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...Wets will have to change .State laws before they can present any reason to Congress for changing the Volstead act. In such a contest straw ballots are as useless as a straw hat in a blizzard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Fireworks | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

...Another is Mr. Kvale, earnest and fearless. He defeated Volstead by convincing the farmers of his district that Volstead was not dry enough. He is so dry he could dehydrate a desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Toil and Trouble | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

...unofficial straw vote was last week undertaken by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (N. E. A.) through newspapers in 375 cities in various parts of the country. Three options were given to voters: 1) enforcement of the Volstead Act, 2) repeal, 3) amendment of the Act to permit light wines and beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Toil and Trouble | 3/15/1926 | See Source »

...Andrew J. Volstead, onetime Congressman, now a legal adviser of the Prohibition unit, called at the White House office. The President had a cold; so Mr. Volstead departed. As he came out a bevy of cameras ("stills" and "movies") focused their lenses upon him. In desperation he began to run. He dodged and raced over the grass (which is strictly forbidden), behind bushes, around trees, and finally escaped with the cameras still clicking after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Mar. 1, 1926 | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

...Andrew Volstead last week did something that is forbidden. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Mar. 1, 1926 | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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