I cannot specifically answer the question about the AAA not sponsoring
events in 1917 where alcohol was served, other than to say that by 1917
there was widespread agreement among American elites that the use of
alcohol was too often harmful to drinkers and the larger community. In
1916 voters had selected a Congress that would in 1917 produce the
necessary 2/3 majorities to initiate the ultimate marketing regulation
on liquor purveyors, prohibition.
K. Austin Kerr
Professor Emeritus of History
Ohio State University
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