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Freedom of the press has been endangered by recent attempts to establish censorship of pocket books and magazines, Thomas J. Wilson, director of the Harvard University Press, charged Tuesday.
Testifying before a committee of the Legislature, Wilson opposed three bills under consideration which would curb the sale of "obscene" or "crime and horror magazines.
One bill would empower the attorney general to regulate the "permissive content" of all books. The acceptance of this proposal, he predicted, would lead the state down "the shadowy path of censorship."
Another proposal would penalize the sale of "indecent or immoral" comic books to children under 15.
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