AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
CANDIDATES AND PROHIBITION SENATOR CURTIS’S REPLY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, WASHINGTON, January 25. (Received January 26, at 10.35 a.m.) Senator C. D. Curtis has replied to Senator Borah’s letter regarding Prohibition. He said: “Should I be nominated and elected President I would favor meeting the issue squarely, and believe in strict, energetic enforcement of the laws to carry out the constitutional amendment.” Senator Curtis stated that he was opposed to the policy of allowing the States to determine the alcoholic content of beverages. He was also opposed to the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
[A previous message stated that Senator Borah has begun a campaign to place all the candidates for Republican Presidential nomination on record regarding Prohibition. Senator Borah has sent Senator Curtis a public letter asking his attitude, and announced that he intends sending similar letters to all the Republican candidates. He asked Senator Cuitis whether he favored the Prohibition plank in the Republican platform, also what would be his attitude towards enforcement if elected; also whether he would favor an executive programme to enable the States to determine the alcoholic content of liquor sold within their borders; also whether he would favor a repea of the Volstead Act or the Eighteenth Amendment.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19774, 26 January 1928, Page 6
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