PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.
' REPUBLICANS THROW OUT •‘WET” PLANK. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, June 17. In connection with the recent Presidential nominations in the Republican Party in the United States, the New Zealand Alliance is in receipt of a cable from “Pussyfoot” Johnson, reading ias follows: “Movement led by President Butler, Columbia University, for a ‘wet’ plank in the National Republican platform collapsed entirely. The convention ignored the proposal, declaring unanimously for strict enforcement. President Coolidge and General Dawes are both bone dry.” A previous cable had stated that it was expected the President would stage “a sharp though ineffective fight to secure modification of the Volstead Law.’.’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 June 1924, Page 7
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108PROHIBITION IN U.S.A. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 June 1924, Page 7
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