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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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Colonel Raymond Robins, prohibition leader and friend of President Hoover, reemerged after a two-and-a-half-month disappearance last fall and issued a statement in Washington on Feb. 20, affirming his commitment to temperance advocacy following a White House visit.
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Dry Agent Who Was Mysteriously Missing Last Fall Ready For Work
Washington, Feb. 20.—(AP)—Colonel Raymond Robins, prohibition leader and friend of President Hoover, today issued a brief statement after spending the night at the White House, saying he was once again "taking up the day's work."
The man who disappeared for two and a half months last fall, while en route to visit the President, explained that he hoped to return to advocating temperance.
After a conference with Mr. Hoover and with Walter H. Newton, White House secretary and a personal friend, Robins had nothing to say on the vote today in the House to send a Senate-approved repeal submission resolution to the states.
"I stand where I always have stood," he said.
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Colonel Raymond Robins, prohibition leader and friend of President Hoover, issued a brief statement after spending the night at the White House, saying he was once again taking up the day's work. He had disappeared for two and a half months last fall while en route to visit the President and hoped to return to advocating temperance. After a conference with Mr. Hoover and White House secretary Walter H. Newton, he had nothing to say on the House vote to send a Senate-approved repeal submission resolution to the states, stating he stood where he always had.