In 1948, Paul Blanchard was a journalist writing for "The Nation" magazine. During his time at "The Nation" he published a series of articles concerning the Catholic Church. In reaction to and in protest of these articles, the New York City public school libraries banned the magazine from their shelves for over a decade. Wayne Wiegand and Donald Davis include this incident in their "Encyclopedia of library history" not only because of its significance in relation to U.S. library history, but also in its relation to censorship within the U.S. following the second World War. "The Nation" magazine was also, along with the "New Republic" and "Soviet Russia Today", part of the controversy surrounding the dismissal of Ruth Brown in Bartlesville, OK, when the librarian was accused of distributing subversive materials. "The Nation" was deemed subversive for its leftist/liberal political ideas and writings on the Catholic Church. The ALA defended the use of "The Nation" within both school and public libraries, however.