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Message to the New Jersey Republican Campaign Committee About the President's Position on Prohibition.

Herbert Hoover · 1932-11-02 · other · app · 512 chars · original · plain text

Herbert Hoover, "Message to the New Jersey Republican Campaign Committee About the President's Position on Prohibition.," 1932-11-02. The American Presidency Project, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/message-the-new-jersey-republican-campaign-committee-about-the-presidents-position

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statement Resubmit the Eighteenth Amendment so each state may decide, with constitutional guarantees against the saloon and against interference with dry states; enforce the law meanwhile — “I would be glad if you would reply to any such misrepresentations that my position is unaltered. In that address I set f…”

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I AM IN RECEIPT of your telegram stating that representations are being made that since my Acceptance Speech I have changed my position upon Prohibition. I would be glad if you would reply to any such misrepresentations that my position is unaltered. In that address I set forth my conclusions clearly and unmistakably. That statement is a matter of public record. It is inconceivable that it should be misunderstood. HERBERT HOOVER [Hon. Edward C. Stokes, Chairman, Republican Campaign Committee, Trenton, N.J.]