Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-23
Anti Saloon League
 Played in the House
Representative Tink e r Charges the League Sup ported With Money the VoIstead Campaign for Re. Aection.


 Washington, June 22-Declaring that Wayne s. Wheeler. general counsel of the Anti-Saloon league, "and the interests he controls had expended from $100, 090,000 to $150,000,0O0 to secure adop- tibn of the prohibition amendment, Rep resentative Tinkham, republican, Massa- chusetts, attacked the department of jus tice today in the house for failing to act against the league under the corrupt fpractices act. Mr. Tinkham's attack brought from fRepresentatove Gallivan, democrat Mas sachusetts, criticism of Prohibition Commissioner Haynes for the latter's 1 stand regarding sale of liquor on Amer | ican ships at sea. In refusing to act against such ships Mir. Gallivan declar- J ed, Commissioner Haynes made himself | 'particips criminis''
 The two Massachusetts, members were classed among. friends of wine and beer, in direct violation of the constitution of the United States" by Representative Cramton, republican. Michigan, who gain ed the floor after the attack on the Anti | Saloon league. The league will be judg- ed in the future, he said, "as was the sa- loon-by it's fruits.''
 Representative Gallivan does not un- derstand why Admiral Lasker and Chief 1 of the Bureau of Navigation Wheeler are giving their attention to the enforce ment of the liquor laws upon land rather 1 than upon the seas" MT Cramton said
 For the first time since prohibition be- came part of the constitution of the | United States, Representative Gallivan now insisting upon the enforcement of
 he prohibition laws. If he will take care
 of the seas the real trends of prohibi- tion will try to take care of the land'' | Nro cai hat # ganizations conspicuous in the fight against prohibition was the National As socfation Against Prohibition, which he declared engaged in an effort to defeat Representative Volstead and other con.
 gressmen friends of prohibition The association, he said, had branch ir Michigan which is now raising cam. paign fund to be expended for propa ganda which involved the submission tC the voters of the attitude of various candidates on the question of beer ant wine.
 Referring to published reports that rep. lresentatives from eleven states attending an Anti-Saloon league meeting in Mil waukee had promised their aid to Rep resentative Vostead of the seventh Min nesota district and characterizing it a.
 Legislative bribery" MT. Tinkham said
 Here again we have the outrageou. situation about which I have protested Here we have the Anti-Saloon league, de pendent upon the representative of tn, seventh Minnesota district for it's in tended further restrictions of the person al liberties of our people. proposing t l purchase that preferential treatment i
 has received heretofore by supportin:
 with money, 8 campaign for reelection o
 MT, Voistead'
 Describing Uncle Sam as the bigges
 boot-legger of them all," Representativ, lGafliyan asserted that under the Volsteac act prohibition officers were required tt
 seize all ships on which liquor is trans
 ported or sold and arrest those il charge
 American transatlantic ships sellin:
 liquor. become common nuisances -unde1
 the Nolstead law passed overwhelmingly
 by this house." Mir Gallivan declared
 and they will remain common nuisance;
 no matter how much money congress
 votes them in the way of a subsidy
 Mir. Volstead, who had no opportunit,
 becaust of the allotment of speakin,
 time to reply to what he described al . an attack on him by Mr. Tinkham' ob
 tained permission from the house to } night to answer in the congressional re cord