Word: deverism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard in not smelly and it is not a mess, but it can be improved," former Governor Paul A. Dever told an overflow crowd in Lamont Forum Room last night at an open meeting of the Young Democrats...
Considerable confusion developed, however, when Dever, in response to questions, attempted to describe possible methods of improvement. At first the former Governor replied emphatically, "By firing Furry, I'm for the Fifth Amendment," fuses to tell whether he's a communist shouldn't teach our youth...
...answer to a further question, Dever stated, "If a person says he's not now a Communist and then used the Fifth Amendment for period further back, he ought not to be fired." When the questioner pointed out that Furry had testified to Congressional committees that he is not presently a member of the Communist Party, Dever admitted uncertainty on the matter. "I don't want to be quoted as saying that Furry ought to be kept," he said. "But he ought to co-operate one hundred percent," Dever concluded...
...barbed reference to Governor Christian Horter's recent statement disagreeing with the University's decision in the Furry case, Dever said, "I'm not sure that Senator Saltonstall and Overseer Herter can continue to walk with one are around Pusey and one around McCarthy. They'll have to choose somewhere along the line...
Although he has made no definite commitments about his political future, it is rumored that Dever will oppose Republican Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14 in next year's senatorial campaign...