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Show Dictionary Is Pro-Britisht City Dad Says Boston Lawmaker Would Kan Latest Webster Frm Huh ( lity's Public Librai BOSTON. Sept. 2. Alleging that it contains mutter " as Writlsh as London bridge." Councilman Qren Jerry" Watson of Boston, baa asked tho trustees of the Hoa- m public library to r. move from th ahelvea oi that Inatltutlon, the latest edition of Webster's dlc-tlonary. dlc-tlonary. The attack on the dictionary is bused on Its definition of the wgr.l "constitution." which follows. The principal or fundamental laws which govern a state or other oth-er organised bodi-s of men and arc embodied In written documents docu-ments or are implied In the institutions insti-tutions and customs of the country coun-try or society." In previous editions specific reference had l n made to the constitution Of the United States. The work, according to Councilman Coun-cilman Wat-son. -la part and par- eel of the Anplo-SaAon. monarchal mon-archal propaganda which is in-Iduoualy in-Iduoualy undermining the study of Americanism of this country an,l weanlnfj the people away . from Hi- standards set by the revolutionary rev-olutionary fath-rs" |