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Jerome D. Greene, Secretary to the Corporation, yesterday refused permission to the John Reed Society to sponsor a lecture by Earl Browder in the New Lecture Hall on November 15 on the grounds of violation of "taste...
Greene refused permission to use the New Lecture Hall if Browder spoke, but according to a letter to the Society any other speaker would be accepted as long as Browder, who is now under indictment for using passports under an assumed name, was not the subject of discussion...
...October 25, after Browder had been indicted in New York, Greene wrote to the Society that their application was "in order," but considering the circumstances that had arisen because of the Browder indictment, Greene suggested that the Society abandon their plans "lest questions of propriety should be raised...
...John Reed Society issued a statement last night in support of their desire to hold the meeting. The statement points out that Browder is legally entitled to speak despite his indictment, and that he drew a capacity crowd at Symphony Hall in Boston last Sunday...
...week it appeared to be in rout,* two leaders reported fleeing to Mexico, another pair too ill to be questioned, the Communist New Masses in danger of folding because of lack of funds, newsstands reporting the Daily Worker hard to sell. Only regret of many U. S. citizens was Browder's prosecution on a seemingly minor offense, thus permitting cries of persecution from the Left...