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Show THE CHARGE ST LOCIS. June 14. A letter, . barging the Lnlted States is "incomparably "incom-parably the biggest bootlegger In the world written by August A Busch, president of the Anheuser Busch. lnc , . while enroute to Europe aboard th" st mi hip George Wiishinglon, and I which has been forwarded to Presi-' Id nt Harding was made public here I today, together w ith an accompanying letter by AdolphUS Busch III, his son. , A third letter by Anheuser Busch. Inc.,! addressed to members of congress re- J quests an Investigation into the cn- . forrement department of the govern-1 i ment in relation to the prohibition ; act 1 he letter of August A. Busch. addressed ad-dressed to his associates, says In part. "We are now approaching the coait Lof France. As this vessel is operated by the i'nlted States shipping board II was amazed to learn that the ship, plmc board vessels are the wettest j on the ocean". "1 learn that passage on these ships has been sold with a positive money-bui money-bui k guarantee that the bars for tho1 sab- of Intoxicating liquors would be I throw n wide as soon as they pass trie i three-mile coast line. WORLDS BIOGUSI BOQTIJEGGER This makes the United States in- cQj&pajaJalj the biggest bootlogger in the world. ' Two reasons I believe should im-pel im-pel us to bring this Information to the! attention of the president are that the' bhlel executive is barged with the' duty of defending the constitution and, taking care that the laws aro falth-fUllj falth-fUllj executed and should be informed! ff this fact. "As manufacturers of legal products ! we havo been forced for more thun ! two years to meet unfair and unlaw I fill competition In practically everyl tow n and city in the United States. I ! For the Lnlted tSatc-s to set aside Its constitution and laws In the operation, l of Its own business enterprises. Increases In-creases our difficulties many fold, because be-cause it encourages violators of tti'i : law to renewed and greater activity j SKLL BOOZE TO MAKE MONEY. "I understand that tho shipping; board has brought to the notice of. ! high officials of tho government the , I fact that It could not compote on the high seas with the ships of other na-tlons na-tlons and obey the i onstitution and' tho Volstead act And either by di-I di-I rect cr Indirect means, the shipping1 board Is permitted to do In the dark that which It Is illegal to do In order' that It mu make money . . . "Wo should submit to the president that the government's toleration of. I the violation of the law by the ship-' I ping board Is proof that prohibition 1 laws as now written are either lm- practical and non-enforceable, or are ( being disregarded deliberately. . . . I "The fact that citizens of the Unlteo" States would not buy passage on ships Of the United States so long as the Volstead act was operative upon these ships gives us a real sentiment of 3 ' considerable part of the American peo'- j pie with respect to prohibition and w-e believe, that a great majority desire de-sire a modification of tho Volstead I act. ..." LETTER I 'ROM SON. The b-tler of Adoinhus Buch HI I which accompanied the letter of his, father to tho president, written from this city under the date of Juno & 1922, says In part: 'I am transmitting herewith a letter let-ter wo 'have Just received from my father August A Busch, president ot ' Anheuser Busch. Inc.. written on1 board the United states steamship George Washington. A copy of thO wine list enumerating IntosloatingI liquors of every character is enclosed for your information "Because it is axiomatic that Amer-, lean ships wherever they float aro American territory and under the jurisdiction or the laws of the United' States the government's liquor policy regarding the ships of the United, States shipping board constitute a violation vio-lation of the constitution and the Vole stead act In at least three Important j respects coxsnsn tk 101 ited. As American sovereignty follows! tho flag It Is a violation of the constitution con-stitution and the enforcement act for the government to sell intoxicating' (Continued on Page TWO.) I THE CHARGE ' (Continued from Tage One) liquors or permit its sale on board any ship of the United States anywhere any-where in the world "It is a violation of the constitution constitu-tion and the law for the government ships to transport Intoxicating liquor within the three-mile coast line. ' are reliably Informed that the; advertisement of the United States, lines published In European liOWi papers announced Choice Win liquors on ships of the L nit. d states PREACHING RESPECT. "We are also reliably Informed thai during all th.- time that the government govern-ment has been violating th- prolilb; i lion laws it has had public flgun-a touring the country for the especial purpose of preaching respect for tho prohibition laws to the American peo ple. "We are enclosing what appears to i be a government-inspired newspaper editorial making a plea for the continued con-tinued violation of the prohibition lawa on board United States ships "The governments disregard of thai prohibition law and Its policy of In- spiring editorial support of exemp- I tlon of one of its business enterprises fj, from the operation of the law on tho I snc hand, and Its feeble attempt to I enforce it and the employment of i K skilled orators to counsel respect fur I the law on the other hand appears ttf' f be most Inconsistent." I WINE LISTS SHOWN. The letter of the Anheuser-Busch., I Inc.. to members of congress Inviting Ji their attention to the wine lists of I the shipping board steamers requeaU ? a congressional Inquiry into the con-! S dltlons regarding the enforcement of the prohibition act. The letter in pari r follows. ji "We have repeatedly brought to the; !j notice of the congress of the United I States and tho administrative officials I the fact that the prohibition law if I so loosely enforced as to Invite in- s vestigatlon and under these condition l the manufacturers of lawful products' j are being driven out of business I HURTS LAW ABIDERS. I "When the government of the Unit- ed States permits one of its depart - mcnts to violate tho prohibition law j on the most extensive scale in tho world it helps create a condition which aggravates the difficulties of! fj those manufacturers who have spent I millions of doUars to convert their I properties" for tne production of law-i ful products and who as a matter of! good citizenship, have obeyed the' 1 law." The letter further savs that tha n government In violating Its own law . sets an example of 'hypocrisy, un- I paralleled in the history oi the re- public.'' |