Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Government did. Dr. Warren was convicted last April by a federal jury in Wichita and sentenced to two years in prison. He appealed, arguing that he had acted within the freedom of speech and religion guaranties of the Bill of Rights...
Broken Ice. Nationalists in Indonesia sputtered that they did not like the agreement which Van Royen and the Indonesian representatives had worked out (see below). Nevertheless, after four years of bitter fighting and endless negotiations, it looked as though Indonesia would get the freedom it fiercely wanted, and yet would retain some of the economic ties with The Netherlands which are necessary for the survival of both countries...
General Douglas MacArthur says that his headquarters does not interfere with freedom of the press in Occupied Japan. But sometimes, when news unfavorable to SCAP comes along, there is hidden interference...
...Stand on Freedom." Last week, when it appeared that college authorities would accept the Armstrong gift, tiny Jefferson became big news for the first time since Lafayette. The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith denounced the gift as "probably the most vicious use of wealth that our generation has seen." The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League petitioned Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson to remove the school from the list of preparatory schools whose curriculums are acceptable to West Point...
Actually the prospect was not so gloomy as all that. This week a Houston, Texas manufacturer sent Jefferson $5,000 for its "stand on freedom of education." Other gifts and pledges were arriving, all marked "no strings attached...