Show DRY LA LAW LAV V FOE ON STAND i UTAH SOLON TAKES H HAND AND IN N QUI QUIZ Z Stayton Says Group Seeks to Repeal Amendment MEMBERS Sa Says s He Ic Wants Dry to Do Ques Ques- Ques Questioning Ques WASHINGTON June 30 fEy 10 ByTho The Associated Press Press from Its Inquiry Into the th affairs affair ot of dry organizations the th senata senat campaign funds committee today called before It Captain William WilliamH H 11 Stayton of ot Maryland lIfar founder Counder and national chairman ot of the Association Against the Pro Pro- Prohibition Pro Prohibition Amendment To complete the contrast be- be between between be between tween the th days day's session and thO those who have havo preceded It Chairman Reed turned turned tho the witness over to dry members ot of the committee for tor questioning retarding regarding the ac- ac ac activities th lUes of the wet organization l lii politics Its presidency and Its finances It It has been slanderously stat stat- stated stated at- at ed that I am a a wet said Reed There Thero are ar several drys dry od on the committee Captain and I shall turn Cap Cap- Cap tam tain Stayton over over- overto to ono one on of ot you for for- examination Then there th ro r wont won't be any charge that I ant am covering up CO COME fE HED The dry senators had come corn Into the committee room fortified by voluminous information presented by Wayne B Wheeler of ot the th Antl Saloon Anti Saloon league who ha has charged expenditures by wet Interests In Inthe inthe the recent Pennsylvania primary Just before betor Stayton Staton was called to the th stand the committee held helda a long lone executive session at which It examined the tho dry leaders leader's In- In Information information In Information formation on cit that subject Wheel Wheeler er cc himself was 33 on hand for tOr the public session taking a II seat in inthe Inthe the front row s- s IL When Senator Heed withdrew from the questioning ot of o Stayton examination of the tho th witness was I takeno er taken over by Senator KIng Kinc Dem- Dem Continued on rage Page Trio Tuo TV DRY LAW FOE IS QUESTIONED Continued From page One Utah Stayton said the purpose of the organization he founded In 1918 was to encourage obedience to the dry laws so long longas longas longas as they were ere on the statute books but to do everything ever thing that could be done decently to bring about the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment and the act hats the membership ot of you your organization 7 King asked I think It Is Distributed over the over the states yes fairly generally a little larger In Ohio and New York than In other states Stayton Staton said ald when the association association association tion was organized there was 18 a discussion about its taking part In such political activities as might bring about the repeal ot of o the dry acts Does Does your association conduct conducta a newspaper 7 The parent organization does not but some ot of the state bodies have done so so EXAMINATION U DELAYED He testified that Dr J J Seel- Seel man Seel-man man of ot Milwaukee Is vice president president dent of ot the national association and that Gordon G C C Hinckley of ton Washington Is secretary and treas treas- treasurer treasurer treasurer The headquarters here are In eight small rooms he said with a staff of about 30 The examination was suspended at this point while the committee went Into executive session with John J McGrain deputy serge serge- sergeant sergeant sergeant ant at arms of the tho senate te as to why to-why wh why subpoenas had not been served on Thomas Thoma W v Cunning Cunning- Cunningham Cunningham ham Cunning ham ot of Philadelphia treasurer of oC the Republican state committee and magistrate Frank X 1 OCon O'Connor O'Connor nor OCon nor Vare antl-Vare leader In South Philadelphia No was as made ma after atter the executive session and the questioning of ot Stayton was resumed Ho He said that In these states where here the association was strong It would go 0 ahead with activities In the election this year and proceed v with Ith a program ot of o education to build up tho the organ organ- organization organization in other states To what extent do you control primaries or elections 7 King Bing asked To as great an extent as We can through our membership Do you OU urge Democrats to go Into Republican primaries and vice versa 1 Yes ours Is a partisan non or- or organization or organization and we aim aim to keep keepit keepit t it so POSITIONS S LEARNED Stayton said his organization sought to ascertain the position of candidates In wet and dry question and then urge Its mem mem- members members members bers to support those favoring re- re repeal re repeal peal of ot the eighteenth amend amend- amendment amendment ment mont Campaigns are conducted through newspaper advertising mass meetings and by letter Ex- Ex Explaining Ex Explaining the way the national and state organizations operated co-operated he said that state stale branch members paid the national organization at atthe atthe atthe the rate of 25 21 cents for each member At the outset In n 1918 the association had only a small In- In Income income In Income come he said Mid adding that he took the responsibility of ot making no report At At that time the Saloon Anti Anti league was wall reported to be sp Ing id Ing two or three million a year and our fund was so small that I thought It would hurt the work to make a report he continued A MONTH The Income gradually Increased until the national and stale or- or organizations organizations or organizations were handling a total ot of a month The witness estimated the an- an annual an annual nual Income of the national and state organizations organization as about 40 40 0 a month or annually What What hat If It any activities did your ors organization take In the recent Pennsylvania primary King Bing asked In the early part this year we sent Pennsylvania current literature to Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania Then early in April I had Charles S Wood our tive representative In Philadelphia come here for consultation Then we went back to Pennsylvania and consult consult- consulted consulted ed cd our members as to whether we should declare tor for William S Yare Vare for the senate oo 00 |