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1926 Senate Prohibition Hearings

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THE NATIONAL PROHIBITION LAW HEARINGS
before the  SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS

April 5 to 24, 1926

Contents

Title Page

Original Table of Contents

Members of the Committee

Introductory Remarks

Statement of Hon. William Cabell Bruce, A Senator in the Congress of the United States from the State of Maryland

Statement by Hon. Walter E. Edge, A Senator in the Congress of the United States from the State of New Jersey

Statement of Julien Codman, Hamilton, Mass., Representing the Joint Legislative Committee which represents the American Federation of Labor, the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, the Moderation League (Inc.) of New York, and the Constitutional Liberty League of Massachusetts.

Further Statement by Hon. Walter E. Edge

Testimony of Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, Assistant Secretary in Charge of Customs, Coast Guard, and Prohibition, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

Testimony of Hon. Emory R. Buckner, United States Attorney, Southern District of New York

RecommendedNEW Statement of Hon. William S. Vare, A Representative in the Congress of the United States from the State of Pennsylvania

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Judge Alfred J. Talley, Court of General Sessions of the State of New York.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Dr. William C. Woodward, Representative of the American Medical Association.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Hudson Maxim, Inventor of Maxim Gun, smokeless cannon powder and maximite a high explosive.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Hon. Emory R. Buckner--- Resumed,  United States Attorney, Southern District Of New York.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Mr. William Roberts,  Representing the President of the American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of William J. McSorley,  President of The Building Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Andrew Furuseth,   President of The International Seamen's Union of America, San Francisco, Calif.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of James O'connell,   President of The Metal Trades Department of The American Federation of Labor

RecommendedNEW Testimony of John T. Frey,   President Ohio State Federation of Labor

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Henry F. Hilfers,   Secretary New Jersey State Federation of Labor, Newark, N. J.

RecommendedNEW Testimony of John Sullivan,   President of The New York State Federation of Labor

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Francis William Russell,   President Moderation League of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

RecommendedNEW Statement of Hon. James X. Mead,   A Representative in the Congress of the United States, Forty-second District of New York

RecommendedNEW Statement of Sir William Stavert,   Former Member of The Quebec Liquor Commission, Montreal, Canada

RecommendedNEW Testimony of Matthew Woll,   President of The International Photo-Engravers' Union and Vice President of The American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C.

RecommendedNEW Government Liquor Control Act, 1923-24 (Canada)  

(more to come)

Charts and Graphs

Deaths Due to Alcohol, Cook County 1910-1926