The Republican Citizens Committee Against National Prohibition was established shortly before the 1932

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National Convention to pressure the

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to support the

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. Key members included Joseph H. Choate, Jr.,

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, Thomas W. Phillips, Raymond Pitcairn, and Lammot du Pont.

External links

Pierre S. du Pont and the Making of an Anti-Prohibition Activist
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