Evening star., 1926-02-14
PROBE OF PAY ROLL
OF ANTLSALOO|{
LEAGUE IS ASKED
"Insidious Influence" of Bod
Merits Inquiry by Con-
gress, Britten Says.
CONTROL OF ELECTIONS
HELD ONE AIM OF BODY
Urges $4,000 Be Voted for Search
ing Study of Affairs of
Society Nationally.

Charging that an ''insidious infu-
ence' is exercised by the Anti-Saioon
League over the Treasury Depart
ment in appointment of prohibition ell
forCement officers. empha sizing that
former State head of this orgd MIA
lion has just served a penitentiary
term, and that the attorney genera
and justice OF the Supreme Court Of
kansas have been shown TO be on thc
league s pay roll while holding public
office. Representative Britten, Repub
lican. of Illinois, late yesterday intro
duced a joint resolution calling fol
congressional investigation of the
-Anti-Saloon League.
This investigation would be by
Joint committee comprised of five
members of the House and three of
the Senate, and the resolution author
ICES an appropriation of $4,000 TO
meet expenses
In the resolution AIr. Britten as
serts that for a number of years past
q corporation known as the Anti
Saloon League Of America and its
various subsidiaries have raised and
expended large sums of money, the
which have not been made public.
The name adopted by the lea que
Was and is fraudulent and misleading
As TO its intentions and purposes
which are TO establish at any cost
complete prohibition and not alone to
abolish the saloon.
Large sums Of money have been
used TO influence public opinions in
various ways wholly unsuspected by
troll elections and to pay professional
organizers and lobbyists throughout
the United States, and particularly in
the District of Columbia.
"For many Years the Anti Saloon
Leagu of America its respective
State departments or subsidiaries
have openly and flagrantly violated
the national campaign contributions
law and the corrupt practices laws Of
the several and certain OF the States.
Says Nolstead Got Reward.
The Anti-Saloon League of Amer
ica did pay campaign expenses Of An
drew J. Nulstead while he was chair
man Of the committee on the judiciary.
which committee favorably reported
and had passed the now famous ana
thoroughly discredited socalled Vol
stead law.
The -Anti-Saloon League OF Amer,
lea is generally credited with having
added the eighteenth amendment 10
the Constitution of the United States
a we'll as the national prohibition act.
by the Congress Of the United States.
as we'll as enforcement acts by the
Legislatures Of many States of the
Union.
a." This same secret orga MIA ton has
attempted TO influence Federal judi
Cial appointments, has publicly de
nounced judicial officers and decisions
has attempted 10 influence the Presi-
dent of the United States in his ap
pointments of heads of departments,
has actually exercised its inSidiuus in
fiuence successfully upon the Bureau
of Internal Revenue of the Treasury
Department to the extent that ap
pointments of persons under the pro
hibition commissioner have been
made only with the sanction and ap
proval of the said Anti-Saloon League
of America.
High officials of this secret organ
ization or its subsidiaries have been
sent TO State penitentiaries for col
lecting large sums of money under
false pretenses. while on the other
hand it has recently been shown thai
a justice of a State Supreme Court
and an attorney general of a sov-
ereign State Of the Union have long
been on the pay roll of the Anti
Saloon League.
The welfare of the State and the
Nation are jeopardized when public
officials elected by the State to en-.
force all laws are receiving two sal
aries, one from the State and the
other from an overpoUering secret
corporation.
Although the resolution mentions
no names said Mr.. Britten in an au
thorized statement, 1T indirectly re
fers to William H. Anderson, former
head of the Anti-Saloon League for
New York. who has just completed q
term in Sing Sing and 1t also refers
indirectly to Justice Richard J. Hop
kins of the State Supreme Court and
Attorney General Charles s. Griffith
both of Kansas, who were credited
with being on the pay roll Of the Anti
Saloon League after an investigation
Of the leagues affairs in Topeka.
kans.
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