Word: john
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strongly worded statement attacking the University for not allowing Earl Browder to speak in the New Lecture Hall under the auspices of the John Reed Society was issued by the Civil Liberties Committee of Massachusetts yesterday...
Nevertheless, University officials will roast over a fire of their own kindling. For -- again on the merits of bare facts -- the Communist leader should have been allowed to speak at Harvard in accordance with the earlier permit, in spite of his subsequent indictment. The case of the John Reed Society is considerably more convincing than the case of Mr. Greene. There is even a precedent which denies the stand taken by the University. In 1920, Norman Thomas--on trial before the New Yorks courts for violating a city speech ordinance,--was nevertheless granted permission to speak at Harvard...
...Greene was entirely justified in raising the question of good taste. But a sounder course of action for him would have been to protest on this ground and to suggest that the project be abandoned, but finally to abide by his previous commitment if the John Reed sponsors still wished it. The University could still remove itself from a compromising position by regrinding to Mr. Browder his permit to speak in the New Lecture Hall. Failing in that, Harvard will have to struggle as best it can against unjustified charges of reaction...
...move to rally student opinion rather than to formally protest to the University, the John Reed Society will start a petition campaign to support its stand against the University for not having allowed Earl Browder to speak at Harvard, Robert Seidman '41, president of the Society, announced last night...
Dave Kemper at end and 130-pound Harry Blaine at guard were prominent in the Bunny line, while Murray Halpern, John Santosuosso, Ed Wall, and Arny Regal starred for the Commuters...