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Prohibition Opinions Flood the Post Letters
Readers across Massachusetts debate Prohibition with letters to the Post Editor. Supporters praise enforcement while opponents call it a failure, citing crime, hypocrisy, and economic harm, with dozens of signatories from Boston to Lynn urging repeal or reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post
Massachusetts
Salvation Army
Associated Charities
Welfare Societies
William Shaw
Mt. Vernon Street
Boston
Prohibition
Essex County
Lynn
Eliza McKenna
Neptune Street
Mass
The
Post
Chester J. Armstrong
Baptist Church
North Billerica, Mass
Thomas L. Brown
Siren Street
Winthrop
SimThank God
United States
Eugend Bertram Willard
Chelsea
New England
France
Ernest W. Morse
Edwards
Associated Adv
Clifford B. Baldwin
New Bedford
A. T
Jack D
Dorothy Sperling
Bauer
O. Edwin J. Hayward
Highland Avenue
Somerville
Maine
F. C. Carlton
Samuel F. Walcott
Federal Street
Salem
Joych Road
Sir
Haynes
Jas. L. Wormwood
Effingham Falls
N. H