Word: deverism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...petition bearing the signatures of 1,000 students opposed to the anti-subversive bill was sent to Governor Dever last night by Walter C. Carrington '52, president of the Liberal Union...
...petition was originally supposed to reach Dever before he had considered the bill. Dever, however, approved the bill without making any announcement, Saturday night...
Walter C. Carrington '52 president of the Liberal Union, said he had scheduled as appointment with Dever for today to present a potition with the signatures of 1.000 students opposed to the bill. Yesterday, Carrington was refused the interview. He was told by the Governor's executive secretary that the bill had already been signed. Carrington plans to send Dever a potition protesting the action...
...Dever signed the bill without official announcement was not clear. His office held yesterday that the bill was necessarily signed at an add hour, and therefore the Governor could not make an announcement...
However, opponents of the bill charged that Dever is trying to cover up the bill. They contended that bills usually are not signed until the end of the month, and seldom only ten hours after approval by the legislature...