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...public and it falls on the Attorney General to bring suit. He may sue on his own initiative or give private citizens the use of his name; in either case, it is a discretionary matter. Nine Association members and Godfrey Lowell Cabot '88 prepared to ask Attorney General Fingold for permission to hall Harvard into Court. Support of this suit, in fact, was the immediate point of the Association. Numbering roughly 600, its members reflect twenty-eight states, D. C. and Canada. Officers of the two national garden club groups are on its lists as well as other famous botanists...
When counsel applied for use of Fingold's name, Assistant Attorney General Harris J. Booras was given the job of investigating. Twice he spoke with both sides, and he made trips to the Arboretum land the new herbarium in Cambridge. He also received bales of letters, one of which--from Oscar M. Shaw of Ropes, Gray--assumed major importance. This letter, which according to the petitioners "teems with bad law, unjustifiable statements of alleged fact and misleading advice." was more or less followed in the memo handed down by Booras later, the memo which concluded 'by direction of the Attorney...
...dispute was taken before the state Supreme Court Wednesday by the Arboretum supporters, who are seeking to force Attorney General George Fingold to institute action against Harvard for alleged breach of trust. Since Harvard is a public, rather than private trustee of the Arboretum, any such action claiming breach of trust must be instituted by the Attorney General...
...Fingold's Argument...
...succeed in their present efforts, the supporters must get two positive verdicts from the court: first, that they have the right to challenge Fingold's decision that it is not in the public interest to bring the suit, and second, that there is an actual breach of trust...