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Debate on Prohibition

By: Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, Clarence Darrow, John Haynes Holmes
Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett, Marty Krz, John Burlinson, Ben Stevens, Ron Altman
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Debate on Prohibition

Held at New York, on 14th December, 1924

Under the auspices of the League for Political Discussion, in a meeting held at the Manhattan Opera House, Rev. John Haynes Holmes of the Community Church, taking the positive, and Clarence Darrow, taking the negative, debated the following proposition: "A Resolution that the United States should continue the policy of prohibition as defined in the 18th Amendment." The meeting was chaired by Senator Royal S. Copeland and introduced by Benjamin Javits.

Cast

Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett

Benjamin Javits - Temporary Chairman - Marty Krz

Royal S. Copeland - Chairman - John Burlinson

Rev. John Haynes Holmes - Debater (affirmative) - Ben Stevens

Clarence Darrow - Debater (negative) - Ron Altman

Public Domain (P)2021 Voices of Today Americas Drama & Plays Royalty New York
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