Word: repealers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...favor of modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beers, with a total vote of 1471 to 1047. It was distinctly a day of victory for the moderates--the out and out wets succeeding in getting even less for their proposition of repeal of the 18th amendment than did the bone drys for their stand of no change in the laws and more rigorous enforcement...
While not pretending to decide either question, it may be permitted to comment upon them. As regards prohibition, one may with some confidence expect the college vote to favor "more vigorous enforcement of the Prohibition Amendment" rather than modification or repeal. For contrary to newspaper editorials and periodic sudden squalls on the part of reformers, the majority of college students, like the majority of the nation, are unwaveringly dry. More interesting will be the revelation of how strong the minority is in college and how strong the minority of Atlantic Coast states is in the nation...
...Mellon plan, when stripped of its minor provisions, only offers substantial tax relief to the 525,000 individual income surtax payers. I make this statement because Congress could repeal the entire income taxes of the 6,136,000 individuals with incomes of $5,000 or less, which would involve a revenue loss of only $92,790,000, thereby leaving the 525,000 large income surtax payers as the chief beneficiaries of the Mellon income tax recommendations. Dealing with the reduction of surtaxes on these 525,000 incomes in America constitutes the head and front of the Mellon income tax proposals...
...bonus bill came up and was the subject of a lively debate last week. The World Court and repeal of the Volstead Act are on the calendar for after Christmas...
...Communist Labor Party announced in Christiania that it would join the Conservatives and Agrarians in voting for the repeal of the Prohibition Law. This was said to make certain the end of prohibition in Norway when the Storting (Parliament) meets in the middle of January. The fact that there is an early chance of a complete revocation of the Prohibition law delighted many, but not the bootleggers, who have managed to thrive on smuggling spirits...