PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.
.MESSAGE FROM PUSSYFOOT. By Ti-V. im;-', - -Bri’-s Associ.r, iou. WELLINGTON, June 17. In connection with the recent presidential nominations of the American Republican Party, the New Zealand Alliance is in receipt of a cable from Mr ("Pussyfoot”) Johnston, reading as follows : ■•The movement led by President Butler of Columbia University, for a ‘wet’ plank in the National Republican ’platform collapsed entirely. The convention ignored the proposal, declaring unanimously for .strict enlorcemont of the prohibition law. Air Coolidge and ALr Dawes are both ‘bone dry’ advocates.” A previous cable had stated it was expected that Pro-.idoni Butler would -time a sharp. Thmuili ineffective fight to secure modification of the Volstead Law.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 June 1924, Page 8
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