Talk:William E. Johnson
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[edit] lying (Barry)?
wtf? Deleting 'Barry' as this probably makes no sense to the rest of the world. -- Chris 00:36, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clarification
The source of the original page on Pussyfoot Johnson (William E. Johnson) that I began (but subsequently erroneously deleted for alleged copyright violation of myself) was Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.
A recently deleted statement in the current article about "Pussyfoot" Johnson, “There ‘he developed some of the tactics that would later be widely used in the Anti-Saloon League. For example, he wrote to wet leaders falsely claiming to be a brewer and asked for advice on how to defeat temperance activists. He then published the letters he received to embarrass and discredit his opposition’” was referenced with two sources. The link to one is now dead. However the link to the other supporting reference Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.is not.
The deleted material is also supported by Kobler in Ardent Spirits (pp. 186-187), by Behr in Prohibition (P. 56), by Cashman in Prohibition (p. 145), by Burns in The Spirits of America (p.p. 170-171), and by virtually every other historian who has ever written about William E. Johnson. David Justin 20:40, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Source
Hi Wham- The source of this article on Pussyfoot Johnson (William E. Johnson) was *Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.. Therefore it is not spam. Thanks.David Justin 18:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Source information
Hi Wham- The source of this article on Pussyfoot Johnson (William E. Johnson) was *Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.. Therefore it is not spam. Thanks.David Justin 16:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
