Word: volstead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the results of the CRIMSON prohibition poll showing the sentiment of the University to be largely opposed to the Eighteenth Amendment as it now stands, comes an interview with Mr. Julian Codman '92, a prominent Boston lawyer, in which he decries the Volstead Act in the strongest terms. "In my opinion", says Mr. Codman, "drinking at Harvard never had any harmful effect...
...Elihu Root called at the White House to pay his respects, and stayed a long time with the President. When he came out reporters "pumped" but he only smiled wanly in response. He answered only one question, "Will the Volstead Act be modified?" remarking sagely: "Time will tell...
...modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beer...
...That is," Dr. Worcester then went on to say, "no member of the medical profession, unless he is a specialist who has not come in contact with the life of ordinary people, could be opposed to a law like the Volstead Act which prohibits the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks. A very good criterion of whether or not prohibition has had a beneficial influence among the workers of this country is the reports of Social Service organizations, which are unanimous in saying that the conditions they deal with are better since the prohibition law was enacted than they were...
...favor the modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beer...