Word: kamin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yesterday's opening testimony at the trial of Leon J. Kamin '49 followed a fruitless first day which ended in a mistrial and a waiver by Kamin of his right to a trial by jury. The mistrial was caused by loud applause for Senator Joseph R. McCarthy...
This week's events do not signify the end of the legal road for Kamin, however. If he is convicted, his lawyers will certainly appeal. Several similar cases, such as that of teacher Corliss Lamont '24 and author Harvey O'Connor, also await decision and may affect Kamin...
Conflict between the U.S. government attorneys and defense lawyers will probably not center about the facts of Kamin's refusal. More likely, the two sides will argue whether the committee McCarthy then headed had the power to inquire about Kamin's associates...
...defense has been contesting this power ever since Kamin was indicted last December. They asked without success last spring that Judge Aldrich dismiss Kamin's indictment mainly on the grounds that the McCarthy committee had exceeded its authority...
...haven't made much of a study of Harvard," McCarthy said affably as he emerged from a two-hour briefing by U.S. attorneys in the Federal Building, "but that much hasn't changed." McCarthy arrived in Boston Sunday to testify at this morning's trial of Leon J. Kamin...