The Washington herald., 1918-11-29

ported by the German-American AL
lance. These lists were agreed upon
by Dr.. Durand and Mr.. Miller over
a week ago, but l neglected to send
you these copies. l understand that
I was to send them to you and you
were to send them to Mr.. Keller
(vice president OF the Alliance"
Lists Were Detailed.
The lists included were of pndl-
dates by assembly districts. senatorial
districts and counties. giving names
of candidates in each and indicating
which were to be supported. There
was also a list of foreign-language
newspapers in Iowa.
Efforts OF the brewers did not cease
with the nomination. and. frequently,
cause. Propaganda work was ex-
tended to Congressman already
elected. especially when bills effect
ing the brewers interests were up
for consideration. In a report taken
from AndTeae's files reference is made
to the work of the United States
Brewers Associations counsel in
Washington.
Our counsel" the report states.
has guarded our interests in the
matter of favorable legislation with
most remarkable success. During
the last two sessions of Congress
over 200 bills adverse to our inter-
ests have been introduced. many of
which had the backing of the entire
prohibition and temperance organ
izations of this country, including
the W. c. T. L. and the National Re-
form Bureau Only one measure eff
fecting our interests has passed
Congress in that period, and II went
through with our assent. You can
readily imagine what this has
meant in making and keeping
friends in the Congressional dis
tricts. 1t is also true that Congress
tax on beer by our unaided efforts"
How the Forces Worked.
From a skeleton of the reorgan-
ization plan the following extract
is taken:
"G) Political organization. This
includes State campaigns, Congress
sionaI campaigns. the Washington
bureau and the organization OF
voters"
From an undated. unsigned letter
apparently sent to the Interstate
Executive Committee taken from
Andreae's files the following state
ment is quoted:
1T is Of paramount Importance
in view OF the efforts now being
made by the Anti-saloon League to
procure probationary legislation
nationally on the floor of Congress,
| that certain systematic work be
undertaken by the interstate execu-
tive committee through it's members
in each State, with the object OF
giving those in charge of our joint
interests in Washington a full and
complete knowledge of the political
complexion of each congressional
district in the United States with
special reference to the sentiment OF
the counties on the wet and dry
question
In January, 1914. DIR. Andreae sent
out an urgent call for a conference
at his office. The appeal reads as
follows:
Il urgently request you to arrange
to attend a meeting of the leaders
of our rganization in the various
States to be held at this office at
1890 a. m. on January Is. for the
purpose OF laying out the work to
be undertaken in the congressional
districts of the country"
Planned Poll of Congress.
The matters to be discussed and
considered are!
First. the general complexion of
the present Congress in relation to
the question of prohibition.
AS it IS expedient to take the vote
on the Webb-Kenyon bill as a basis
upon which to found conclusions as
to the attitude of Senators and Rep
resentatives on the question of ma
tional prohibition, an analysis of the
votes cast for and against has been
prepared, and the following questions
will be discussed:
"a. How many of those voting ave
or nay on that bill have been re-
elected. and how are these expected
to stand on the question of nation
wide prohibition?
"b. What is the attitude. If known,
In your particular state of the new
members of the House or Senate upon
the nationwide prohibition question q?
Three. What are the known condi-
tions relative to liberal or anti-liberaI
sentiment and the possibilities of
awakening and organizing the former
In those Congressional districts which
are at present represented by pro-
nounced dry congressman?
-Four. The selection of men from
our own industries in each State to
act with the local representatives of
my organization (the Andreae Bu-
reau) and keep in daily touch with
us INVESTIGATION s26 organization
work in each State"