Word: clearcut
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Grier Hibben spoke for Mr. Morrow. Beneath the high-toned surface, however, Dry leaders and Republican machine bosses, upset by the diversity of major candidates (one John A. Kelly also ran), battled for their political lives. The Anti-Saloon League, realizing that Candidate Morrow's reputation, coupled with his clearcut Wet stand (TIME, May 26) would make him a prime U. S. anti-Prohibition leader in Congress, waged a win-or-die fight for his biggest opponent, roused Protestant ministers and Y. M. C. A. men, made much of President Hoover's friendship for Representative Fort. To combat this, Senator...