Word: ianello
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...author of several anti-subversive measures, Representative Charles Ianello, claimed that federal prosecutions have been inadequate in convicting Communists. "Federal courts cannot make convictions without positive evidence that the defendant has tried to overthrow the government." He added that under state laws "easier convictions could be obtained...
Originally, in February, five bills were introduced into the House, Ianello sponsored the essential one, which defined a Communist sympathizer as "anyone who shall invoke the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution at any hearing . . . conducted by a committee ... established by the Congress of the United States or the Commonwealth of the Massachusetts...
Before voting on these measures, the House referred them to the Committee on Education. This group reported back a single bill which was essentially a rewrite of Ianello's original measure...
...Ianello charged that the bill "in its present form is useless. Even if the Court says we do have the right to enact laws governing private schools, the current measures odes not provide for any effective way to enforce the law," be said...
...Charles A. Ianello (D) of Boston, sponsor of two of the bills, bitterly attacked the University at the hearing. "Look at Harvard; they're loaded with Commies over there," Ianello said. "We've got an obligation to narrow these open minds down a little...