Show PROHIBITIONIST DEFENDS TRICKS Pussyfoot Says His Tac Tac- Tactics Tac- Tac Tactics Tactics tics Vere Were Legitimate Deception NEW YORK April 24 CRy 2 The Associated WIllIam Press WilliamE E B Pussy Pussyfoot toot Johnson answered criticism abroad growing out of cabled accounts of a magazine article of his published I under the tho caption I Had to Lie BrIbe and Drink to Put Over Prohibition tion Uon In America by announcing that the th tactics tactic he h employed were ere simply the tho th mate legitimate tricks or of reputable detective detect agencies g In securing evidence against he h cabled to the th Lon Lon- London Lon Lon- London London don office ottic ot of the th World League Leagus Against Alcoholism In tn response to Inquiry I have hav habitually used legitimate tricks trick of deception practiced by Scotland Yard Tard the American secret cret service and every reputable detective on onearth onearth onearth earth I have hav used the th same am tricks of deception that were employed by bytho bythe byth the tho allies In the th great Ireat war and sImilar tricks trick were employed byth by bythe bythe the armies armie of o Israel when they conquered the tha Holy Land under the direction ot of God himself lt I merely described thee thea practices In my say article For this I have havno no apologies to make op 00 |