Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Investigated: 1) lobbying; 2) Congressional campaign expenses; 3) Communists; 4) chain and branch banking; 5) naval aviation; 6) post office leases; 7) repeal of the 18th Amendment; 8) the Pure Food & Drug Administration...
...TIME, June 30). Would he prevail upon the State Republican leaders, traditionally Dry in word if not in deed, to make the platform express his revolutionary personal views? If he did, it would be the first time since the passage of the 18th Amendment that its repeal had been demanded by any Republican organization...
Chicago's City Council, having heard outgoing Police Commissioner Russell say that his one insurmountable obstacle had been Prohibition, last week memorialized Congress to call a referendum on repeal of the 18th Amendment...
...scarce news TIME gives of this state tends more toward creating a picture of an indolent people ruled by a crazy governor and the dictates of a dying Democracy of the "Bible-Belt" South than a rather up-to-date state, very low in lynching scores, solidly for the repeal of Prohibition, and the matrix of much valuable thought...
...Wickersham's emphasis upon the importance of popular habits in determining the issue of a conflict such as is tearing the United States, if accepted at its face value, makes the struggle seem strangely futile. What actual effect would the repeal of prohibition legislation have? Those who now drink would drink better, cheaper and possibly more liquor, but it is hard to imagine that the substantial part of the population which finds its relaxation in other ways would be greatly affected. With working hours made shorter and less wearing, and sports, radio and automobiles to provide harmless occupations for leisure...