New Britain herald., 1922-06-14
ND LAW IS BEING
 VIOLATED, REPLY
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during the Wilson administration in solar as the shipping board operated passenger ships, liquor was served.
 Practical Side Of Question
 Having thus disposed of your con- tention that we are breaking the la" let me refer to the practical side ot what is involved:
 There is a vital bill pending be- fore congress now providing aid for American shipping which if enacted into law stamps the belief of America (as expressed through it's legislative tody) that we have reached that point in our national life where an established merchant marine is essen tial for our prosperity in times of peace and our protection in times oi war.
 No type of ship is so esse ntial for either of these major purposes as the fast passenger and combination pas senger and cargo ships. Of this type Great Britain has 450 whereas we have but 80; when speed and age are considered the factor is even greater in favor of Great Britain
 Criticizes Some Americans
 50 long as Great Britain, Japan France, Germany and other maritime nations continue to serve liquors to American passengers, l am ashamed to state that my experience leads me to believe there is a sufficient number of Americans without proper pride Tn their own flag ships who would divert their trade to the foreign flags to the extent that the competition would be from a profit operating standpoint, very greatly against the American ship.
 Fate Hangs Tn Balance
 q do not believe 1 speak inadNls- ably when l state that so long as for eign ships can enter America serving liouor the lack of that privilege might be the very determining factor in the life or death of the American mer- chant marine and that so long as for eign ships are allowed the privilege of entering and departing from Amer!- can ports serving liquor that same privilege must be allowed our mer- chant ships.
 If the sale of liquor be prohibited on all boats entering or departing from American ports there is no voice in the shipping board that would be raised in protest"
 Mir. Busch attached to his letter to the president the copy of an editorial printed in the Chicago Tribune of May 6, 1922, Following visit to the editorial offices by an official of the United States shipping board"
 Lasker Answers Insinuation
 Declaring there was an insinuation that the editorial had been inspired by that visit" Mir. Lasker said:
 '1 was the official who visited the Tribune on May 5th, and l wish to record my emphatic denial that l in any way knew before or at the time of my visit the views Of the editors of the Tribune on this subject. l did not discuss the subject of prohibition with the editors of the Tribune at that visit or at any other time before or since The fact is that I had no more advance knowledge than any other reader of the Tribune that 1t was going to publish such an editor iaL
 Your mean insinuation regarding
  on you alone.
 Right From Shoulder
 Your letter to the president and the letter from your father which you attached thereto, have on their face been written entirely with q view to their effect on the public when pub Iished, and in ar attempt to insure the publication i am informed that you have sent printed copies of your letter to the press of America.
 "Wherefore, my reply to you isl not merely intedded for you but is also written with view to public re ioinder.
 :. s.Selflsi,neSs Charged hrn and that you Gre acting in the hope os creating public revolt against prohibition Ao that you may