Word: neveral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shortly after the informant had delivered his oral report, the Prudential Committee informed Professor Brand Blanshard, chairman of the philosophy department, that Mr. Cohen was not to be appointed. This contradicts Provost Furniss' statement that the case was never decided against Mr. Cohen, but merely "held in abeyance." The committee further stated that when a man's rejection was based on communist affiliation, the department involved would have no voice in the matter...
...would guess that I told the Provost a lot of dirt about me he never even knew," Mr. Cohen said later. "I even told him about the time I was actually approached by an avowed Communist who tried to get me to join the party...
...these men, when asked recently if he knew the case of Robert S. Cohen, said that he did not recognize the name. Of the other, Mr. Cohen says, "We never did more than exchange greetings...
...Cohen considers himself a lucky man. He believes that without his strong friends on the faculty, he never would have had a chance. He was willing to forget the whole incident until he was confronted with a number of rumors. Then he let Provost Furniss know immediately that inquiries were being made...
...Provost called the liaison man into his office and told him to cut it out. Thus, in one case the Fill system was discovered using such scare tactics and stopped. The question remains as to how many similar incidents have never been reported, but just brooded over by the victims...