Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nevertheless reports continued circulating within the State House that Dever had issued orders to direct booksellers to withdraw the book...
Dever stated that "there has been no ban or pressure directed against the book. Murphy (Commissioner of Public Safety Daniel I. Murphy) has only passed out advice." Murphy had directed State Police to inform booksellers to withdraw the books because it is "foul, libelous, and obscene...
...Withdraw! Withdraw!" the Tories demanded...
...propose to withdraw; I have said nothing which is out of order...
However, officials of the Boston Public Library, contacted by the CRIMSON last night, said that although numerous requests had been made for the book, they were not as yet stocking it, and probably wouldn't. "We usually withdraw books on the Boston 'Police List' anyway," one said...