04/20/1931
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"To interrupt a man's sleep and jerk him from the realm of real bliss into the cold realities of another day is a greater invasion of human liberty than any yet wrought by the 18th amendment."
"It is comforting to observe that this terrible and destructive practice has infected the Congress."
"If, by the grace of God, we have passed the worst of this storm, the future months will be easy."
"This is a period when the ideals and hopes which have made America the envy of the world are being tested."