Word: formalization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Neither the chairman of the History Department nor the College dean knew of McMillan's dismissal before he showed them the letter. The board of trustees would not let him appear before it to make an appeal, nor would it let him file a formal letter of complaint. "Write your letter to the president," said the secretary of the board. "If he sees fit, he will turn it over...
...Formal Hearing...
This time the hearing was formal, Rutman was sworn, and his testimony recorded by stenographers. He restated his earlier answers, then swore that he was not presently a member of the party or of any affiliated group, and repeated his reasons for joining and leaving Communism. Reiterating that he knew of no present Communists at Jefferson Rutman again refused to give names. Approximately half of the five-hour hearing was devoted to the testimony of six character witnesses who asserted they believed Rutman to be a loyal citizen, and a person of honesty and integrity...
Reaction in Vermont to Novikoff's refusal to testify came almost immediately. President Borgmann announced that Novikoff would be relieved of his teaching duties to await a formal investigation by the trustee-faculty committee and Governor Lee Emerson promised a thorough study of the matter...
WHEN Attorney General Brownell and FBI Director Hoover talk about a stepped-up program that will "utterly destroy the Communist Party, U.S.A.," they presumably know exactly what they mean. But a campaign that would "utterly destroy" all persons who have had any formal connection with the Communist Party in this country, however innocent of wrongful action individually, would be quite another matter...