Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-21
BOYCOTT Barred
IN BREWER QUIZ
Evidence of Alleged Black
listing Heard in Senate
investigation.
POLITICAL ACTIVITY SHOWN
Government Attorney Points
To Documents to Prove
Contentious.
TWO WITNESSES TESTIFY
Denial Made That Antagon-
istic Firms Are Marked
for Discrimination.
POLITICAL ACTIVITY SHOWN
TWO WITNESSES TESTIFY

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2o-Evl.
dence relating TO political activities
o, brewers and their alleged efforts
TO boycott firms and individuals an
tagonistic to the liquor business was
adduced today before the senate
committee investigating brewers
propaganda and the purchase OF the
Washington Times by Arthur Bris-
bane.
Major Z Lowrcy Humes. who Is
conducting the inquiry for the COM
mttee. also undertook to show from
documents produced by officers of
the United States Brewers associa-
ton. a connection between that or
ganizatlon and the German-Ameri-
can alliance. The charter OF the al
lance was revoked recently by con-
gress after senate committee had
Investigated its activities.
Major Humcs put into the Hcord
lists Of candidates for public office
which he said were to be supported
by the brewers association and the
alliance and also a statement which
he asserted was prepared for c. j.
He1amer OF Philadelphia. former
president OF the alliance, at the Of
flee OF the brewers association. The
statement, Major Humes declared,
was German propaganda.
Two Witnesses Testify.
Only two witnesses-Hugh +. Fox
Of New York, secretary of the brew
ers national orga nization, and John
Gardiner Of Philadelphia. former
chairman Of the organization COM
mittee, were examined today.
Fox was questioned at length re-
garding the war waged by brewers
on antagonistic firms and individ-
uals, Some OF the firms named were
the John Wanamaker company, the
Cadillac, Packard, National and REQ
automobile companies, the H. J.
Heinz company, the Goodrich tire
company, the American rolling
mills, Middleton, Ohio; the Fox
Typewriter company, the Maryland
and Baltimore Casualty company.
The Proctor Gamble company, the
GraSselli Chemical company, of
Cleveland, Ohio; some subsidiary
companies OF the Standard Oil COM
pany the United States Steel cor
noration, the S, Kresge company.
me Red Raven water company, the
American Sheet and Tinp'ate com
pany and Republic Rubber COM
pany, and the Delaware. Lackawan-
ma Il Western railroad company.
Denies Blackllsting.
FOX denied that any OF the firms
named had been hlacklisted. saw
ing that the associations purpose
merely was to give preference to
NOSE who were friends" Later he
Oid the committee that he would he
wiling to assume that all the docu-
ments relating to he firms which
MAJOR Humes put into the record
were taken from the files OF the as
ISOLATION Major Humes told the
committee that the firms were listed
oy the brewers association because
M vl their attitude against the use of
liguor ny their employees or because
vi the activity CT Individual mem
oers OF the FIRMS and in some in
stances stances Of empl oyes against the
hquor business
ne inquiry into political activity
Sdn When John Gardiner was
.dnea TO the stand. The witness
Siu ne might have seen lists of can
s'ua1es at different times from 1911
w. W ISl4 which the brewers associa-
S.on endorsed in some states, includ-
s iowa Texas, Pennsylvania, In
s .aha ana one candidate for con
s eS from Illinois. but he could not
sal the details. He admitted that
N'' csnSSs.0clatton's organization COM
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