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Dates: during 1943-1943
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Friday. Most surprising witness was Louis Croteau, executive secretary of Boston's bluenosed, privately financed Watch and Ward Society, "watchdog of New England's morals." He qualified as smut expert because he sees four or five burlesque shows a week for 40 weeks a year (enough to make it pretty tiresome), hunts indecency in some 60 to 70 publications weekly. Said he: "After profound consideration, I didn't find anything. . . . lewd [in Esquire']. ... It is in the spirit of good clean slapstick humor and we could all use a little more of it right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Experts Failed to Blush | 11/1/1943 | See Source »

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