The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-05
RAPS MELLON
FOR FAILURE
OF DRY LAWS
president Should Demand
Resignation Asserts
Brookhart.
DESCRIBES BOOZE PARTY
'What Prohibition Needs Is
General SmedIey Butler
Senate Told.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-Presi-
dent Hoover should demand the
resignation of Secretary Of Treas
urer Andrew w. Mellon for failure
to enforce prohibition and "get a
Smedley Butler or some one like
that" Senator Smith w. Brookhart,
ardent Iowa dry and independent
Republican, told the senate today
in describing what he had seen and
heard at a wet party" given for
United State senator's at hotel in
1926.
Major General Smedley Butler, to
whom Brookhart referred, was
loaned to the city of Philadelphia
several years ago to become super
intendent of public safety in an at
tempt to dry up" the city. Recently,
as commander of the marine base at
Quantico, Va, he refused to permit
his men to enter the city until the
bootleggers had been driven out.
Brookhart asserted there were a
large number of hip TASKS on a
table or bookcase in the ante-cham-
Der of the dining room and the
senators wet party, and that he and
other senators had been invited to
help themselves.
He said the dinner was given by
Walter j. Fahy, a Wall Street bro
ker, and that his position at the
dinner was between Otto Kahn of
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and E. E. Loomis
of j. P. Morgan & Co.
Neither Senator Smoot (Rep.,
Utah), the late Senator Gooding
(Rep., Idaho nor himself took any
of the TASKS, "but some of the
other boys helped themselves and
the Wall Street bunch was quite &C
tive in this respect" the Iowa SEN
ator said.
"As for the others they can an
swer for themselves as to whether
they got any," he added.
Urged He Attend
President pro tempore of the SEN
ate, George w. Moses (Rep., N. H.
urged that he attend the dinner,
Brookhart said.
When I got there, introductions
were made and I met the so-called
distinguished Senator-elect Ware of
Pennsylvania. Then some one lifted
a curtain from a table or book
case"
At this point, Senator Hatfield,
sitting next to Brookhart, reached
over to see the invitation, where
upon Brookhart waved him away,
saying:
Keep your hands off that"
There was a rack of beautiful
silver TASKS and the word went
around that they we're filled with
Scotch" Brookhart continued.
Somebody said: Help yourself B"
Brookhart said he did not help
himself and then absolved the other
senators named.
who is to blame?"
Not After Little Fellows
"I,ll tell you. I am not after the
little fellows. The man who is to
blame is Mr.. Andrew w. Mellon" !"
Brookhart replied. 1--WE offered
him $4,000, 900 to enforce prohibi-
tion at the last session of congress
and he turned it down. He didn't
want it.
"I want to call the attention of
the President to the fact that he,
has responsibility over Mr.. Mellon.
1t is up to him to remove Mr.. Mel
ion and get a Smedley Butler or
some one else like that, who means
business"
Brookhart said he would go be-
fore a grand jury here Wednesday
and answer questions as to liquor
parties IN Washington, because he
did not think United States sena-
tor ought to claim exemption.
"I congratulate President Hoover
on his personal stand. His example
has had a good effect among people
who toady after the big people"
He urged that the three reporters
for the Washington Times who have
been imprisoned for contempt Of
court in declining to reveal the
source of their information in con-
nection with recent liquor expose
follow his example and go before
the grand jury here.