Word: deverism
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Governor Paul A. Dever, in an interview with the CRIMSON at the State House last night, denied "categorically" that he was responsible for the banning of "U.S.A. Confidential...
Nevertheless reports continued circulating within the State House that Dever had issued orders to direct booksellers to withdraw the book...
...Governor Dever has disclaimed any participation in the affair; he has pointed out that the safety commissioner's warning was "just advice" and in no way constituted banning or suppression. Dever may be entirely correct and the commissioner's action may have been a public service; yet the libel laws themselves prevent such "advice" by either the commissioner or the attorney general to be dismissed as suggestions which would have no bearing on any further jurisprudence...
...book, by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, "reports" on Governor Paul A. Dever, Mayor Hynes, the condition of Massachusetts State police, and Boston itself. It includes several references unfavorable to the University...
Contrary to the sanguine predictions of those who thought Governor Dever's signature on a recent red bill spelt the end of communist control legislation, Representatives McInerney and Keenan have proven that it takes more than one surrender to end the unspeakably traditional custom of presenting red bills every January...