Bureau of Prohibition (Cramton Bill).: Hearings, Sixty-eighth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 6645 an Act to Amend the National Prohibition Act, to Provide for a Bureau of Prohibition in the Treasury Department, to Define Its Powers and Duties, and to Place Its Personnel Under the Civil Service Act. December 18-19, 1924U.S. Government Printing Office, 1924 |
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