Word: nationally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...although the Russian revolution had scared a lot of people, there was little legislative pressure on universities. This time there are loyalty oaths, state investigations, and a concerted push against teachers whose personal views do not jibe with those of the investigators. Again, in 1920 the fledgling Russian nation was weak; now, the strength of the Soviet system and the tension current in international relations present us with a sustained crisis that may last at least a decade...
...February 27, Carey McWilliams, a free-lance writer who contributes frequently to The Nation, was scheduled to address the Teachers Institute in Riverside, California. It was National Brotherhood Week; McWilliams had a suitable topic for the occasion...
...result of this testimony, the legislature last April prepared a resolution which would empower university presidents to investigate and expel "all or any persons found to be disloyal to this nation." The University of Texas announced it would comply with this resolution, but it was never finally approved...
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg has been named by the Harvard Young Republican Club as the "Republican Who Rendered the Greatest Service to the Nation...
Senator Bourke Hickenlooper (R-lows) demanded yesterday that David E. Lillenthal resign as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission for "incredible mismanagement." Lillenthal promptly replied that the nation's atomic "preeminence" is the answer to the Senator's vague and ungenerous wholesale indictment...