A gritty struggle for economic relief played out in the nation’s capital today, as Representative Henry Dyer, a stalwart from Missouri, pleaded with President Herbert Hoover to reconsider the Prohibition era’s draconian laws. At stake: the fate of America’s beer industry, and with it, the livelihoods of thousands of Americans.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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