26


an approximate circulation of 10000
Witnesses at the subcommittee hear
ings have repeatedly testified that the
associations dealings with Mr.. Ham
merlinE were made in ignorance Of
his connection with Rumely. the man
who is alleged to have purchased
the Evening Mail for the Kaiser.
Other articles appearing in the Amer
Jean Leader. the official publication
OF the Foreign Language Associa-
ton. were written by DR.. Andreae
and signed by Hammerling.
SS3,994.3O for One Paper.
Audits of the accounts of the Ma
tiOnaI association of Commerce and
Labor for the period between Oc-
tober. 1919. and June. 1915 show that
the bureau appropriated $50, 99i3O for
the American Leader.
Dr.. Andreae repeatedly urged in
speeches made to the brewers the
Importance of supporting these for
rr3ur publications. either through ad-
yertisinE or by direct financial con-
tibUtiOns. At an executive session
Of the association held at Atlantic
CIV in 1913 he declared that there are
millions and millions Of men of Ger
man. Austrian, Bohemian and Swiss
descent" through the county who
would be willing to aid the brewers
\ in their fight against prohibition If
properly approached. Again. in a
WemOra ndum of a meeting held in
1Dr. Andreae's office on January Is,
kI9l4. a statement is made referring to
yrhe power Of the Foreign Language
association. declaring that there were
g.. 900 Foreigners in the United
States. 100000 Of whom were Ger
mans.
Their newspapers are printed in
twenty nine languages" it is stated.
-and the organization is headed by
gentleman (Mr. Hammerling) who
tands so high in these circles that
he is almost a demi-gOd to them.
He rules the association absolutely
and the printing of Andrea's articles
will be of greatest benefit" These
lrticles appeared in every case
hinder Hammerling's name.
Expense Incurred Worth Price.
The brewers regarded the expense
incurred in supporting these vari-
Gus publications as worth the price
in the returns received. In a conf
Dental report on advertising taken
from the files of Hugh F. Fox, sec
retary Of the United States Brewers
Association. presented to the Wis
consin, the following estimate is
given OF a campaign among some
hundred foreign papers. mostly Ger
man: You all know what this cam
paign has cost, but am firm in the
belief that considering the charac-
ter of the advertising done and the
influence it has had on these hun
dred editors. it has been good in
vestment for you"
Again the cost Of the campaign
is referred to by Keller. vice presi
dent of the German-American Al
lance and one of the agents of the
brewers in a letter to DR.. Andrea
in 1914. Mr.. Keller states that an
appeal is to be made to the voters
of Texas through the foreign press
to support the brewers at the polls
against prohibition. but that the
newspaper will have to be paid.
Il have endeavoured to get the
good will of the German press" he
writes. but this can only be done
by paying them occasionally for
their publications"
At the hearing of the subcommit
tee Mai. Humes produced documents
showing that the association had
contributed toward the support of
The International" a publication
published by George Sylvester Vie
reck, editor of the "Fatherland." Re-
ceipted bills were submitted to the
United States Brewers Association
and signed by Viereck.