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OBLIGED TO SERVE
WINES TO CONTINUE
SHIPS, LASKER SAYS
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hnlpS nquor WAS served,
Having thus disposed OF your con-
tention that we are breaking tho law
lot me refer to the practical side of
what Ia involved.
Subsidy Bill May Change Conditions.
There u a vitnl bill pending before
Congress now providing aid for Ameri-
can shipping which n enacted into law
stamps the belief OF American (as ex-
pressed through It's Legislative body
that we have reached that point In our
national life whore an established
merchant marine Is essential foe our
prosperity in times of peace and our
protection in times of war.
mo type Of ship Is so essential for
either of these major purposes M the
fast passenger and combination pass
enger- and-cargo ships. OF this type
Great Britain has 200 whereas we have
hut so: when speed and age are CON
sidored the factor Ia even greater In |
favor of Great Britain.
Compelled TO Meet Competition.
$50 long az Great Britain, Japan.
France. Germany and other maritime
nations continue to serve liquors to
American passengers | am ashamed
TO state that my experience leads mic
| to believe there Is n sufficient number
of Americans without proper pride
| In their flag ships who would divert
their trade to foreign flags To- the ex-
| tent that the competition would be
from a prUit operating standpoint
very greatly against the American
ship.
| 81 do not believe | speak lnadvlecdly
| when | state that no long az foreign
Iships can enter America serving liquor,
the lack of that privilege might be the
very determining factor I'm the life or
death of the American Merchant Ma TO-
rine, and that 40 long az foreign ships
are allowed the privilege of entering
and departing from American ports
serving liquor that same privilege
must be allowed our merchant ships
IF the sale of liquor be prohhitc cd
On all boats entering or departing
from American ports there ia no voice
in the Shipping Board that would lie
raised I'm protest.
Denies Responsibility For Editorial.
Mr. Busch attached to his letter to
the President the copy OF an editorial
printed In the Chicago Tribune of
May +. 1922, following n vlsit TO the
editorial offices by an official Of the
United States Shipping Board"
Declaring there was an insinuation
that the editorial had been inspired
by that visit" Mr.. Lasker said:
Il was the official who visited the
~ I'D
record my emphatic denial that | I'm
any way knew before or nj tho time
Of my visit the views Of tho editors
OF The Tribune on this subject. |
did not discuss tho subject OF prohi-
bition with the editors Of The Tribune
at that Visit or Mt any other time DO
fore or since.
Denounccs Busch Insinuntion.
p Your mean inainuatton regarding
= uncorruptible officials and editors re-
! fleets on you alone.
Your letter to the President and the
letter from your father which you at
taChed thereto have on their face been
, written entirely with n view 10 their
effect on the public when published
| and in an attempt TO insure their pub
lication | am informed that you hav,
sent printed copies OF your letters I,
the press of America.
Wherefore, my reply TO you 4
not merely intended for you, but 1
\ also written with a view to public re
joinder.
Aims TO Aid Brewery and Germany
Il believe you TO be thoroughly sci
l. hsh and that you are acting in IN
l. hope OF creating public revolt agains
~ prohibition so that you may agai
y revive the sale OF your liquors. n,
pr terly regardless Of how YOU mist
re hurt the American Merchant Marin
in your effort TO create a situation {
benefit your brewery
ne 1T Is. OF course. notorious that III
s. Adolphus Busch who founded yo,
es brewery was possibly the Kaiser
r closest friend in America, and III,
he your family for many years has mair
TT tanned a castle in Germany; your a,
Ct ton in any event will not dAplea,
a your German friends. whose create
on nope OF restored German mercha,
marine is in a hurt 10 Americas ne
d. born merchant marine.
,is Il refer TO these extraneous fac
IN not in resentment, but that it INF
VS. be made clear that IN my opinion W
do not come before the bar OF publ
r. opinion with clean hands"
re Law CphOlds Liquor Of Ships,
ne Mr.. Lasker made public at the san
cd time the text of an opinion Just rem
d. cred TO him by Elmer SchlesinQe
ne general counsel of the Shipping Boar
IL UNFOLDING anew the legality of Il
nd serving OF liquor on American shi
m at sea. The opinion was based large
On the limitation in the Eighteen
amendment Of its operation 10 "t
VS. United Stetes and all territory subie
m to the Jurisdiction thereof" and on r
Tor cent rulings of the supreme court
ng liquor cases which. Mr.. Schlesing
Ird declared. held the prohibition laws
~ be effective, Throughout the emit
territorial limits Of the United Statel
on An effort TO discredit prohibitio
ps was the Interpretation placed on I
lin Busch letters by Wayne b. Wheel
general counsel for the Anti-as 10
a League.
ng Wheeler Condemns Brewers Alta,
ist Il hold no brief for the shippi
board in this controversy" \
he Wheeler said today. ut ie able to tn
tes care Of itself. Our attitude with r,
vs. erence to the sale OF liquor on shi
nd within the Jurisdiction OF the Uni,
s.. States has been clear cut and &C
q sistent ever since the law went ir
ir- effect. We commended before the Just
las department that 1t was illegal to trar
IL port or possess liquor on any 81
he within the Jurisdiction of the Uni;
Statas The dana,-tp,ap, o,a ~