Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-06-16

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move to knock out the shipping
boards ruling that liquor can
be sold on American ships out
side the three mile limits. They
will seek to have an amendment
making American vessels bone
dry" included in the shin sub
sidy bill new under eonsidera-
| tion.
st. Louis, June 15.-The state-
ment that A. d. Lasl1er, chairman
of the United States Shipping Board,
misunderstood and therefore as
lsailed" the motive of Adolphus
lDuseh III, and his father, August
| A. Busch, president of the Anheuser-
Busch, Inc, in writing to President
Harding regarding the Gale of liquor
aboard the steamship George Wash
| ington, Shipping Board vessel,
and the violation of the prohibition
TACT, is embodied III a second letter
! of Adolphus Busch III, reported in
dispatches last night in reply to the
letter Of Chairman Lasker. given
tout in Washin ton yesterday.
! The letter, dated yesterday, from
this city, says
! Il have read in todays st. Louis
papers what purport5 to be letter
| from you addressed to me from
| Washington, ID. c., under date Of
yesterday, the 18th inst. | have
! 10 doubt the letter will roach INC in
| due course, and | am taking it for
granted the newspapers have cor
lrectly reproduced the letter 1t re-
lfers to my letter Of the Sth inst,
addressed to the president, complain
ling of violation of the Volstead. law
| by the United States Shipping Board,
! a department of the United States
government.
| ''Inasmuch as you again resort to
1.-THE argument that Our passenger
ships cannot get business unless they
do the thing which VIC charge is be-
ing unlawfully done, | am bound to
consider that you admit the truth of
the charge.
Admits Selfish Reasons.
| "On your behalf / admit the COR
|rectness of your charge that we are
Iselfish in that we seek to again havc
1.-THE lawful rieht to manufacture it..
If this is selfishness, let it go at
that. We in that respect at least,
have the Shipping Board as an ex-
ample. The Shipping Board desires
Ito maintain the value as q going
business OF governments investment
| in merchant ships; while-we are self
fish in hoping that our investment of
Imany millions may be saved through
! a restoration of the lawful right
to mako wholesome beer
"You have misunderstood and
therefore assaulted our motive in
writing the president of the Sth inst.
as we did Our motive is to remind
the chief executive that the cumula-
Tive violations Of the Volste1d law on
land and sea destroy the investment
Iof law-abiding manufactures who
might otherwise preserve their in
lvestment, and at the same time en-
Idcavor, rs we are endcavoring, to
have restored by an amendment to
the law, the right to make beer.
Respecting your entirely ir-
Irrelevant intimation that we are Ger
Imam sympathizcrs, we remind you
THAT all the facts and most of the
|faleehoods on that point were thor
Ioughly dealt with and disposed OF
Finally by the federal government
during the war. SEE the files.
you flatter me by your sugges-
ton that | have so much power as
to he able to affect adversely the
American marine. Whether this i.
a compliment or an accusation it,
labsurdty must constitute it's owr
|answer.
Are Deliberate Lawbreakers.
Eve seek no conspiracy with yol
or your board. We reiterate The
charge that your board, withou
taking the trouble to get the Law
amended violates for profit Law
which we have always observed ant
which we are trying to have amend
ed because it cannot be enforced
You suggest that we do not come Il
the bar of public opinion with clear
hands. 1t has cost us millions o
dollars to keep them clean, and W.
remind you that we have in this cor
respondenco repeated our demand TO
a congressional investigation.
The temperature in my office j
well above 80, and the law prohibit
me from making here in America
glass of wholesome beer, such a
my grandfather, Adolphus Buscl
made famous over the world as al
American product Yet, as | write
/ contemplate the Shipping Board ap
proving vouchers for the disburse
ment of American government none,
from the Treasury in payment TO
German and British beers and wine
to be sold by our government at
profit. The prospect does not, as