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Presumably, the denial of a permit to Professor Fairbank was based on derogatory testimony concerning him by two former Communists appearing before the McCarran Subcommittee. Mr. Fairbank has filed with the subcommittee a sworn affidavit categorically denying the allegations--which were, in part at least, mere hearsay; but he has had no opportunity to make a public answer before the subcommittee which permitted the charges to be made publicly. No form of trial is available to him since he has not been charged with any crime and since the allegations about him were made under the protection of congressional immunity...
...doubt should be regarded as the prelude to belief; or, as we say, criticism should be constructive, and not merely destructive. If beliefs are demolished, they should be built again, or others in their place. If this is not done, the vacuum will be filled by authority, hearsay, or superstition...
Presumably, the denial of a permit to Professor Fairbank was based on derogatory testimony concerning him by two former Communists appearing before the McCarran Subcommittee. Mr. Fairbank has filed with the subcommittee a sworn affidavit categorically denying the allegations--which were, in part at least, mere hearsay; but he has had no opportunity to make a public answer before the subcommittee which permitted the charges to be made publicly. No form of trial is available to him since he has not been charged with any crime and since the allegations about him were made under the protection of congressional immunity...
...doubt should be regarded as the prelude to belief; or, as we say, criticism should be constructive, and not merely destructive. If beliefs are demolished, they should be built again, or others in their place. If this is not done, the vacuum will be filled by authority, hearsay, or superstition...
...hardest part of the task. It is comparatively easy to raise doubts....But doubt should be regarded as the prelude to belief...If beliefs are demolished, they should be built again, or others in their place. If this is not done, the vacuum will be filled by authority, hearsay, or superstition...