PRESIDENT TAKES STAND ON PROHIBITION ISSUE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 4, 1923, the Evening Star reports that President Warren G. Harding "will enter his campaign for renomination and reelection 100 per cent dry."
David Lawrence writes the President's stand on the prohibition issue was made clear with the recent Supreme Court decision "that American ships could sell liquor outside the 3 mile limit."
Lawrence adds..."the President made up his mind to keep the American ships dry."
Mr. Harding chose not to grant the 'wets' "a point" and stay free of the prohibition controversy.
JFK+50 NOTE
The the term "dry" refers to those who supported prohibition or making the manufacture, distribution, sale or importation of alcoholic beverages illegal.
'Wets' were those who opposed prohibition. They were city dwellers, Catholic immigrants & southerners.
SOURCE
"President To Run As 'Dry' in 1924," by David Lawrence, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
