While at the Treasury Department, he was lobbied by William Randolph Hearst to make cannabis illegal.
Although Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr. believed the government lacked the authority to buy gold, Reed joined with Treasury general counsel Herman Oliphant to provide critical legal support for the plan.
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