The political situation among voters in the various states was strongly in favor of Prohibition repeal , however . Although a majority of delegates to the 1932 Republican National Convention , held in Chicago June 14 to 16 , were in favor of repealing the 18th Amendment , President Hoover was not . A compromise was reached in which the convention adopted a party platform plank which advocated amending Prohibition to permit states to follow the law in whole or in part ( subject to federal control ) . The plank also rejected a national referendum in favor of approval/disapproval by state legislatures . The platform plan was widely criticized for not taking a stand on Prohibition . " Dry " organizations , however , backed Hoover strongly , seeing in him their only chance of preserving Prohibition in any form
1932 Republican National Convention
1932 Republican National Convention
Blaine Act