Prohibition - Down and Out | 5
American History Tellers
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The Wall Street Panic of 1929
The temperance groups which had put such effort into passing the 18th Amendment found themselves now campaigning just as hard against repeal. Ella Buehl, the president of the Women's Christian Temperance Unit, started directly lobbying politicians and endorsing dry candidates. But then, in late 1929, America went over a cliff. The Wall Street panic, my opinion, had to come. Speculation had become crazy. And I want to take a pledge in this audience to join me in a pledge that you will never rest until this old God-hating,. Christ-hating, whiskey-soaked, Sabbath-breaking, blast-feeding, infinite, boot-legging old world is bound
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