Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...think I have made it abundantly clear that the [Repeal] platform of the Democratic Party adopted last year should be carried out in so far as it lies in our power. ... I subscribe to the Democratic platform...
Helpful though the President's message was to their cause in the South, many ardent antiProhibitionists wondered why Mr. Roosevelt persisted in endorsing Repeal syllogistically instead of stepping out boldly in his own person and saying: "I favor Repeal...
With not a single State dissenting, 16 have so far disavowed national Prohibition. Sixteen more will vote before December. Enough additional States may possibly join the Wet parade to effect Repeal by Jan. 1. Such was the earnest hope of nondrinking "General" Farley as he and his Democratic machine concentrated their activities on the South last week...
Officiating at the opening of a Federal building in Greensboro, N. C., he declared: "I am for Repeal, the President is for Repeal, and the national party platform is for Repeal. After Repeal, the right of North Carolina to determine its own methods of dealing with the liquor traffic will be firmly established, and the Federal Government will cooperate with...
Having fired this opening gun, "General" Farley prepared for a South-wide radio address from Memphis on the eve of the Tennessee-Alabama-Arkansas voting. Senators Robinson of Arkansas and Harrison of Mississippi were ready to make a whirlwind campaign in behalf of Repeal on the strict basis of party loyalty...