Evening star., 1930-05-23
LAW ENFORCEMENT
HELD.|MPROvED
ae3ride Convinced Com
piaint Against Hoover and
Mellon Is Wrong.


quite az active and aggressive as hi
predecessor, the late Wayne B. Wheeler
mt. wheeler was very able man
and do not claim 10 measure up Il
him" Mcbride retoined.
"Is your inertia the cause Of fallinl
of of the league funds?" Blaine asked
Mcbride said reports submitted
showed the funds had not diminished.
The Wisconsin Senator presented |
Wheeler report concerning the Volsteat
act, which read In part:
"When presented the bill to Mr.
Volstead he made several suggestions
and changes and after O conference with
q number of our friends in Congress tht
bill was introduced"
Appointments Satisfactory.
Mcbride testified that the prohibition
commissioners appointed had been satls'
factory to the league.
Another report submitted by Wheeler
In July, 1921, which was read, said M
had the assurance of the administration
that no one would be appointed as pri-
hibition commissioner who was obJec'
tionable to us"
This Wheeler report read In part:
1.-THE activities Of this department for
the last quarter have been largely il,
securing additional law-enforcement
legislation and in helping to bring about
the appointment of national law-en-
forcement officers who would honestly
attempt to enforce the national pro-
hibition act.
After the most Objectionable candi-
dates were eliminated for internal rev.
erue commissioner, It looked for several
days as though Gov. Hooper Of Ten
riessee would be appointed. The Presi-
dent was friendly to his appointment
but the Secretary Of the Treasury felt
that he could not handle the business
end Of 1t as well as Mr.. 8. Blair.
"Mr. Blair stood right on this ques-
tion and It was impossible. Of course
for us to even express any opposition
to his appointment. ~s
"The most difdcult contest which we
faced was In securing an efficient on
Ger for prohibition commissioner. There
was a feeling on the part Of some OF
our temperance leaders that all of the
temperance organizations should get
together, pick out q man and insist
upon his appointment. AS the contest
developed IL became more manifest
that this would not have been suc-
"The prohibition commissioner salts.
factory to the middle the.road tenn.
perance people made It clear that Il
we had pursued that course we wolllc
have failed, and in that failure woule
have been discredited before the TEN.
perance people Of the country. has
the assurance from the administration
that no one would be appointed fol
this position who was Objectionable tx
us, and proceeded at every step II
the faith that this promise would b
kept"
and called Edward B. Dunford, attor-
ney for the Anti-Saloon League.
Dunford testified that the leagues
penditures had conformed to legal re-
Q,lirements.
In 1928, he said, the league directed
lis efforts toward election OF dry
President and dry members Of Con-
errss. Thsv were not named.
$1,000 Sent to Montana.
Dunford said 81 900 also was sent X
Montana In 1928 for use in prohi-
bition referendum $685.
It was sent to w, I. Wade Of Helena
Mont. he said. 92fS ; skS Sss =
Senator walsh, Democrat, Montana
said the records apparently showed that
no report was made for June or July
The witness explained that the regu-
lar force or the league was used until
August Q, the first expenditure, Walsh
said. for that date.
Walsh gave the records to Dunforc
and asked him to point out an instance
where the expenditure did not 70 fol
salaries of league employees In Wash
ington or Westerville, Ohio, nationa
headquarters.
The committee adjourned until Tues.
day.