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John C. Coolidge, Director of Fogg Museum, welcomed the guests and introduced the speakers; James S. Plaut, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Which is also showing Orozco's works; Antonio G. Cardenas, Consul-general of Mexico in New York City; and Dr. McKinley Helm of Brookline...
Iilterate Consul...
After months of pleading for a hearing, Polanyi finally saw the U. S. vice-consul in Liverpool. Later Polanyi claimed that the consul had not read a page of his writings...
Although the State Department is still being evasive, the McClams have got some encouragement from Lodge and Kennedy. They also hope the replacements of both the chief of the visa division and the Liverpool consul might living a reconsideration of the case...
...reason why such things happen, says the Bulletin, is that the McCarran Act makes consular officers the judges of scientific visitors. The consuls realize their inability to estimate a scientist's politics, but they also realize that a no is safer than a yes. If they let the wrong man in, he may be publicly denounced for some fleeting contact with Communism 20 or 30 years ago. Then the consul's career might be in danger. Thus, it is prudent to delay or refuse the visa...