Evening star., 1926-10-29

Whatever may have been spent in
the past by the dry forces in securing
the adoption Of the eighteenth amend
ment and the Volstead law, there is
no evidence that the Anti.Saloon
League and its various subsidiary
State organizations have INDUCED in
any spending orgy this year. Quite
the reverse. Their campaign expense
accounts now being filed at the Capt.
tol are 50 small that they make the
charge Of huge dry propaganda and
political funds seem ludicrous. The
Montana Anti.Saloon League reports
contributions Of 1924 and expenditures
Of $101. The West Virginia Anti
Saloon League received and spent
$3.50. The Massachusetts, dry organi-
zation spent $469.7S: the Maryland or
ganization, $690.23. These are typical
of the reports from all the States; and
the account Of the national organiza-
ton was only q few thousand dollars.
Much ado has been made Of the past
failure of the dry organizations to
publish their expense accounts. De-
mands were made that Wayne b.
Wheeler and his colleagues be indict.
ed for violation Of the corrupt prac.
tice act. 1t was charged that had the
returns been made they would have
disclosed millions and tens of millions
Of dollars expended in electioneering.
The league contended that it was not
a political organization. and therefore
not obliged to make returns. But 1t
has waived the point now. In the light
Of the present showing its previous
% hn 6OY1roC N11hlf0
may have been induced by wish to
hide the smallness Of their funds
rather than their bigness.
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George r. Busch, just appointed by
Gen. Andrews, prohibition command
er-in.chief, to be zone supervisor OF
prohibition" for the North Atlantic
district, which Andrews has char
acterized as the wettest area In the
country, Is a comparative youngster.
He Is barely 20, and still we'll known
for his fame as an athlete while
student at Syracuse University where
he was a foot ball star and member
| of the university's crack crew. After
trying retired Army officers with IN
different success, Gen. Andrews 1s
now experimenting with young blood
| in his attempts to secure capable, ag'
gressive and incorruptible subord1'
mates to man his organization.
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Although half the employees in the
| Government service at washington
are women, they receive far less tnaT
half Of the aggregate amount OF tne
semi.monthly pay roll checks. a re
port from the Women's Bureau o.
the Labor Department Of the results
of it's investigation Of the suoJec
shows that in the upper salary ranges
those who receive $3.50 a year ol
more-sO per cent Of the places are
held by men. Miss Jessie Dell. civ1
service commissioner is the highest
Maid woman Federal employe men
| tioned in the report. Her salary u
Se 500. Ten women get $500 and 81
a minimum Of $500. But the vas'
majority are clerks and typists whose
! salaries start at $1.140 and creep up
| ward slowly.
stsid England is outdoing the
United States in novel and bizarTt
| "exploitation stunts" to boost attend
ance at the movies, according to 9
report from George Canty, formel
Washingtonian, now located at PaIh
as foreign trade representative OF tne
Department Of Commerce. Mr.. Canty's {
special mission Is the foreign motion
picture industry in its relation tt
American films. His first report tt
the Commerce Department here deals
with picture theaters in England. A
competition to find the bonniest
| kiddie between the ages of and
was undertaken by a Manchester
England, movie house to boost at
tendance. Hundreds OF youngsters
were filmed and audiences balloted to
pick the winner. Another theater. by
the liberal use Of posters and saw
dust, canvas and ropes, converted Its
entire front to resemble q circus eu
trance when showing . aim dealing
L nth 1.i,,c,,s He He EennrfS that {