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...There was quite a bit of pressure on us not toinvite speakers who would embarrass theUniversity," Bellah says, adding that the pressurenever came from Conant himself...
According to former John Reed President RobertN. Bellah '48, most students attended Eisler'slectures out of curiosity and because he was anotorious national figure-not because they sharedhis political views...
...Bellah says that non-Communists in the studentbody and Faculty were usually ambivalent towardthe John Reed Club. He adds, however, that theadministration tried to influence hisorganization...
...Bellah also noted that most student debate atthe time arose from within the left, in theconflict between liberal and radical students, asmany liberals struggled to avoid being branded asCommunists...
...Bellah, however, paints a different picture ofthe Harvard reaction. He says that while studentswere aware and concerned about what was going onoutside of Harvard, few were courageous enough toopenly challenge freedom of speech violations...