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PRINCETON FAVORS WET PLANK

50 Per Cent Are In Favor of Repeal of Prohibition Legislation

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Princeton, N. J., May 24--In the prohibition poll conducted by the Daily Princetonian here today, Princeton students voted almost unanimously for the inclusion of a definite prohibition plank in the platforms of the two major political parties. On the question of what this plank should be, about 50 per cent expressed themselves in favor of total repeal of the prohibition legislation.

Of the total number of votes cast, 1581 Princeton students favored a definite stand on the issue in the party platforms. Only 23 opposed this proposition. A vote of 785 was cast in favor of the suggestion that these platforms should advocate total repeal. The proposal for the submission of the Eighteenth Amendment to a nation-wide referendum received 395 votes, while 318 favored modification of the existing laws. Eighty-three favored a plank advocating continuation.

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