The Washington times., 1930-05-09
NJ bride ADMITS
ATTEMPTS To
RULE BENCH
Anti-SaIoon Leagues Views
on Candidates Submitted
to White House, Chief Says
(continued From Paee Il

ORGANIZATION eVaueS the reuordi
corrupt practices act"
eve don't evade It,"
"HOw much was spent in the
1928 campaign"
about 100000 by the ma
tiOnal organization"
How much by the StateS?"
"A total of both national and
State organizations of SI7S,0O0.
The question you are going into
now Is legal and / would rather
have our counsel answer them.
We try to live up to the law"
You say most Of your politi-
cal work is done back in the
States"
Until 1921 all of it was back
in the States"
What per cent of your work
Is pOliticaI?"
Il couldn't answer that but
/ would say per cent"
Speech Contradictory
Blaine read from the Congress
Sional Record a speech of Nc.
Brides placed there by Senator
Sheppard CD Of Texas, Febru.
ary 13, 1890, in which Mcbride
said go per cent of our work
clusters around elections"
THAT includes election of
members of COngreSs?"
eyes,"
"The President?"
Eyes"
and gOvernOrs?"
''Yes."
at is said that 43 out of As
governors are dry" -..
"Yes," .
'WhO are the dry and who
are the wet gOvernOrs?" -
II don't know"
Told to Find Out
"YOu find out and tell as
the five governors who are wet
and tell this committee. / in
tend to examine you on that
am the activities o. your State
organization on this"
Blaine then read McBride's re-
port of legislative committees in
which Mcbride reported that
only five wet governors were
elected in 1928"
"YOu took credit for that?"
ooh, no, that was the dry
EAwNk iu1NOSNk nf AhA xNanvNlnD
II know you are modest"
Upon questioning by Blaine,
Mcbride read from a speech of
his which said the league was
born of God and led by Him"
"YOu consider it SON Of
God?"
81 said it was born Of God"
what gave you the right to
say that this organization was
born out of heaven?"
at was born at a prayer
meeting"
II do not think God would
approve of some of your meth
DDS. This is prepOSterOus. It
b SacrilegiOuS and / want to
go on record on that. We all
know you cloak your activities
under the guiSe of religion"
THE league was born at
prayer meeting and has been
led by God ever since. We al
ways open our meetings with
prayer, even of the national
committee"
Blaine charged that the league
had not turned over all its files.
but Mcbride said all its records
are available to the committee.
II have here what purpOrtS
to be a resolution Of the ex-
ecutive committee at Chicago
by one william III. Anderson.
Who is he?"
"He was then superintendent
Of the league in New York"
rs he the Anderson who
was convicted of a felony and
sent to PRISON."
Il believe he is."
Questioned on Haynes
The resolution, which was
adopted, gave the general coun-
sci, then the late Wayne B.
the power to act for
the league in the matter of 'po-
litical appointments.
ut was under this that Roy
A. Haynes was made prOhibi.
tiOn director, wasn't it?"
Il think that MIR. Wheeler
looked up his record and
recommended him to the Presi-
dent"
Don't you know that four
times Haynes SuperiOrs were
about to remove him and
Wheeler prevented it?" > -
''NO." ID" .''i''i.ac tls
Don't you know that Wheeler
tried to control Federal judges?"
81 don't think he did"
Didn't he recommend judges
to the PreSident?"
81 presume he might have
gone to the President with in
formation"
"And he did the same about
United States attOrneysP"