Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
 Association Against the Prohibition Amendment    | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1918 |
| Extinction | December 5, 1933 |
| Headquarters | USA |
| Interests | prohibition, DuPont family |
| A leading organization working for the repeal of prohibition in the United States, and apparently controlled by the DuPont family. | |
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment was established in 1918[1] and became a leading organization working for the repeal of prohibition in the United States. It was the first group created to fight Prohibition, also known as the 18th Amendment.
DuPont Family
The group was officially incorporated on December 31, 1920.[2]
Due to low amount of financial contributions, the Association was largely stagnant until prominent members joined in the mid-1920s.[3]
Although the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA) formed in 1918, it largely stayed stagnant until prominent members joined in the mid-1920s.[4] Prominent members of the organization included Pierre S. du Pont, Irénée du Pont, John J. Raskob, Jouett Shouse, Grayson M.P. Murphy, and James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. These names are noticeably also present in the American Liberty League, which was a DuPont family front organization to support the 1934 Business plot to take over the government of the United States.
Activities
Its activities consisted of meetings, protests, and distribution of informational pamphlets and it operated solely upon voluntary financial contribution.[2]
Its publicity campaign, begun in 1928, helped mobilize growing opposition to the 18th Amendment. It included, as an official song, "Light Wine and Beer" by Dave Kohn and George Vest Jr., music by Bert Keene.
In order to promote its cause, the Association distributed over 1,250,000 research pamphlets,[2] often focusing on the negative effects that Prohibition had upon the economy[2] and how it proliferated the amount of illegal distilleries. The Association claimed in the 18 different research pamphlets it distributed that the cessation of Prohibition would help the economy, and later on stated that repealing the 18th Amendment would ultimately help the United States recover from the Great Depression.[2]
Success and Disbandment
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment officially disbanded on December 5, 1933, after the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment by three-fourths of the states officially ended Prohibition. The process of ratification was noticeably quick and smooth.
The Association's final operation was a celebration on the evening of December 5 of 170 members at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.[2]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070828103945/http://www.gale.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9
- ↑ a b c d e f Gebhart, John C. (1932), "Movement Against Prohibition", The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 163: 172–180,
- ↑ Blocker, Jack S.; Fahey, David M.; Tyrrell, Ian R. (2003), Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia
- ↑ https://thebhc.org/pierre-s-du-pont-and-making-anti-prohibition-activist
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