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Pity the poor bootlegger, whose life is harried by occasional federal drives and less frequent local campaigns. Pity him when home, brew gains adherents, in spite of Mr. Volstead; but most of all, consider his lot when the very mouth he supplies turns to whisper against him. Of all those among whom he plies his nefarious trade, rumor has it that the student is most addicted to his wares; that the student should bite the hand that feeds him, or more strictly, act against the man that gives him to drink, is incredible...
...White House, but no statement came forth, con or pro. Observers judged that amazement of another sort was felt privately at the White House when Mayor Thompson's "Coolidge-anyway" movement in Chicago came out last week with a platform which included the plank: "Repeal the Volstead...
From New York city, that stronghold of Demon Rum and the despair of prohibitionists, there has been found an advocate of the cause of Carrie Nation and Andrew Volstead. The existence of this non-bootlegging citizen was revealed when a manager of a hotel in that city received a letter from a guest to the effect that a bellboy had refused to get him any refreshment more satisfactory than grape juice in spite of all inducements. Very emphatically, if a trifle ungrammatically, he replied: "Sorry, sir, I can't help you out in no way, shape or form." Fortunately...
...Prohibition. It is the theory of the New York Times, which is strong for Smith, that if he were elected "he would enforce the Volstead Act more effectively than the present Administration"--apparently on the theory that, as an honest man, he would lean over backward to enforce what he does not believe in. On the other hand, is the theory of the Ku Klux Klan that Smith would open a bar at every corner. Possibly a more realistic theory than either of these predictions is that the Volstead Act, for Congress, has ceased to be a cause...
...Dallas and Denver, which are Wet, he had cried out on "spies and snoopers." In Los Angeles, which is Dry, he explained that he, if President, would enforce the Volstead Act justly, faithfully and that Democrats had "bigger fish to fry than the red herring of Prohibition...