4. “Willebrandt Gets Ovation at Dry Rally,” Washington Post, January 7, 1931, 1.
5. Women’s National Republican Club, Minutes of the Executive Committee, November 10, 1930, Archives, Women’s National Republican Club, New York City.
6. Women’s National Republican Club, Minutes of the Executive Committee, January 31, 1933, Archives, Women’s National Republican Club, New York City.
7. Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, “Mrs. Sabin’s Report,” Report of Second Annual Conference of Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, April 14–15, 1931, 11–12, Box 3, MJSSP.
8. Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, “Resolution to the President,” Report of Second Annual Conference of Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, April 14–15, 1931, p. 56, Box 3, MJSSP.
9. “Olmsted Free; Wife Welcomes Him at Landing,” Seattle Times, May 12, 1931, 2.
10. Jefferson Chase, “The Sabines Ravish the Senators,” Vanity Fair, 36 (August 1931): 80.
11. WONPR, Copy of letter sent to each of Congress, September 15, 1931, Folder: 73rd Congress 1928–1933 (Reel 12), RWONPR.
12. WONPR, Press Release, December 1, 1931, Folder: 73rd Congress 1928–1933, Archives, Women’s National Republican Club, New York City.
13. WONPR, Report of WONPR on the Results of the Poll of the 73rd Congress on Resubmission of the Eighteenth Amendment,” December 15, 1931, Folder: 73rd Congress 1928–1933, Archives, Women’s National Republican Club, New York City.
14. Vera Quinn to Mrs. Rowland Paynter (Quinn quoting Pauline Sabin), September 22, 1931, Folder correspondence September 1930–December 1931 (Reel 13), RWONPR.
15. Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, “What, Why, How and Who,” 1931, Box 3, MJSSP.
16. “Wine Brick Firm Drops Home Sales,” New York Times, November 6, 1931, 23.
17. WONPR, Announcement, November 1, 1931, Folder: (AAPA) Women’s committee 1931 (Reel 11), RWONPR.
18. WONPR, News Letter, March 1932, Folder: Publicity-General 1930–1932 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
19. “Women Will Battle for Dry Law Repeal,” Atlanta Constitution, March 1, 1932, 13.
20. “Impromptu Talks Mark Luncheon for Prohibition Reform Leaders,” Atlanta Constitution, March 4, 1932, 17; R. E. Powell, “Dry Propaganda, Prohibition Evils Scored by Women,” Atlanta Constitution, March 4, 1932, 1.
21. Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, “What, Why, How and Who,” 1931, Box 3, MJSSP; and Beck-Linthicum Resolution, Journal of the House of Representatives: 247, January 15, 1932.
22. WONPR, News Letter, March 1932, Folder: Publicity-General 1930–1932 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
23. “Wet Bloc Polls 187, but Loses in Test of Dry Law in House,” New York Times, March 15, 1932, 1.
24. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, “Forces of Both Sides of Prohibition Taking Shape for Final Battle,” Baton Rouge Advocate, June 2, 1932, 20
25. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Charles Hilles, July 21, 1932, Folder 1454, Box 119, CHC.
26. “Roosevelt Favors State Handling Sale of Liquor,” Dallas Morning News, 21 February 1932.
27. R. G. Tugwell, The Brains Trust (New York: Viking Press, 1968), 216–21.
28. W. E. Norvell, Jr., to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, April 24, 1932, Folder: (AAPA) Women’s Committee 1932 (Reel 11), RWONPR; and Matthew Woll to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, May 11, 1932, Folder: (AAPA) Women’s Committee 1932 (Reel 11), RWONPR.
29. Charlotte Farrar to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, April 25, 1932, Folder: General Correspondence January–June 1932 (Reel 13), RWONPR.
30. “Dry Law Foes Seek 1,000,000 Recruits,” New York Times, May 16, 1932, 10.
31. WONPR—Delaware Division, untitled statement or press release, July 1932, Folder: Diogenes (Reel 12), RWONPR.
32. WONPR, News Letter, August 18, 1932, Folder: Publicity 1932–1933 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
33. Milton Lusk (for WONPR), WONPR song, circa 1932, Folder: Miscellaneous Material (Reel 11), RWONPR.
34. Hearst Metrotone, December 5, 1931 and December 10, 1932; Fox Movie-tone, May 1932; June 7, 1932; June 13, 1932; and October 9, 1929.
35. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, “Why American Mothers Demand Repeal,” unknown publication, 1932, Folder: Special Pamphlets and Articles 1931–1933 (Reel 16), RWONPR.
36. “Mrs. Willebrandt Opposes Dry Poll,” New York Times, June 12, 1932, 23.
37. “Wet Plank Certain, Willebrandt Holds,” New York Times, June 15, 1932, 13.
38. “The Prohibition Plank Which Was Adopted,” New York Times, June 16, 1932, 1.
39. Pauline Sabin to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, circa June 1, 1932, Folder: General Correspondence January–June 1932; WONPR, News Letter, March 1932, Folder: Publicity-General 1930–1932 (Reel 13), RWONPR.
40. Associated Press, Photograph of Pauline Sabin, Al Smith, and John Raskob, June 30, 1932, AP Photo Archive.
41. James A. Farley, Behind the Ballots: The Personal History of a Politician (New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1938) 113.
42. Arthur Krock, “Big Majority for Repeal,” New York Times, June 30, 1932, 1.
43. WONPR, “Action by the National Executive Committee of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform,” July 7, 1932, Folder: National Executive Committee Meeting; Local Committee Work, Memos & Reports 1932 (Reel 13), RWONPR.
44. WONPR, News Letter, August 18, 1932, Folder: Publicity 1932–1933 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
45. “Ladies at Roslyn,” Time, July 18, 1932. (Page numbers not provided in electronic download of this article.)
46. Pauline Sabin to Pierre du Pont, August 17, 1932, Folder: (AAPA) Women’s Committee 1932 (Reel 11), RWONPR.
47. James C. Bell, “Wet Bodies Agree upon Nonpartisan Drive for Repeal,” Springfield Republican, 31 August 1932, 1.
48. WONPR, copy of essential part of instructions from the National office of the WONPR to State Chairmen regarding the poll of candidates for Congress, circa September 1, 1932, Folder: General Correspondence July–December 1932 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
49. Dayton E. Heckman, “Prohibition Passes: The Story of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment,” Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1939, 310.
50. Pauline Sabin, “Address of Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, National Chairman of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform at Mass Meeting in Auditorium, St. Paul, Minnesota,” September 28, 1932, Folder: Publicity 1932–1933 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
51. “Mrs. Willebrandt Replies,” New York Times, October 30, 1932, 31.
52. Pauline Sabin to Charles Hilles, November 21, 1932, Folder 1458, Box 119, CHC.
53. Pauline Sabin, Press Release, November 14, 1932, Folder: Publicity Delaware Releases (Reel 14), RWONPR.
54. WONPR, Press Release, November 21, 1932, RWONPR.
55. Pauline Sabin to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, December 30, 1932, Folder: Executive Committee Minutes; Delegates to National Political Conventions, Politics 1931–1933 (Reel 13), RWONPR.
56. Pauline Sabin to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, January 14, 1933, Folder: Procedure for Conventions; Membership Work (Reel 13), RWONPR.
57. WONPR, Press Release, January 16, 1933, Folder: Study Course 1933 (Reel 12), RWONPR.
58. Pauline Sabin to Miss Eckman, February 3, 1933, Folder: General Correspondence January–June 1933 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
59. Pauline Sabin to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, January 9, 1933, Folder: General Correspondence January–June 1933 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
60. Unknown author to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, January 19, 1933, Folder: General Correspondence January–June 1933 (Reel 14), RWONPR.
61. “Shouse Hits Blaine Plan,” New York Times, February 7, 1933, 8.
62. “Repeal in Danger, Mrs. Sabin Warns,” New York Times, February 14, 193
3, 2.
63. “Repeal Vote Today Set in the Senate; Filibuster Broken,” New York Times, February 16, 1933, 1; “Text of Repeal Resolution,” New York Times, February 17, 1933, 1.
65. “Roosevelt Gets First Cases of Capital’s 3.2 Beer,” New York Times, April 7, 1933, 1.
66. WONPR, “Plan for Bringing Out Large Vote in Each State for Election of Delegates to Ratification Convention,” April 1933, Folder: Procedure for Conventions; Membership Work (Reel 13), RWONPR.
67. WONPR, Press Release, May 9, 1933, Folder: Ratification Work Delaware & Other States 1933 (Reel 16), RWONPR.
68. Pauline Sabin to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, August 29, 1933, Folder: New York Correspondence 1933 (Reel 12), RWONPR.
69. Pauline Sabin to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, August 16, 1933, Folder: New York Correspondence 1933 (Reel 12), RWONPR.
70. Pauline Sabin to John Raskob, October 26, 1932, File 2017, John J. Raskob papers (Accession 0473), Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE.
71. Mrs. Christian Holmes to Mrs. Pierre du Pont, November 20, 1933, Folder: Special Publicity 1933 (Reel 12), RWONPR.
72. WONPR, “Program of Victory Dinner Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform,” December 7, 1933, Folder: Special Publicity 1933 (Reel 12), RWONPR.
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Index
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Adams, Annette Abbott, 51, 60–61, 85
Advisory Publicity Board, 124
Akerson, George, 218
Amendments to the Constitution (see Constitution of the United States)
American Bar Association, 211
American Federation of Labor, 270, 276
American Hotel Association, 270
American Legion, 276
American Radio Telephone Company, 111
Anacortes, 178
Anderson, William, 87–88
Andrews, Lincoln, 160, 174–77, 238
Anti-Prohibition Institute, 266–67
Anti-Saloon League (ASL), 39–41, 57, 63, 87, 99, 102, 107, 129, 130, 145–47, 164, 171, 234, 239, 246, 261, 264, 271
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA), 114, 130, 145, 157–58, 173, 235–37
AVCO, 231
Baby Cabinet dinner, 225–26
Bankers Association, California, 42
Barnard, Eunice Fuller, 213–15
Barnett, Warren, 134
Baton Rouge Advocate, 268
Beck-Linthicum Bill, 268
Behneman, Harry, 117–19, 150–52, 154–55
Benn, Ed, 152, 252, 254
Berg, Myer, 117–18, 125
Birch Bay, 65
Blaine, John, 281
Blair, David, 91, 112, 122, 211
Blue laws, 48–49
Blum v. Wardell, 70
Boole, Ella, 145, 181, 233, 247, 269
Bowling, William, 152
Boyle, John Jr., 131, 132
Brandeis, Louis, 198
Brothels, 11, 13n
Brown, Dorothy, 13n
Browns Bay, Puget Sound, 1
Bureau of Prohibition, 85
Burke, J. Francis, 220
Butler, Nicholas Murray, 30, 34, 35, 113–14, 132, 191, 203–4, 235
Butler, Pierce, 198
Butler, Sarah Schuyler, 132, 140, 191
Butler, William, 116
Calder, William M., 39
Campbell, Maurice, 209
Canada, 2, 3, 58, 64–66, 71, 74, 78, 113, 126, 136, 162, 177, 179
Capone, Al, 33, 94, 231, 232
Carter, Samuel, 109
Catholicism, 218–21
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 44, 145
Child labor laws, 32, 101–4, 124, 157, 197
Chittenden, Alice, 103, 144
Christian Science, 241
Cincinnati, Ohio, 92–93
Circuit Court of Appeals, 181
Civil Service Commission, 57, 189, 190, 210, 212
Civil War, 196–97
Clark, Tom, 1–6, 37, 59, 71–75, 77, 79
Coal Harbour (steamship), 71
Collier’s magazine, 121
Columbia Broadcasting System, 270
Columbia University, 114
Community property issue, 14–15, 42–43, 46–47, 70, 111–13, 129
Congress of Mothers, 22, 48
Congressional campaigns
1922, 83, 225
1926, 19–20, 38, 45–46, 88, 164–72, 174, 251
1930, 261
Consolidated Exporters, 71
Constitution of the United States, 12, 21, 52, 124, 146, 181
Bill of Rights, 203
Eighteenth Amendment to, 6, 7, 9, 10n, 19, 23, 30, 40, 41, 46–48, 56, 62, 67, 69, 76, 81, 86, 95, 96, 102–4, 114, 120, 132, 145, 157, 158, 165–69, 172, 197, 199, 200, 203, 206, 208, 215–17, 235, 236, 238–40, 246–49, 261, 262, 266, 268–75, 278–81
Fifth Amendment to, 155, 195
Fourth Amendment to, 155, 195
Nineteenth Amendment to, 7, 9, 10n, 15, 26, 39, 41, 42, 44, 69, 81, 102, 104, 115, 116, 157
Twentieth Amendment to, 283
Constitutional Party, 168
Coolidge, Calvin, 105, 106, 114–15, 123–25, 133, 134, 157, 166–67, 169, 173, 183, 191, 193, 200, 203, 207
Coolidge, Grace, 173
Corey, Herbert, 204
Corrections Department, 139–40
Corwin, Earl, 229
Couzens, James, 138
Cox, James, 44
Crim, Robert, 92
Cristman, Franklin, 167–68, 171
Cropsey, James, 165
Cullen-Harrison Act, 281–82
Curtis, Charles, 216, 251
Daugherty, Harry, 51, 54, 60, 61, 68, 84–87, 93, 105–7, 112, 134, 170
Davis, Arthur, 130, 145, 171–72
Davis, Dwight, 173
Davis, John, 125
Democratic National Conventions, 114, 208, 273–74
Discovery Island, 72
Dodson, Mrs. Louis, 201
Doherty, Frank, 45, 51–52, 83–84, 86, 170
Donnelly, Charles, 91
Doran, James, 185–86, 210–11, 230, 260
Doran, Mrs. James, 260
Dore, John, 77
Dorothy Willebrandt (ship), 199
Du Pont, Alfred, 248
Du Pont, Bessie Gardner, 248
Du Pont, Pierre, 276
Earhart, Amelia, 278–79
Edson, Katherine Philips, 26, 133
Einstein, Izzy, 109
Engdahl, Ed, 127
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 137, 229, 241–43, 251, 252
Federated Women’s Clubs, 267
Federation of Women’s Groups, California, 47
Female attorneys, 12
Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, 155, 195
Finch, Jerry, 111, 128–29, 156
Fish, Hamilton III, 165
Fisher, Irving, 221–22
Fleming, Mark, 118–19
Foltz, Clara Shortridge, 52–54, 84, 112
Fruit Industries, 260–61, 266
Fryant, Richard, 117–19, 149–51, 154–55, 175–79, 184–86, 188, 195, 196, 211, 256–57
Gandier, D. M., 48
Garrett, Finis, 102
General Federation of Women’s
Clubs, 48, 172–73, 181, 197, 215, 247
Gillett, Frederick, 157
Glynn, George A., 49
Good Housekeeping, 231
Good, James, 220
Grace case, 240
Great Depression, 269, 270
Grossberg, Harry, 133–34
Guinan, Texas, 231
Haar, Willie, 90–92, 232
Haar case (the Big Four), 83–84, 85, 90–92
Harding, Mrs. Warren, 104
Harding, Warren G., 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 51, 56, 61, 70, 80, 84, 87, 95–96, 105, 106, 114, 115, 125, 133, 134, 183
Harris, Elizabeth, 247
Harris Act, 47
Hastings, Daniel, 202
Hay, Mary Garrett, 21, 28, 41
Haynes, Roy Asa, 57, 107, 160, 176, 190, 258
Hays, Will, 10, 20, 31, 34, 38
Hilen, A. R., 254, 255, 257
Hilles, Charles, 38–39, 41, 88, 107–8, 115, 140, 191, 200, 269
Hoover, Herbert, 24–27, 34, 87, 191–93, 196–97, 200–4, 207–9, 237, 243, 278, 279
1928 election and, 212–23, 269, 270
Willebrandt, Mabel and, 224–27, 230–32
Hoover, J. Edgar, 229, 241
Horowitz, Fred, 12, 62, 123, 143–44, 153, 245
Hotel Astor, New York, 8, 9, 19
Hotel Stowell, Los Angeles, 11, 12, 24
Hubbard, Alfred M., 111, 127–28, 141–42, 162, 163, 175–80, 182, 184–90, 195, 196, 211, 228–29, 242, 252–58
Ickes, Harold, 170
“Inside of Prohibition, The” (Willebrandt), 237–40
Internal Revenue Bureau (IRB), 4, 60, 97, 99, 107, 122, 136–37, 176, 230
Intelligence Unit, 59, 91, 92, 177, 179, 180, 195, 196, 208, 242
Internal Revenue Service, 4n
Jackson, Russell, 187
Jervis Island (ship), 3, 5, 6
Johnson, Hiram, 24–27, 34, 45, 50–54, 69, 70, 83–84, 86, 87, 105, 169–70
Jones, Howard T., 241
Jones, Wesley, 56, 57, 64–66, 98–99, 135, 141–42, 179, 182, 190, 195–96, 210, 228, 231, 242–43, 250–51, 257–58
Jones-Stalker (Jones Five and Ten) Act, 231–32, 240
Juries, women on, 194
Justice, U.S. Department of, 60, 83, 84, 86, 90, 98, 111, 121, 122, 138, 152–53, 159, 185, 229–31, 243, 250, 256
Bureau of Investigation, 137, 179–82, 184, 229