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