Word: mathers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent report, the House Un-American Activities Committee expressed considerable consternation over the scope of academic freedom. The Committee singled out Geology professor Kirtley F. Mather and M.I.T. Mathematics professor Dirk Jan Struik as examples of what can happen to American education when teachers go beyond bounds that the House Committee believes proper. According to the Committee, Mather is a man "who exerts influence over thousands of students at Harvard University" and who possibly may be leading his charges along the ill-fated path of the Rosenbergs and the Hisses...
...House Un-American Activities Committee criticized the University and Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology, in a report issued yesterday, because of Mather's backing of Dirk Jan Struik, M.I.T. professor indicted for sedition. Last night Mather would not comment on the report...
...committee criticized Mather for writing a letter to clergymen asking them to hold meetings to get acquainted with Struik...
...committee stated: "With individuals like Professors Struik and Mather teaching in our leading universities, your committee wonders who the Professors Struiks were at Harvard who led Alger Hiss along the road of communism until he committed espionage against his country...
Concerning the organization's pressure on Truman, Mather said yesterday: "I don't have any idea what the president will...