Evening star., 1926-04-02
Subcommittee Votes to Call
Only Government officials
to Testify.
LIST OF II SUBMITTED
BY ANTI-PR0HIBlTIONISTS
Andrews and Buckner Already
Ordered to Appear-Bullard and
Wellborn May Be Sent For.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The wet Senators. at whose instance
the Senate hearings on prohibition srs
TO be begun Monday, today recei'<e
= rebuff at the hands Of the judiciary
subcommittee, which is TO hold thS
hearings.
BY vote Of to ! the subcommis
tee decided not to issue subpoenas fo'
witnesses. A list Of 81 names had
been submitted by Senator Edge o.
New Jersey. acting for himself and
Senator Edwards of New Jersey and
Senator Bruce of Maryland.
In this list were the names Of Gen.
Lincoln c. Andrews, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury in charge OF
prohibition enforcement. and Emory
f. Buckner. United States attorney
in New York. Both of these Govern
ment officials have been summoned TO
appear by the subcommittee at the re-
quest of the wet Senators.
To Summon Only officials.
Senator Means Of Colorado, chair
man Of the subcommittee, said that
the subcommittee would summon any
Government officials whom the vets
or the drys might wish TO have testl-
~; that the subcommittee dinerenti-
ated, however. between Government
officials and other persons.
Senator Edge appeared before the
subcommittee this morning and
strongly urged that subpoenas be is
sued for a list of proposed witnesses
which he presented. He argued that
the vets were entitled TO this consid-
Grafton at the hands of the subcom-
mittee.
Senator Edges list follows: Joe Toye,
Boston Traveller, Boston; DR.. William
n. Robey, DIR. Hugh Barr Gray and
Miss Eva w. White, all of Boston;
7. Pope Shepherd, Chattanooga.
Tenn: Judges Alfred ]. Tolley and
Otto 4 Rosalsky. both of New York
City: Edwin c. Totten, Laurel. Del;
Dr. Max c. Starkloff, health commits.
sioner, St. Louis. Mo: Frank La Page.
Dover, Ohio; Miss ". Gordon Gray.
Philadelphia; ROLAND Curry, sheriff,
Monroe County. Key West Fla;
Robert Baker, sheriff, Palm Beach
County. Palm Beach, Fla; Herman
F. Rikhoff, chief of police. Indiana
polls; Police Chief Graul, Cleveland.
Dry Heads on List.
NJ. B. Wellborn, governor Federal
Reserve Bank. Atlanta. Ga; Mrs.
Viola Anglin, New York; Father John
L. Belford. Brooklyn Rear Admiral
Bullard commandant of the Coast
Guard Gen. Lincoln c. Andrews, as
sistant secretary of the Treasury, and
Emory r. Buckner, district attorney,
New York City.
If the committee carries out its an
nounced purpose in regard to Govern
ment officials ii is expected that Rear
ptYll I'D Nd Nfr
also may be summoned before the sub
committee.
Chairman Means, in announcing the
action OF the subcommittee, said that
the authority given 1t by the full
judiciary committee 10 hold hearings.
limited the hearings to IL days, s DAYS
for each side on the prohibition ques-
ton. The purpose was to give both
sides free rein to present such argu
ments as thev desired, and If either
side did not care to use all of the time
allotted that was their lookout. Each
side, under the plan, was permitted TO
call whom 1t chose.
The vote of the committee was as
follows: Against issuing subpoenas:
Senators Means. Goff, West Virginia;
Harreld, Oklahoma. and Walsh, Mon.
tana. Senator Reed of Missouri voted
alone for issuing subpoenas.
Senator Means said that the action
Of the committee today in declining
to issue subpoenas at the request of
the vets still left the committee with
the power to summon witnesses after
the Il days of the hearing had been
completed. If there are any points
brought out at the hearing which the
subcommittee itself desires to clear
up.
Drys Favored. Says Edge.
Senator Edge said after the com.
mittee meeting that it was apparent
the subcommittees action had been
IN the interest of the drys and TO pre-
vent the vets from bringing out all
the evidence which might be obtained
for modification of the prohibition
laws. He said that in the list of wit
nesses which he had submitted to the
subcommittee were many State and
municipal officials who could not well
leave their jobs and come to Wash
ington to testify. lie said that they
had valuable information to offer. but
could not be expected to volunteer II.
The position taken by the major
ity of the subcommittee in declining
to issue subpoenas was that this is
to be a hearing earnestly asked for
by the vets. and not an investiga-
tiou initiated by the Senate commit
tee itself Senator Walsh. Democrat.
Montana, said that for weeks the
vets have been clamorinS for hear
ing and had represented to the Senate
committee that there were plenty OF
men and women of high character
and standing who would appear to
testify on their side.
Senator Edge said there was no,
purpose on the part Of himself or the
other Senators who believe in nodin-
cation of the prohibition laws not TO
go ahead with the hearing. e~An
though the subcommittee had declines
to summon the witnesses they desired.
He insisted the subcommittee was
splitting hairs to favor the drys.
A tentative schedule for the hear
ings, which begin Monday, has been
set by the subcommittee. They Will
run from 10 a m TO IL noon. and from
2:3O pm. until $50 pm. each day.