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Washington is a versatile hostess. Her salon welcomes coats of many colors. Two weeks ago she opened her arms to the 30th Jubilee of the Anti-Saloon League (TIME, Jan. 28). Last week she shook hands with the "Face-the-Facts" Conference of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.
Before adjourning the Conference issued a public declaration: "The 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act constitute an attack upon the consistency and the integrity of the Constitution. At present abnormal conditions are fostered by the attempt to limit the liberty and pursuit of happiness of our people. At present the...
The meeting of the Association aroused its opponents in the House of Representatives to denounce it as having "the avowed purpose of nullification of the 18th Amendment," as in "close liaison with the liquor interests."
Fourth, after prolonged discussions in a crowded House of Commons, the following amendment to the address, which is to be added to the address of the House thanking the King for his speech, was carried by 328 votes to 256:
M. Herriot moved the following amendment, which was defeated: "A union with the Allied and Associated Powers is recommended to the Government as the best guarantee for our country, for reparations and for security." The following day L'Intransigeant, a Paris journal which usually supports M. Poincaré, said...