Word: feiners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Witnesses for the defense testified that he did not make the alleged statements. However, Feiner was convicted and at the same time was separated from the university...
...Feiner's trial began on May 6. The policemen who arrested him testified that Feiner had called the Syracuse mayor a "champagne-sipping bum," President Truman a "drunken bum," New York Mayor O'Dwyer a "bum," and American Legionnaires "Nazi Gestapo agents...
Both of these actions were protested by the American Labor Party, which charged that the judged had "made an unlawful attempt" to halt Feiner's political activities and called for his reinstatement...
...Y.P.A. organized a rally, attended by 1,000 students, to protest the university's decision. Feiner himself addressed the crowd, and remarked, "I'll be around Syracuse for a long, long time." But Syracuse's Chancellor, William P. Tolley, stated, "The university will not modify its decision...
...Daily Orange commented: "Irving Feiner, a single individual, has done immeasurable harm to a university of 15,000 persons. His presence here is not worth the damage he has done...