The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-23
T|NKHAM ATTACKS
 ANTI-SALOONB BODY
 IN LOWER HOU&.
Again Declares League Has Violated Corrupt Practices Act-Says Organization
 Helped VoIStead
By Associated Press

Washington, June 22.-Declaring that Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon league and "the interests he controls" had expended from $100, 100000 to $150,- 100000 to secure adoption of the prohibition amendment, Representa- tive Tinkham, republican, Massachu- setts, attacked the department of justice today in the House for failing to act against the league under the corrupt practices act.
 Mir. Tinkham's attack brought from Representative Gallivan. democrat, Massachusetts, criticism of Prohi- bition Commissioner Haynes for the latter's stand regarding sale of liquor on American ships at sea. In refus- ing to act against such ships, MT. GalIivan declared, Commissioners Haynes made himself "particeps cfiminis."
 The two Massachusetts members wore cIassed among friends of wine ana DGCIf III QlItGl NAOidAAcfA Ch NiS Constitution of the United States" by Representatives Cramton, republican, Michigan, who gained the floor after the attack on the Anti-Saloon league.
 "The league will be Judged in the future" he said, 'as was the saloon by its fruits.'
 What of Constitution
 "Enenies of prohibition are asking i. tr. fng1 stitution," Mir. Cramton asked, adding:
 T would ask them what they pro- pose to do to the Constitution when We see them every day engaged in efforts to secure it's violation by ad- vocating the sale of beer and If per cent wine"
 Mr. cramton said that one of the organizations conspicuous in the fight against prohibition was the National Association Against Prohibition, which, he declared, engaged in an ef- fort to defeat Representative Vol stead of Minnesota and other con- gressmen friends of prohibition.
 Referring to published reports that representatives from Il states attend ing an Anti-saloon league meeting at Milwaukee had promised their aid to Representative volstead of the Seventh Minnesota district and characterizing it as Legislative brib- cry" Mir. Tinkham said:
 Outrageous Situation
 Here again we ihave the out rageous situation about which have protested. Here we have the Anti Saloon league, dependent upon tho representative of the Seventh Minne- sota district for it's intended fur ther restrictions of the personal lib. critics of our people, proposing to purchase that preferential treatment it has received heretofore by sup porting with money a campaign for reelection of MT. Volstead."
 MT. Tinkham declared that before Congress adjourned 1t should epast a law making 1t "a crime for any person. corporation. association Or or ganization int&fested in the pas sage or repeal of legislation to pur- chase it by spending money for the election of men who will favor their selfish interests"
 He asserted that the Anti Saloon league of Minnesota. a subsidiary of the general organization, had filed no returns of expenditures at Wash ington, although 1t was common re- port that more than $l0,000 was used" and charged that MT. Wheeler has systematically and on whole sale plan subsidized in the way in dicated In the case of Representative Volstead many members of Congress and concealed the facts by not com- plying with the federal corrupt prac- tices act of 1910 until the election of 1920 and then under written pro- test"
 Biggest Booticgger
 Describing "Uncle Sam as tho big Eest bootlegEer of them all,' Rep resentative Gallivan asserted that un- der the Volstead act prohibition of ficers were requested to seize all ships on which liquor is transported or sold and arrest those in charge.
 Mir. yolstead who had no oppor- tunity because of the allotment of speaking time to reply to what he described as "an attack on him by Mir Tinkham," obtained permission from the House tonight to answer in tta ConUreaeional Record