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Anti-Saloon League

Anti-Saloon League U.S. organization working for prohibition of the sale of alcoholic liquors. Founded in 1893 as the Ohio Anti-Saloon League at Oberlin, Ohio, by representatives of temperance societies and evangelical Protestant churches, it came to wield great political influence. Vigorously led by James Cannon, Jr., a Methodist bishop, the League played an important role in securing the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment. Its influence waned, however, especially after the repeal (1933) of prohibition. From 1950 to 1964 it was called the National Temperance League; from then it has been known as the American Council on Alcohol Problems.

Bibliography: See P. H. Odegard, Pressure Politics: Story of the Anti-Saloon League (1928, repr. 1966); biography of Bishop Cannon by V. Dabney (1949).

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Wayne Bidwell Wheeler

Wayne Bidwell Wheeler 1869-1927, American prohibitionist and lawyer, b. Brookfield, Ohio. After his graduation (1898) from Western Reserve law school, he became increasingly important in the Ohio Anti-Saloon League. Under his direction the league opposed and helped to defeat the incumbent and antiprohibition governor of Ohio, Myron T. Herrick, in 1906. As attorney for the National Anti-Saloon League, Wheeler was prominent in the fight for prohibition legislation, notably the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act.

Bibliography: See biography by J. Steuart (1928, repr. 1970).

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	Retro style: redefining yesterday's green light as red. Magazine article from: Reason; 8/1/1997
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	Carrie Nation: Prohibitionist and Pioneer.(Brief Article)(Biography) Newspaper article from: Nutrition Health Review; 12/22/2003; 280 words ; ...grew out of a fear that society was harming itself beyond repair by consuming alcohol. Early groups, such as the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union, rallied citizens toward a Constitutional amendment to outlaw the sale... Read more
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	Reading under the Influence. Magazine article from: Cheers; 6/1/1999; 465 words ; ...and discovers that we've undergone a continual attack by anti-immigrant, anti-pleasure forces (typified by the Anti-Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance) who in the late 19th century were appalled by the influx of wine-drinking southern... Read more
	Looking backward into the future. (Column) Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 7/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...legislative representative to the Congress from the Anti-Saloon League! He reports that Dinwiddie was quite easy to work...of Garrett's first statements, upon meeting the Anti-Saloon League people, was to agree that the saloon should go and... Read more
	Looking backward into the future. (grape industry during the 1920s) Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...California grape growers with playing politics with the Anti-Saloon League (to retain Prohibition) to keep receiving the high...Many of these growers may have contributed to the Anti-Saloon League and so have caused a certain amount of confusion... Read more
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