Word: bill
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...This bill, "H-220," barred from employment in any educational institution in the state any "person who is a member of the Communist Party or who by speech or in writing advocates its doctrines, or who by speech or in writing advocates the overthrow by force" of the government...
...bill also provided that if "violations" occurred, both the employee and the employer would be punished by a maximum penalty of one year's imprisonment and a $10,000 fine...
Most of the crowd was composed of students; most of them were cheerfully hostile to the Attorney-General. The subject of the debate was a bill he was sponsoring, which if passed, would have had far-reaching effects upon the University and the whole educational system of the Commonwealth...
...Harvard professor, Kirtley F. Mather, argued that the bill's wording was dangerously loose. He said that Communists advocate such "doctrines" as freedom of speech and world peace. Any professor--or any dormitory janitor--who expressed similar views would be subject to prosecution if the bill were enacted, he claimed...
...Attorney-General, Clarence A. Barnes, complained that his opponents were reading too much into his proposal. "This bill places no prohibition against the teachings of any subject or of any doctrine," he said. "It merely forbids the employment of teachers who are committed to a program of lies, deceits, and treachery...