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...their books banned in Massachusetts. Supposedly there is no irony in the statement. But the recent action by the State Commissioner of Public Safety is suspicious in another way. He warned book sellers in the state that if they sell U.S.A. Confidential, they would be held responsible for any libel and obscenity suits. Immediately after this "advice," virtually every store in Massachusetts hastily withdrew the book and tucked it away...
...favorite Bee campaigns), exposed corruption in state and local government, lashed out at the political power of the Southern Pacific railroad, a big advertiser. "The ship of journalism," said C.K., "is too often steered from the countinghouse and not from the editorial office." At one time, he had 19 libel suits on his hands...
Daniel I. Murphy, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Safety, said that complaints from "some Harvard graduates and Wellesley students" that the book is foul and libelous brought about the action. Despite the fact that police merely "advised" that sale or lending of the book might bring about libel suits, most book-stores in the Square immediately took it off display...
...lawyer advised him that a proposed step was not quite legal, Carter roared: "The trouble with you is you're such a goddam technical lawyer." On giving orders for a blistering editorial, he is likely to caution: "Don't put too god dam much Christianity in it. Libel? You trying to tell me what I can put in my own paper...
When the reporters reached McCarthy, he assumed a cold and haughty attitude. "If I sued everybody who called me dirty names . . . I'd be suing every Communist paper, every leading Communist in the country for libel and slander," he said. "If the President wants to engage in name-calling, he can go right ahead ... I can't imagine anyone being damaged by the President calling him dirty names." A few days later, McCarthy repeated his charges against Nash in a Milwaukee speech. "There is no immunity here," he said...