Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-15
T|NKHAM ATTACKS
DRY ORGANIZATIONS
Charges Anti-SaIoon League
Has Violated Federal Cor
rupt Practices Act.
BY the Associated Press.

renewing MS hCIack akhIISb cry
organizations, Representative Tink-
ham; Republican, Massachusetts,, today
charged before the Senate lobby COM
mittee that the Anti-Saloon League had
"fiagrantly and audaciously" violated
the Federal corrupt practices act and
that the Southern Methodist Board Of
Temperance and Social Service had
engaged in offensive and coercive lob
bying activities"
Tinkham, q wet, demanded that these
organizations, along with Bishop James
Cannon. jr., chairman Of the Methodist
board, be investigated by the lobby
committee. His testimony was COM
pleted today.
Previously, Tinkham had requested
an investigation Of the Board of Tenn
perance, Prohibition and Public Morals
of the Northern Methodist Church and
the Federal Council of Churches.
All of the organizations viii be given
an opportunity to reply to Ttnkham.
The committee tomorrow will ques-
ton Henry H. Curran, president Of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment
Saying the league had collected and
expended SCI, 1913 from 1883 to 1925
inclusive, Tinkham testified that only
nominal returns" had been made to
tives of the sums used for political
purposes"
Table Reveals Collections.
The witness presented the committee
With a table intended to show the
money collected and expended by the
National Anti-Saloon League and 81
State leagues from 1920 to 1885, in
elusive.
Total receipts were given as $13,116.-
433 and expenditures as $l3,065,SlS
The estimated figure for 1926 disnurse'
mentS was 100000.
Tinkham charged that until 1920 the
league made mo returns whatever" I'M
der the Federal corrupt practices act
which was passed in 1912.
1.-The league and its State SubS1d-
iaries are a political committee under
the wording Of the Federal corrupt
practices act" he continued, and its
activities come within the terms OF the
Federal corrupt practices act"
Senator Robinson, Republican, In
diana. asked Tinkham if he would OBJ
ioct to the league using money to edu-
cate people to enforce the law.
IT am for enforcement of the law,
the witness replied. Il think the Anti.
saloon League should obey the corrupt
practices act"
he said Large sums of money" were
being raised by the league for political
purposes, and read letter sent out laSt
June by Foster Copeland, chairman OF
a league committee, which appealed Tor
contributions.
The money was to be used to build q
public sentiment" in support Of prohi-
bition, the witness said, and specihcauy
ito re-elect dry Congresses" ana a dry
President"
The letter said in the 1928 preSiden-
tial campaign 1.-The man opposed 70
prohibition was defeated and the can
didate who said I wish it to succeed
was elected" .,
BOARD of Temperance and Social Serv-
ice. which he charged with engaging II
"offensiye and coercive lobbying activi.
tteg.n Tinkham read letter he said nae
BEEN written In 1926 by Bishop cannon
to Senator Curtis, now Vice President.
He described it as an "audacious' sec
tartan appeal"
ate Republican leader, whether tnose
in control Of legislation IN the senate
stsnd that they are willing for Congress
To adjourn without passing important
prohibition legislation"
Letter Sent to Senators.
The Massachusetts Representative
testified a similar letter was sent 10
other Senator'S. ~,.u,
York capitalist. had contributed $4,000
to the Hoover campaign in 1928. OF
this. he testified, $65, 800 went to Bishop
Cannon. The witness said there was
no explanation Of the contribution to
Cannon. who was chairman OF the anu
Smith committee in Virginia in 1923. =.
Ttnkham said Jameson was the largest
single contributor to the Hoover CAM
paiRn fund and that the anti-Smltn
committee Of Virginia had reported q
donation Of $4,000 from Jameson.
Ala, Times, testified briefly concerning
a 81 900 check he had received In NO
venber last year from J. w. Worthlng-
ton. chairman Of the executive con'n1it-
tee of the Tennessee River Improve"
ment Association.
The witness said the check was for
expenses in promoting the work OF the
association, which has advocated the
proposal Of the American Cyanamid
co. to lease Muscle Shoals.
Pierce said he came to washington
on November II and saw a number OF
Senators and Representatives In regard
to the Cyanamid proposal.
He presented a number Of editorials
from his newspaper which he said
showed he had advocated private oper-
alton of Muscle SchoalS long before he
received the expensive check.
Have you expended the expense &C.
count?" Chairman Caraway asked.
More than that" Pierce said.
The witness added that he had re-
ceived $500 for subscriptions to his
newspaper, which were sent at Worth
inRton's direction to a list Of persons,
including the Senators and Representa-.
tives from Alabama, Tennessee and
Georgia.