Word: upshaw
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Another member is William D. Upshaw, able and sincere, but enthusiastically misguided. He thinks he is a St. George fighting dragons, yet I admire him for the 'spirit' he puts into his fight...
...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...
...this Mr. Upshaw retorted: "As the trusted representative of millions** of God-fearing Americans, I would feel like a coward if I were to fail to brand such an indictment of my faithful comrades as miserably and palpably untrue...
William David Upshaw, Congressman from Georgia, sitting on a piano stool, holding his crutches: "Mr. Chairman and fellow booze fighters-I am opposed to a campaign of law enforcement...
...your issue of Oct. 5, you printed tha reply of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler to Congressman William D. Upshaw's challenge to debate with him the Prohibition question. To say that Dr. Butler's reply is flippant is to speak mildly. Dr. Butler should set a good example to the young. That is not an effective way to teach. They are not in need of examples of flippancy, rudeness and insult. Dr. Butler could have ignored the challenge, but why publicly insult Mr. Upshaw? He says the Congressman's nickname is Pshaw and hence...