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...States made a pilgrimage to Idlewild airport to welcome William N. Oatis, the A. P. correspondent who had been imprisoned by the Czech Communists. But to those who wanted Oatis to recall forced confessions and false charges, the interview was disappointing. Oatis admitted no torture and did not even infer that his arrest was unwarrented. When asked whether he was gathering information for the United States government in defiance of Czech law, he replied, "I am not going into that...
...Second, despite the legal maxim that guilt is by no means to be inferred from appealing to the amendment, popular opinion does so infer guilt, so that the witness sustains serious damage in the community...
...said, but rather by the manner in which some people may interpret the statement in the light of current events. The privilege is controversial today when employed by witnesses who refuse to answer questions concerning membership in the Communist Party or in other political organizations. Some people may infer from their statement that Professors Chafee and Sutherland believe that no loyal American should invoke the privilege and refuse to answer, and that there is no justification for seeking to protect one's friends and family. I do not believe any such inference is proper. In a book published...
...arguments against the freshmen's request, if correctly quoted, show a failure to understand the College's responsibility for providing usable study facilities to the first year class. From Mr. Metcalf's question, "Do 1,000 freshmen want to pay $30 apiece (for the additional library time)?" we can infer that each student around here pays only for the facilities at his disposal. At that rate freshman room rent, board rates, and tuition should be lowered and those of the upperclassmen raised. By the same logic, natural science students should pay more than those who do not use any laboratories...
...Republicans, moreover, greatly exaggerate the effect of corruption on the workings of the Government. It takes a strange distortion of cause and effect to infer, with Gen. Eisenhower and Sen. Nixon, that corruption has interfered with our drive toward world peace and been a root cause of the setbacks in our foreign policy...