Word: communists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this period of a cold war," he said, "I do not believe the usual rules as to political parties apply to the Communist Party. I am convinced that conspiracy and calculated deceit have been and are the characteristic pattern of behavior of regular Communists all over the world...
...these reasons, as far as I am concerned, card holding members of the Communist Party are out of bounds as members of the teaching profession. I should not want to be a party to the appointment of such a person to a teaching position with tenure in any educational institution...
...with this single exception (that of Communist Party members)," the President continued, "which is the unique product of our century, I maintain that a professor's political views, social philosophy or religion are of no concern to the University; nor are his activities within the law as a private citizen...
...Admittedly a university might be faced with a difficult problem if some member of the permanent staff should suddenly announce that he was a fullfledged member of the Communist Party, but no such problem exists here at Harvard; and when it comes to the possible presence of secret members of the Party on the teaching staff of an institution, I can only endorse what has been so well said by Grenville Clark, in his recent letter to Mr. Ober, namely...
...this period of a cold war, I do not believe the usual rules as to political parties apply to the Communist party. I am convinced that conspiracy and calculated deceit have been and are the characteristic pattern of behavior of regular Communists all over the world. For these seasons, as far as I am concerned, card holding members of the Communist party are out of bounds as members of the teaching profession. I should not want to be a party to the appointment of such a person to a teaching position with tenure in any educational institution. But with this...