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Dry Corps Idea Gets Catch Unit Idea for Prohibition Agents
A wartime style plan urged by a military minded official to expand enforcement by creating state trooper like dry police fedters, proposed to be paid 1.4 per year, triggering constitutional debates and hostile reactions from opponents. The scheme, approved by Mellon and Coolidge, faces legal challenges and congressional pushback.
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Charles P. Stewart
Washington
Jan Lansomn
Andrews