The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-08
Wine And Foaming Beer Brought To
 Tables By Walters

Hartford, May S.-"Affronted'' by the "open and brazen violation of | the Volstead Act aboard the United States Shipping Board Liner Ameri- ca, upon which he crossed the Allan tic to help make Germany and other central European countries dry, E. L.. G. Hohentha1 of Manchester, chair man of the prohibition state central committee, has lodged a formal com plaint with United States Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes at Washington. He sailed from New York February 4th, as a, representa- tive of the National Division, Sons of Temperance of North America.
 Before we had hardly gotten out of sight of land. the beer and wine began to flow as if prohibition had never been thought of much less in effect" says a letter from Chairman Homenthal, written from aboard, and published in the current issue of the Connecticut Patriot" official publi- committee Do not imagine the supply was srnuggled aboard at New York. Oh, no! It was carried all the way from Germany, England and France, to America, and now was being carried back for consumption in violation of the 1awi
 Drunkenness Galore
 "On my journeys over and back in 1920 and 1921, I did not see so brazen and open sale of liquor, nor so much drunkenness, as on this gov ernment owned shipI The waiter came to the dining table with trays laden with foamfng beer, and solicit ed custom. The sale of champagne wine, whis<eys, etc. was not omitted It was this open and brazen viola ton of law that occasfoned even the condemnation of drinking people themselves no ness that prevailed as result of the promiscuous use of liquor by men, women and children. that was con- demned by these same drinking peo- pie A group of musicians who rem dered instrumental music in the social room, circulated an anti-prohi- bition song sheet headed ''The Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free, With Dry Laws and Blue Laws Will Never Afec.' the chorus being, My Country 'Tis of Thee. etc, and, 'So Say We All of Us. etc. alternate ly- That this propaganda work was especially for the America was indi- cated by one verse which read thus: "A trip on the America would open
 up your eyes,
 How heartily the passengers, that
 done-dry law despise; They order wine, and beer and
 schnaps and&Ieave it to their
 wits
 When they are landed here they too
 become good hypocrites''
 Nine verses composed this so-caIled song, the concluding paragraph read ing:
 Then let the silent pendulum a little
 longer swing,
 For every day will new additions to
 our forces bring;
 And If you sympathize with us. make
 the N. L. A
 up your mind today. That you are for the good old times
 and join the N. l.. A
 These three initials represent the National Liberal Alliance 15 White hal street, New York City"
 Calls It CowardIy
 Here we can recognize the cow a-dly hand of the brewing and liouor interests combining with their old world colleagues to break down the sovereign law of our great republic and with the tacit permission of our paid employees. captain and all the rest! 4 disgrace to ourselves and q most brazen and open affront to every patriotic citizen of our beloved land, that calls for drastic action which hope has already been taken on my complaint logged with Com mN5zAoner Haynes"