Word: lynch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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City Councillor John D. Lynch yesterday called the proposed House Un-American Activities Committee investigation of the College "entirely unnecessary and a complete waste of time...
...Lynch was referring to his attempts in 1950 to distribute a list of 68 Harvard professors, including President Conant, to the nine members of the Council, and the chief of police. He also attempted to place it on public file. The list was compiled by the National Council for American Education in New York...
...Lynch's attempts were quashed, however, when the City Solicitor termed the list "libellous." This development immediately killed all further Council action on the "Reducator list...
...Lynch in commenting on his action in '50, said, "I think we did enough to scare all the Reds away. Of course, if any new developments come up, the council would probably take immediate steps, but I think the Un-American Activities Committee doesn't need to come to Cambridge...
...report of the National Council of American Education headed by Allen Zoll, as the basis for her charge that 76 University professors are affiliated with communist front organizations. The Cambridge housewife is a member of the same council. The same list was used by Cambridge City Councillor John D. Lynch as a basis for a similar attack two years...