Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-15
BUSCH REPLIES TO LETTER
 OF CHAIRMAN LAsKER

St. Louis. Mo-, June 14.-(By The A. P)-Ths. statement that A. D. Lasker, chairman of the United States Shipping Board. misunderstood and therefore as- sailed" the motive of Adolphus Busch, srd, and his father August A. Busch, president of the Anheuser Busch, Inc. in writing to President Harding regarding. the sale of liquor Aboard the steamship George Washington. a shipping board vessel. and the violation of the preEi- bition act, is embodied in second letter on Adolphus Busch 3rd, tonight. in IT, ply to the letter of Chairman Lasker.
 The letter, dated today from this city, says:
 T have read in today's papers what puports to be letter from you as;- dressed to me. from Washington, under date of yesterday. I have no doubt the letter will reach me in due course, and am taking it for granted the newspa- pers have correctly reproduced the let ter. It refers to my letter or the eighth, addressed to the president, complaining of violation of the Volstead law, by the shipping board
 ''Inasmuch as you again resort to the argument that our passenger ships can not get business unless they do the thing which we charge, is being unlawfully done, am bound to consider that you admit the truth of the charge.
 'On our behalf, admit the correct ness of your charge that we are sell fish in that we se,fk to again have the lawful right to manufacture beer. If this is self1shness, let it go at that. We in that respect at least. have the ship board as an example
 The shipping board desires to main tain the value as a going business of the governments investment in merchant ships while we are selfish in hopine that our investment of many millions may be seved through z restoration ot the lawful right to partake of whole. l some beer.
 You have misunderstood and there fore assailed our motive in writing in, president of the eighth instant, as WI | olo- Our motive was to remind tn, cnler executive that the cumulative vio 1 laeors or the Volstead law on land ana sea destroy the investment of law abiding manufacturers who might otb erwlse preserve their investment. and a the same time endeavor, as we are en ] deavoring, to have restored by a, amendment to the law, the right to mak beer ---eli n l Respecting your entirely irre1evan, i lntimation that we are German svnna thizers we remind you that all the fact anu most Of the falsehoods on that roin were thoroughly dealt with and dispos ca of nnally by the government durin, the war. See the files. ''-'
 ou hatter me by your suggestion mat l have so much power as to be abI to affect adversely the Americsr '-'., - promote the German merchant marins Whether this is a compliment or a a accusation, it's obvious absurdity mus constitute it's own answer.
 we seek no controversy with you Q your boards. We reiterate the chare that your board, without taking tS F
 ,rouole to get. the law amended vic
 lates for profit a law which we bav
 always Observed and which we are try
 ing to have amended because if cann1
 De enforced. You suggest that we s'i,5 d
 notcome to tfG bar of public oninio %ltn clean hands. It has cost us million pero;od pe doiars to keep them clean, and W r remind you that we have In tbig co, ) resrondence repeated s1lr demand 'e fo1 coi g congressional investigation"