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Hans Kelson, here this year as a visiting lecturer in Government from the University of California and a signer of the oath, said his former colleague was "one of the most popular professors on the campus." He said he was sorry Winkler had had to leave California and thought the College was "lucky to get him." Kelson added that Winkler was never a Communist...
...order to avoid a misunderstanding of my statement published in the Harvard CRIMSON Wednesday, November 1, I wish to say that although I do not think that the so-called loyalty oath of the University of California is so injurious to the independence of science as many of my friends among the non-signers do, I feel the greatest admiration for those who, for the maintenance of an important principle which they considered endangered, gave up their positions; and I sincerely hope that other universities will appoint them as soon as possible. Hans Kelsen, Visiting Lecturer on Government
Wherever he got the chance, the voter swung at home-grown subversives. Maryland approved the Ober law, once ruled unconstitutional by a state circuit court. It requires a loyalty oath from state employees and candidates, sets up a maximum penalty of $20,000 fine and 20 years in prison for attempting or advocating overthrow of the U.S.-or of the Free State of Maryland. Michigan approved a sweeping definition of subversion, authorized its legislature to take up anti-commie laws from there...
...November 1, you printed an interview with Professor Hans Kelsen concerning the "loyalty" controversy at the University of California. As one of the non-signers of the "loyalty oath" allow me to make the following comments on Professor Kelsen's statement...
...whole matter lies not in the exclusion of Communists from the Faculty. The Faculty with a decisive majority has approved of not retaining members of the Communist Party on the Staff, and in a democracy, the will of the majority prevails. Nor is the issue now whether loyalty oaths are dangerous and spell the end of academic freedom, or whether one is bothered by them. On such matters, reasonable men may disagree, but again, the majority of the Faculty has decided to sign the oath...