The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-06-15
MOVE TO STOP
LIQUOR SALES
ON u. S. SHIPS
Rep. Bankhead Presents
Amendment to Merchant
Marine Bill to Cut Off Aid
to Ships Carrying Booze.
LASKER STILL FIRM
BULLETIN

oIdTJeQ IOQdy through lQ6 preS6nId-
tion by Representative Bankhead,
Democrat. of Alabama, of an amend
ment to the merchants marine bill
which would cut off the governmezt
aid provided in the measure for any
ships carrying intoxicating liquors or
beverages.
WASHINGTON, June 16. With
Chairman Lasker adhering to his
stand that the sale of liquor on ship
ping board vessels at sea will con-
tinue until he has been convinced of
its illegality' any action in the mat
ter apparently was left today to pro
hibition leaders in congress.
While the correspondence exchang-
ed on the subject between Mr.. Lasker
and Adolphus Busch, III, vice-presi-
dent of the Anheuser Busch brewery
company, st. Louis continued to pro-
woke discussion among the dry mem
bers it was reported that their first
move to stop the sale of liquor on
American vessels would be an attempt
to secure an amendment to the sub
sidy bill before the merchant marine
committee. 1t was rumored that this
probably would be made today al
though its defeat there was generally
predicted.
Up In Ship Bill.
That the issue would have to be
met when the subsidy bill is taken up
in the house, however, was said by
friends of the measure to seem GER
tain, unless it is considered under a
rule barring from consideration all
amendments except those offered by
the reporting committee Representa-
tive Upshaw, Democrat, Georgia, has
publicly announced that he will offer
an amendment providing that no part
OF the federal subsidy fund shall be
used by steamship lines on whose
ships liquor is sold
After a conference with Attorney
General Daugherty late yesteI day in
which the matter of liquor sales at
sea was said to have been discussed,
only incidentally. Chairman Lasker
said he would not ask the department
OF justice for a new opinion on the
question being entirely satisfied with
that rendered by General Counsel
Schlesinger of the shipping board. up
on which he informed Mr.. Busch in
their correspondence the board had
taken its stand in the matter.
ST LOUIS, Mo-, June 15.-The An
hauser Busch Brewing company is viii
ling to produce witnesses to support
charges made in the letters of August
A. Busch and his son, Adolphus Busch
III. to President Harding, and which
were turned over to Chairman A. D.
Lasker of the shipping board, that the
United States shipping board is violat
ing the prohibition law and the Vol
stead act, in the event of congress
sional inquiry. it was made known
here today through representatives Of
the firm.
The local company has made nu
merous requests for a congressional
investigation into violations of the
prohibition act o. A. Remmers, gen
aral counsel, said, and is prepared tC
produce witnesses to support theil
charges.
Adolphus Busch III today was wait
ing to receive the letter of Chairman
Lasker of the shipping board, in an
swer TO his first letter which accom-
panied that of his father, written
aboard the steamship George Wash
ington, and later sent to the president
Mr. Busch last night gave to the As
sociated Press his answer to Mr.. Las
ker's letter, taking it for granted tina
Lasker's letter had been printed cor
rectly in newspapers here Whethe
or not Mr.. Lasker will reply to tht
second letter of Adolphus Busch II
early today. was unknown here. !
reply, however representatives of th'
firm here announced was anticipated
although no controversy is bein!
sought with Mr.. Lasker.
Mailed to Papers
The original letter of August A
Busch, with that of Adolphus Busc
III, was printed in circular form an
mailed to various newspapers through
out the country last week. On tn
first page a cartoon of Uncle Sar
with a club in hand held in front c
him and labelled prohibition en<prct
ment," was shown. In the othel
behind him, Uncle Sam held bottl
to which was attached tag with tn
label shipping board hootch for sale,
The cartoon was titled Versatility
The first and second pages of tn
folder carried the letter of August 4
Busch, written aboard the Georg
Washington, in which he said th
United States was incomparably tn
biggest bootlegger in the world" an
the letter of his son, Adolphus Buse
III. who declared a it violation of tn
prohibition laws and Volstead act fC
shipping board officials to sell liqut
while flying the United States flag.
Other pages of the folder displa
an editorial of the Chicago Tribun
which was mentioned in the letters
Busch and Lasker, and the facsimi
of the United States steamship Georf
Washington in which a number
German wines and beers are liste
with American moonshine whiskey
at 80 cents a pony.
Letters from the Munson steamsh
company answering queries that the
South American passenger steamel
carry the American flag and SER
liquors, together with a letter fro
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
Oliver T. Remmers, counsel for A
heuser-Busch, occupy two other pag
of the folder. The back page is tak'
> up with the open letter to congre
, renewing the request Of the brewil
company for an Investigation of Il
violations of the prohibition law.