The Sentinel=record., 1918-11-21

Nashinston, Nov 29--Evidonee re
 lating to political activities of brewers and their ailescd efforts to 1oyGot; firms and individuals antagonistic 10 the liquor business was adduccd today before -ha stn2tc committee inyesti- eating brewers propaganda and the purchase cr the Washington Times by Arthur Brisbane
 Major r. Lowry llumcs, Wao is con dusiing the inquiry for the committee, .alsO undertook to show from docu-
 ments pLoducCG ty officers Of tie
 United states Brewers associpton come ton between that organization and the German American alliance.
 Tho charter or tho alliance was re-
 Yoked recently hy congress after q .senate committee had inyestigate ed it's activities.
 NJajcr IIrmas put into tho record
 lists or candidates for public office
 which he said were to be supporteI
 hy the brcWora' association and the .allianco and also q statement waich he .assertcd vas ryopared for (. J. Hex amer, of Philadelphia, former president ol he alliance at the office CT tha
 brewers association
 Tie statement. Major Humcs de- .clared was German propasanda
 Only .Wo Witnesses. IIuea F. FoX, of New York. secretary of the Brew .ers National organization. and John Gardiner, of Philadelphia former chairman cf tho org3ni2atton commit tee, wore CNamined today.
 Fox Was questioned a, len.th re-
 gardng the war N9eed 0y brewers on an'aeonissic firm and individuals.
 Some Of the firms named were the John WanamaNer company. the Cad- lilac Packard. National and Reo au
 tomo5ila companies, the H. l. lemle company: the Goodrich Tire company: the American Rolling Mills the Fox Typewriter comrary; the Maryland X Baltimore Casualty company: the
 Proctor Gamble comrany, the Gras- .sclH Chemical company. Cl Cleveland
 Oho' scmc subsidiary company of .tha Standard Gil ccmrany: the Unit
 ed States Stcel corporation, the 8.
 Kresee company; the Red Raven Wa ter company; the American Sheet ana Tin Plate company and Reroolic Run-
 bcr company and Delaware Lac&a-
 wanna and Western railroad ,om- pany.
 Fox denied that any of the nrm5 named had been Dlacklisted. saying
 tAat the associations purpose merely
 was to give preference Co those wao were friends
 Later he told the committee that
 he would be willing to assure that all tho documents relating to the firms which Major llumes put into the re- cord were taken from tho files of the association
 Major Humcs told the CommidCc that the firms were l.sted by the brew CTS association lccausc of their a, titude against the use of liquor by their employees. or because Of tho g tiyiiy of individual members CT the firms and in some instances Of employees against the liquor business. The inquiry into political acllNlty began when John Gardiner was called to the stand. The witness said ho might have secH lists of candidates a. different times from 1911 to 1911 which the breNcrs' association endor5- ed in some states including Iowa, Tex as. pcnns5 lvania Indiana. and ono candidate for congress from Illinois. hut he could not recall the details. Ele admitted that the association's or ganization committee was active in wet" and dry fients in several states in these years and said tha, in that tir!e ne spent between $i00.G00 and $50o.o0O "doine all it lc. Intimately could co 10 arouse public sentiment in our fGror"
 Gardiner declared ihat the brewers made contributions to political cam