Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-09
DRY LEAGUE DIVINE,
M'BR|DE DECLARES
Blaine Describes Remarks
as "SacriIegious and
Outrageous"
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and State organizations had reported
political expenditures of $l7S,000..
Approximately $loo: 600 represented
expenditures Of the National League,
he said.
I'VE have done our level best to con-
form to the Federal corrupt practices
act from the beginning" he added. I'VE
are the first organization that did that"
The witness said he spent about two
thirds of his time out of Washington.
Answering a question, Mcbride said:
The league was born of God, 1t has
been led by Him and will fight on while
He leads. The one thing that stands out
is that those things in the way Of
progress of the Kingdom Of God must
get out of the way"
Began in Prayer Meeting.
1T know you regard your organization
as a son of God and that it is delegated
by God to carry on" Blaine said.
II began in a prayer meeting" NC
Bride remarked.
did you have any message from
God that he gave birth to this organi-
Zation?"
Mcbride said all the sessions were
opened by prayer and that 1t had been
Asserting that he knew the league
puts on the cloak of religion and claims
to be the fundamentally of God, -
Blaine said. IT don't believe God would
approve some of your practices"
He asserted that McBride's state
ment was "sacriligious and outrageous
thing"
The exchange was ended by a de-
mand by Senator Robinson, a Republic
can dry from Indiana. that the COM
mittee get back to lobbying"
Mcbride said the salary of the late
Wayne B Wheeler, his predecessor,
never exceeded $4,000 a year and the
first 10 years total was $4,000. He
years.
Blaine asked if Wheeler had not OBJ
tanned the appointment of John r.
Kramer as the first prohibition COM
missioner.
|. II don't think So" Mcbride said "I
know he was favorable to Kramer"
Approval in Appointments.
Blaine also asked if a letter had not
been written by Z. c. Yellowley. now
prohibition commissioner at Chicago,
which said no prohibition appointments
we're to be made without Anti-Saloon
League approval.
IT never heard Of it." Mcbride said.
Maybe we can get the letter." Blaine
returned.
Blaine read from league records q
statement that Wheeler dictated the
appointment" of Roy A. Haynes, former
prohibition commissioner.
Il don't think he ever said that, u
Mcbride said.
Blaine then read report purporting
to have been made by Wheeler in July,
1921, which said in part:
II have had assurance from the ad-
ministration that no one will be ap-
pointed who is Objectionable to u.s.
Blaine said it was general knowledge
that there was q shocking condition
of corruption in the department" dur
ing Haynes tenure of office.
You couldn't get him reappointed,
he said.
II don't recall that we tried" COM
mented Mcbride.
Blaine said Wheeler obtained another
position for Haynes in the Treasury
Department.
HE was a very efficient prohibition
commissioner and did splendid work, "
Mcbride said. adding that the same
was true of Kramer.
Mcbride said the Reed committee
which Investigated campaign expendi-
lures in 1925 still had some Of the
leagues records.
Caraway told John Holland, the COM
mittee investigator to inform Hicklin
Yates, former secretary to Senator Reed,
Democrat, Missouri, to produce the rec
ords or appear before the committee
Tuesday.