The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-14
j. s. bIGGESI
BOOTlEGGER|N
W0RLO-DUSCA
Letter to Presidens
Urges enforcement
OF Dry Law

1T. LOUIS. June iA--CBy tho
Associated Press. The guea,ion
of whether United States skIna
shall be- wet or dry today brought
cnarges from August A. Hurch.
president of Anheuaer- Busch. Ine..
that the United statcs has become
the bisecst bootlegEcr III the
world" By selling liquor on ship
ping board vessels when outside
the thrce-mile limit. a reply from
Chairman A. ID l4asker % the
board declaring that liquor wac
and would be sold on the boards
vesseln, and a statement from Pro-
hthition Director Haynes thar he
would act In n vigorous manner
TO enforce the law as soon AZ n
H. determined II liquor ON uniied
States vessels Ia Illegal ett
MI Lasker further charged that
I during the war the late Adoiphur
Busch was possibly the keisers
closest friend In this country" thIt
charge bringing n statement from
! Anheuser- Busch Inc, that In an
other letter IL will deny this and
VIII state that the Anheuser- Busch
organization reserves the tight 20
protest when the United states gov
ernment buys German beer 70 aeli
ON us ships and Will not let Amer
lean beer be made"
The letter will deny the aiiega-
tions OF Chairman l.asker that the
late AdolphuS Busch was ''poelibiy
the Kaiser closest friend Ia 4mtr-
lea. Il was added.
The letter viii state that the An-
neu'er- buAch organization reserves
ne right TO protest wn6n the
nited states governments buys
'iern,an beer 20 sell on itn ahipa
ana VIII not let American hear be
made the announcement ampli-
fiod. -,
i The announcement said that ~
the government decides to mako an
Investigation Of this matter, We viii
establish. by a reliable Witness
that Mr.. f.Ashcr has snld thai he
went 10 President Harding with
this whole matter and told him
that the sale Of liquor on the ship
ping board ships would help 10
solve the boards financial nfebr
lens and that he said that Presl-
Gent Harding rsplied 70 him.
|, Mr.. lasker. you are chairman
OF the shipping board. you Know
what 10 do"
] IT. LOUIS. June IA letter
Charging the United states A. sln-
Numparably the biggest bootie4Ear
IN the world" written BY August
q suach, president of Anhauaer
busch Inc, while enroute TO Eu-
.ope aboard tho steamship George
Washington, and which has be1n
forwarded 10 President Harding
was made public here. q Lay to-
sether with an accompanying let.
ter by Adclphua Busch IIf hia
son. A third letter by Anhanser
Busch, Inc. addressed TO members
o. epngress requests an invustlra-
tion into the enforcement dspaft-
ment ef the government in re,atiop
to the prohibition act. -....-
The letter of August A. Busch
addressed TO his associates eays 10
part. WNfl1~
We are now approanhsu<.s,,.
coast Of France. As this vessel n
operated by. the United States
shipping board I was amaxed no
learn that the shipping hoard ves-
sells are the 'Wcttcst on the ocean
learn that passage on theEs
ships has been sold with a pn.li4.ul
money back gaurantee, that ~
nars Tor the sale of intoxlcaf ~
liquors VIII be thrown wida s1~E
as soon as they pass the tNr.r
mile coast line. This nah-a ne
y ;. incOmpRrabiy she bn<ft<
boutieEEer In tho world Est
: Two reasons 1 believe ,106cE
: lmpei us 20 bring this inforu,aflon
70 tho attention of the preridpnf
hre that the chief exeuutlse u
Z charged with tho duty Of dsfcud<
ihS tne constitution and tnk<1F
care that the laws are fAithfufiS
b executed and should be informed
= ot this act. II
As manufacturer Of loaaf n...
ducts We have been forced fhs
more than two years 10 meet nI,-
ihlr and unlawful compafiffon In
practically every town aud city IL
the United Sfatea For the unitofl
states 20 sct arido ~ conatItut.on
md laws' m the Operation a. "A.
own business enterprises lncrrh Sfa
our difficulties many fold. herat.ra
o. encourages violatiors ~ the l.,s
, 70 renewed and greater actlVlfp.
understand that the anlpplna
hoafd has brought to the nnti1@ 81
hiEh officials OF the Eupurnnanf
the fact that u could not eunsnrr6
on the hlsh seas with the shina III
other natlons and otay the crn6f..
luton and the Noletead aei. FAnt
ss,hes ns direct or indirect means
ne shippine board ~ permittnd ID
% IN the dark that whlon n Il
Illegal 70 90 In order that - may
sass law Disreearssrsi
We should s,Ihuli 10 the pr4.t. !.
j dent that the Tovernmenfa l1t6I.
alton of the violation 81 tha law
~ the shipping hcard IL ufoni
that prohibition laws as now 4rst,
: ton are either impractical ana nn1..
onfgtceanle or are being dIsfesafI,
!, "a oglipeFalelf.
The fact that ciiisens Of fha
United States would not hsir uaa.
snge on ships uf the United Kt4S.
10 long a. The VoinfeHd arf ~
. operative uppn these ships rI@eT a.
r real sentiment 81 rhfaIIInr1 "a.
. part ~ tho American nednI4 ./th
n respect 70 prohibition ana ~ ~ /.
Q iiefe that a great nsafufIIr a1.II1
a q modification of sks kpisfsa6
a The leitsr % Aaolphus Hssr,.
p u3 which accompanied the f1>to<
= o. hit fathrr "a the r4t.I.2 4. 4
written from fhie city n1f1r ~
= dafe of June A. it14 a6fk III I..I
= ana ffan4mIftinr s I<II-I n.
, have l'i.i fereiesd ff9u nv f<1h.1
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