Word: volstead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ever since the Volstead act defined the Eighteenth Amendment, the college authorities have been in a quandary what to do about it. Naturally it is difficult to obtain precise data regarding the extent to which the act is violated in the colleges, but information from Harvard, Princeton and Yale, together with reports from other seats of learning, indicates that the effect seems to have been to drive many students from the comparative moderation of the last decade...
...Modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beers, to be followed by a tax on these beverages to pay the bonus. This was suggested by the New York Daily News, offspring of the Chicago Daily Tribune, and generally reflecting the opinions of Senator McCormick of Illinois. As a practical possibility this suggestion is negligible if not ridiculous...
...certainly no more than just that these Croesusos should pay for the trade which the Volstead Act throws their way. But if they were less short sighted and would open their hearts to Mucha's benign example, tax collectors might be more leniently disposed and the public might cast a bland smile upon them. For everyone loves a cheerful public spirited giver, even though he rob Peter to pay Paul
Governor Pinchot, campaigning against liquor in Pennsylvania, passed the word along to the State Board of Motion Picture Censors. Hereafter, no pictures of drinking parties, hip flasks, violations of the Volstead Act, or pictures ridiculing enforcement agents will appear on the screen in Pennsylvania...
...love him as much as it is possible for one man to love another. . He has been quoted in recent newspaper interviews as criticizing me on my desire to have the Volstead Act changed to permit old-fashioned beer. . . . When he says I knew better than to propose such a change, he challenges my good faith and sincerity. It comes with poor taste from a man so politically ambitious...