Word: booths
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During a meeting yesterday morning with a delegation of prominent Cambridge citizens, City Manager John Atkinson said that his office had made a mistake in withdrawing the permit for the Harvard, Liberal Union's OPA booth in the Square and in discouraging the group from distributing their leaflets. He added that the booth could be reestablished with the consent of the street department and the deposit of a $1,000 bond...
...permit to operate revoked, the Harvard Liberal Union's OPA booth in the Square was forced to suspend operations by order of the Cambridge City Manager last Tuesday. The booth, which was set up in front of the Coop on Monday, had already sold 30 telegrams and over one hundred postcards to passers-by to send to their Congressmen protesting the delay in the return of OPA controls...
Under the leadership of Maurice C. Benewitiz '47, chairman of the Harvard Affairs Committee of the Liberal Union, the group had obtained a five day permit to operate the booth, and since the City Manager's act on Tuesday, they have been actively investigating their rights in the matter. Along with the effort to get telegrams and postcards sent, they had been distributing a flyer around the Square calling attention to the booth and urging people to take part in a buyer's strike against higher prices...
...booth containing postcards and blank telegrams was set up outside the Coop yesterday by the University American Veterans Committee chapter and the Harvard Liberal Union to urge passing students to wire or write Congress advocating repassage of the OPA bill...
Representatives of the sponsoring organizations reported an enthusiastic response. The booth is still up today and will remain up for an indefinite time for the convenience of students interested in saving...