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Returning to twist the dirk already thrust into the Reber brothers, McCarthy asked General Reber: "Are you aware of the fact that your brother was allowed to resign when charges that he was a bad security risk were made against him as a result of the investigation of this committee?" Jenkins roared in protest. McClellan roared in protest. McCarthy talked on, stuck to his question. General Reber sat in silence, gripping the edges of the witness table until his knuckles showed white. Finally, McCarthy, having made his point over radio and television, dismissed the entire question as unimportant, and grandly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The First Day | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

Others tentatively entered are Charlie Arena, Horb Collins, and Norm Bruck, 45-yard hurdles; Hal Gorry, 3-mile run; Art Siler and Dirk Walocka, shot put; and Bob Blake high jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Relay Team May Run At Providence Today | 2/9/1954 | See Source »

Despite the fact that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that a state may not prosecute Communists who can be prosecuted by the federal government, District Attorney George E. Thompson of Middlesex County is planning to go ahead with the prosecution of Dirk J. Struik, suspended Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pennsylvania Court Decision Will Not Affect Struik Trial | 1/29/1954 | See Source »

Best known of the accused three was Dirk Struik, Dutch-born M.I.T. professor of mathematics. When people spoke of the issue, they called it the "Struik case." The other two, Harry Winner, a Malden business executive and Mrs. Margaret Gilbert, a Chicago housewife, were scarcely mentioned...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Indicted, Untried | 12/10/1953 | See Source »

Winner, on the other hand, has not spoken out or written since the indictment. Suspended from his executive position with full salary, he is only bitter. "Just say that I spend my time pacing up and down outside the State House plotting its destruction," he says. "And when Dirk and I take over the government, we'll make Teto our attorney general...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Indicted, Untried | 12/10/1953 | See Source »

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