Word: dismissed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...baby, the $700 million synthetic rubber industry, was ready to stand on its own feet. So said President Truman last week as he sent Congress a detailed plan for the care & feeding of the youngster during the next ten years. His most important recommendation: dismiss the baby's Government nurse and send the child out into the competitive world. The Government, said Harry Truman, should get out of the rubber business "as soon as possible" by selling or leasing its 28 synthetic plants to private industry...
...would be pleasant to dismiss these bills as a sort of yearly madness, but they are turned out by serious people who really believe they know best what should and should not be taught. The College community got worried about the Barnes and Sullivan Bills and was right in doing so. It ought to get worried about the Lally-Concannon bill and two similar proposals which are awaiting action by the Education Committee. Unless people stay worried about this kind of legislation, "academic freedom" will someday be only a vestigial phrase...