Word: kamin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strongest language he has yet employed since Judge Aldrich acquitted former Social Relations research assistant Leon J. Kamin '48 of similar charges Jan. 5, McCarthy told the Senate that "in Judge Aldrich's kangaroo court, the government has not the slightest hope of obtaining a conviction...
...Kamin Acquitted...
...question of dropping the indictments against Furry was raised when Judge Bailey Aldrich '28 acquitted Leon J. Kamin '48, former instructor in Social Relations, also charged with contempt for refusing to answer questions about his associates on the same grounds as Furry had used...
...Kamin case, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) was a star witness for the prosecution. The Government has not revealed whether or not the Wisconsin lawmaker would be called to testify in the Furry trial...
McCarthy had attacked the Kamin verdict, calling Judge Aldrich's decision "ridiculous to the point of being ludicrous." Aldrich held that McCarthy's investigating subcommittee had exceeded the powers Congress gave to its parent group, the Government Operations Committee...