Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
DRY FOES REPORT
S583,79O EXPENSE
8-Month Record Exceeds
Prohibitions, Due to Latter's
Secrets, Is Explanation.

BY the Associated Press.
The Association Against the Prohibi-
ton Amendment in a statement today
said its expenditures this year appeared
much in excess of those by dry organt-
cations because the latter report only
a few dollars handled by special po-
litical committees which they trump
up each year for campaign purposes"
Its own expenses reported to Con-
greSS,' the association said, amounted TO
$3.50, 100 for the first eight months CT
the year, but of this only about Sl60 600,
or 81 per cent was chargeable directly
to political work. This sum, 1t added,
included 100000 previously reported
spent in the Pennsylvania primary
campaign, and the rest went out in
small appropriations "in support of sew
eral repeal candidates for the Senate
and House in the primaries N Vermont.
Massachusetts,. New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, Wisconsin. Nebraska, Wyoming
and Washington"
$4,000 for Dry Reports.
Dry expenditure reports up to Sep
TENDER accounted for slightly less than
$4,000, divided among several organi-
cations.
"The total expenditure in eight
months of $3.50, 900, covering all our ac-
tivities toward repeating law that the
the late Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti
Saloon League declared before Senate
committee cost total of more than a
million dollars a year for 80 years, is
still lower expense rate than the pro-
fibitors enjoyed" the wet association
asserted
The dry organizations, it continued,
''make no report whatever Of their vast
publishing house at Westerville, Ohio,
ax,I civ 10 Ia
a colossal scale. The identity of their
contributors and the nature of their
disbursements in that field are con-
cealed from the public and constitute a
secret known only to themselves. We
have no secrets"
Beyond the strictly political expenses
the association said its funds went TO
educational and organization work. A
membership of 326,422, representing
every State in the Union, was claimed,
with fully organized divisions in IA
States OF the total receipts up to Au-
gust 81, the association said, $431 ,945
was contributed by GAO members in
sums of 500 or more and the remain
ing $1i4740 came from 13,435 contrib
utors of amounts below $500. A dollar
apiece was given by 3,402 members, 1t
said. and no contributions were accept
ed from brewery or distillery interests.
Inc Statement llSlcQ 80 COAiIA4DuOOAo Va
more than $1,000. One contribution
was for $4,000, three for $4,000 and
four for $4,000.
Two Local Contributors.
Two local contributors were on the
list: Larz Anderson for $2.0l0 and Will
liam Phelps Emo for $4,000. Other con-
tributors included John j. Raskob,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee $4,000; Howard Bruce, Bal
tirnore, 81 900; Richard T. Crane, jr.,
Chicago $25,l00; Lammont du Pont,
Wilmington, $4,000; Pierre S. du Pont,
Wilmington, $50, 300; Marshall Field,
New York City. $4,000; Edward S. Hark-
ness, New York City. 100000; Arthur
Curtiss James, New York City, $4,000;
Eldridge R. johnson, Camden. N. j.,
$4,000; Thomas w. Phillips, jr., But
Ter, Pa, $4,000, and Charles H. Sabin,
New York City, $4,000.