It is an abuse of power when the owners of halls in Boston refuse to hire them to the promoters of a meeting in memory of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Harold J. Laski: “It is an abuse of power when the owners of halls in Boston refuse to hire them to the promoters of a meeting in memory…”
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Laski condemns the refusal to allow a meeting in memory of Sacco and Vanzetti as an abuse of power.
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