The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-06-22
SAYS UNCLE SAM
is BOOTLEGCER
Augusta Busch, Brewer, De-
nounces Shipping Board for
Selling Liquor on Vessels.
HoTLY DENoUNCES LASKER
Charges Shipping Head Deliberately
Deceived Prohibitionists in Con-
qress Alleged Chairman De-
cIared Harding Gave Consent.


st. Louis.-The question of whether
United States ships shall be wet or
dry arose by charges from Augusta
Busch, president of the Anheuser-
Busch, Inc, that the United States
has become the biggest bootlegger in
the world" by selling liquor on Ship
ping Board vessels wheT outside the
three-mile limit.
A reply from Chairman A. D. Lasker
of the board declaring that liquor was
and would be sold on the boards YES
sells and a statement from Prohibition
Director Haynes that he "would act
in a vigorous manner to enforce the
law as soon as it is determined if Ii,
quor selling on United States vessels
is Illegal followed
Lasker further charged that during
the war the late Adolphus Busch was
possibly the kaiser's closest friend in
this country" this charge bringing
statement from Anheuser-Busch, Inc,
that in another letter it will deny this
and will state that the Anheuser-
Busch organization reserves the right
to protest when the United States
government buys German beer to sell
on its ships and will not let American
beer be made"
The announcement further declared
that 'if the government decides to
make an investigation of this matter,
we will establish, by reliable wit
ness, that Lasker has said that he
went to President Harding with this
whole matter and told him that the
sale of liquor on the Shipping Board
ships would help to solve the boards
financial problems, and that he said
that President Harding replied to
him, Mr.. Lasker, you are chairman
of the Shipping Board; you know
what to do.''
Announcement that the second let
ter would be sent to Washington was
made by o. I. Remmers, counsel for
the corporation, who was delegated to
speak for Adolphus Busch, ranking Of
ficer of the corporation, in the alb
sence of his father, Augusta Busch,
who is in Europe. Decision to send
the second letter was arrived at fol-
lowing the publication of Chairman
Lasker's reply to letter of the Busch
interests to President Harding.
pay,o,,are occor+ad +hat xx,;A,, o.,e,
could be produced to show that Chair
man 'Lasker said that several dry men,
bers of the Senate and the House
called on him to protest against the
sale of liquor on the ships and that
according to his version of the mat
ter, he called in the chief of the COM
missary and, shaking his finger at him,
said:
II want you to understand distinctly
that no liquor is to be sold on these
ships"
Continuing Remmers said: SAT the
same time as he told it, he gave the
chief of commissary broad wink"
Denying the late Adolphus Busch was
possibly the kaiser's closest friend in
AuC4lCds 1bcull1cIS SldIcu THAT
received an award from the Kaiser for
meritorious work in connection with
the Worlds Fair in 1904, and that was
the only matter of Importance that
ever passed between them. The award
was described as "such as President
Francis, of the fair, and possibly 9TH
ers received at the same time"
Remmers then directed attention to
the fact that Busch died year before
the European war began and added:
''Mr. Lasker says the Busch family
has maintained a castle in Germany
for many years. 1t would be more ac-
curate to call it bungalow"
Discussing Lasker's assertion that
Busch interests in making the COM
plant do not come into court with
clean hands Remmers asserted the
Busch organization had lost from $12,-
100000 to S15.OO0,OO0 by obeying the
prohibition law.
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