Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-30
SAYS WHEELER PAID
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
HinckIey Charges Expenses
Are Given for Propaganda
J$@H
to Hudson Group.

G. c. Hincl1ley, national secretary
of the Association Against the Pro
hibitiou Amendment, last night issued
a statement charging that Wayne t.
Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti
Saloon League. had been paying eX-
penses of the House committee on the
alcoholic liquor traffic, in order to
enable the committee to issue propa'
ganda for the league.
The charge was prompted by an
nouncement by Representative Hud-
son, Republican. of Michigan, chair.
man of the committee. that he favor
ed investigation of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
and its financing.
Group Owns Committee"
at has Just been disclosed" said
Mr.. Hinckley, that Wayne b. Wheel
er, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League, has been paying the expenses
of the committee on alcoholic liquor
traffic, of which Mr.. Hudson is the
chief factotum. to enable it to issue
propaganda for the benefit of the
league. This is probably the first time
in the history of the Government that
any private organization was able to
own COHlfniLteR Oh SOiSISSS AoA
propaganda purposes"
Asserting that "all the money col
lected by the league has been used
for the single purpose of controlling
politics. either directly or indirectly,
Mr.. Hinckley continued
Junlsets Are Charged.
I'm addition to the money collected
It has used the Government as its
propaganda agent to get its partisan
literature into the hands of the peo-
pie, and it has even bulldoZed Congress
into voting large appropriations for
sending its representatives to Europe
on propaganda junkets and then had
the reports of it's meetings printed
and distributed at the expense of the
Government"
The Anti-Saloon League, Mr.. Hinck-
ley said, never has accounted to the
public or it's contributors for more
than a mere fraction of the great
slush fund it has used" On the other
hand, he added, the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment
has welcomed congressional investiga-
ton and has made public the names
of its larger contributors.
Wheeler Has Statement.
Hinckley's statement said that Mr..
Hudson formerly was superintendent
of the Michigan Anti-Saloon League,
and in Congress, it added, he is 'still
true to his old master"
Coincident with Mr.. Hnckley's
charges, Mr.. Wheeler issued a state
ment for the Anti-Saloon League de-
claring that all of the SIT ,000, 900 spent
by his organization was clean money
given by unselfish folk for a patriotic
purpose" He said that fund would
look like a plugged nickel alongside
of the money expended by the liquor
interests.
The Anti-Saloon League fund did,
however, Mr.. Wheeler added, PRO
vide for sufficient educational work
among the citizens to prevent the
brewers propagandists from defeating
the enforcement of prohibition.
"Silent on VETS"
These attacks upon the Anti
Saloon League emphasize the silence
Of the committees Senate campaign
funds committee) report on the activi-
ties of the vets. their financing by
brewers and others interested in the
liquor business and their disregard of
the statutory requirements concern
ing political organizations and cam
paign funds under the Federal cor
rupt practice act.
I'VE sent to the Investigating com.
mittee letters and documents which
substantiated our insistence that the
vets had been ignoring or violating
the law, while the Anti Saloon League
had observed it,"