ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE COUNSEL RESPONDS TO PETITION OF 50 CONGRESSMEN
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On June 2, 1922, Wayne B. Wheeler*, counsel of the Anti-Saloon League**, issued a statement in regard to a petition of 50 congressmen "requesting a prompt report from the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee on the 2.75% beer bill."
Wheeler points out that 385 members did not sign the petition and expressed the view that the beer bill "would hamstring prohibition enforcement."
*Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (1869-1927) was born in Ohio & graduated Oberlin College, 1894 & LLB at Western Reserve University, 1898. WBW became a leading advocate for the prohibition movement & played a major role in passage of the 18th Amendment.
**Anti-Saloon League, founded in Oberlin, Ohio in 1893, supported the Temperance movement & lobbied for prohibition.
SOURCE
"'Beer Losing Its Kick At Polls,' Wheeler Says," The Washington Times, Home Final Edition, Washington, D.C., June 2. 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
