A law voiding all municipal and town ordinances prohibiting the establishment of churches or religious-educational institutions of any denomination was signed by Governor Paul Dever of Massachusetts. Discriminatory statutes now on the books will be invalidated by the state attorney-general.
Attorney-General Francis Kelly said that the need for such a law was made apparent after Rep. John McCormack, House Majority Leader, reported that the town of Dover had a by-law barring religious-educational institutions–Catholic, Jewish or Protestant–from being located there. The bill which Gov. Dever signed into law was introduced in the State legislature by Rep. Louis Lobel.
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