Tutor Decries 'Political' Use Of Stationery

A College section man, who asked to remain anonymous, yesterday accused Robert J. Amory, Jr. '36, professor of Law, of unfair solicitation of votes by use of a pre-election campaign letter written on Law School stationery. He said he was angered by the accusations against the Law School Democratic Club last Thursday.

The letter in question, reportedly sent to almost every faculty member, called for the election of Copley Amory, Jr. (a cousin of the professor) to the state senate and A. John Serino, Francis W. Lindstrom, and W. Donnison Swan '17 to the state legislature. It requested the defeat of the Democratic candidates, who "nearly succeeded in eliminating our present form of government (Plan E) at the last legislative session."

The letter bore a heading, "Law School of Harvard University, Cambridge 88, Mass." The irate recipient of the letter complained that the heading could possibly be taken as a strong endorsement of the candidates by a majority of Law School faculty members.

H.L.U. Agrees

C. William Chastain '52 president of the Liberal Union, agreed last night that the use of Law School stationery was "to use Professor Amory's expression, 'an unfair electioneering practice.'" Robert Ehrenbard 3L, president of the Law School Democrats, declined to comment.

In answer to the charge, Amory stated that "the heading merely identies me as as a professor of law. It is the same as when Professor Schlesinger, or any other professor, speaks for a political candidate and identifies himself as a member of the Harvard College faculty."