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...House the Wet attack centred on Messrs. Upshaw of Georgia and Blanton of Texas. Congressman Tydings of Maryland declared: "Anyone who dares to say anything against the 18th Amendment is called un-American or a hypocrite. As a matter of fact the prohibition law is unChristian. Listen to what St. Paul said: 'If righteousness shall come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain...
...Anyone who tries to be a Christian and a prohibitionist must lead a double life. I commend that sentence to the gentlemen from Georgia [Mr. Upshaw] and Texas [Mr. Blanton]. Truth crushed to earth will rise again...
Congressman Blanton of Texas (Democrat) proposed a resolution 1) abolishing courts martial in times of peace; 2) making Colonel Mitchell a Brigadier General and Chief of the Army Air Service; 3) giving him $5,000 reimbursement for standing trial; 4) imposing on Brigadier General Drum (Assistant Chief of Staff) and Major General Nolan (Acting Chief of Staff) the same sentence given Colonel Mitchell by the court martial; 5) depriving Brigadier General King and Major General Graves, two of the Court, of half their pay for five years...
...Colonel Blanton Winship, the polished law officer of the Court, of course accepted the delay with equanimity. James O'Donnell...
Bennett, correspondent, printed an able pen sketch of Colonel Winship: "He is the embodiment of Sir Philip Sidney's definition of a gentleman. But Blanton Winship of Georgia is not only the politest man in the Army of the United States. He is more than manners. He is a gifted lawyer and a fine soldier. He is an exceptional horseman and always has owned good horses...