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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Finally, in an attempt at direct action, Veritas collected the 200 signatures necessary to nominate one of its supporters by petition as a candidate for the Board of Overseers. Though the name of Col. Laurence E. Bunker '26 a former aide of Gen. MacArthur) did appear on the official ballot, and though half-page ads supporting him were inserted in Cleveland and Philadelphia newspapers, the Veritas candidate failed to gain election. In consequence, the group was reduced to its alumni mailings and sporadic contact with Harvard officials...
...Order: "In May 1920, following the murder of a paymaster in South Braintree, Massachusetts, Brockton police picked up two Italians in an automobile filled with the innocent and febrile literature of anarchistic propoganda." This passage is factually incorrect, said Montgomery, and designed to make Sacco and Vanzetti appear the martyr-victims of a purge murder by the "Old Order...
...Alliance, Inc., a firm specializing in such publications as "Red Intrigue and Race Turmoil," "Color, Communism, and Common Sense," and "Manual for American Action"--the last written by Roosevelt himself. In addition, at least two New England newspapers--Manchester's Union-Leader and New Bedford's Standard-Times--appear especially sympathetic to Veritas publicity...
...public hearing on pinball machines, which has been put off several times, was held. No one spoke. No action was taken, pending the recovery from an unidentified illness of the License Commissioner, who was scheduled to appear...
...points out, Communist membership has gone down in the last few years, and, of those alleged subversives subpoenaed by the Commission, many have refused to appear and were not punished. In short, the Commission's excuse for existence seems to have disappeared. House Bill 2757, to revive and continue the Commission, appeared on the calendar yesterday for a second reading. Hopefully, it will be voted down in the near future...