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Fulton repeats Ober's 1949 protest to President Conant which denounced connections between University professors and so-called "Communist front" organizations...
Charges of Red activity at the University by Law School graduates Samuel P. Sears '37 and Frank B. Ober form the bulk of Fulton's story. He relates how in March Dean Griswold refused to comply when Sears demanded suppression of the allegedly subversive Harvard Lawyers Guild...
...group--a joint legislative committee--wants an Ober law for Massachusetts. The committee, which began its investigation in January and reported this month, feels that Communism is so important a danger here that special legislation is necessary. In its hefty 84-page report it examines everything from the philosophical basis of Leninism to the present makeup of the state party, all in a necessarily cursory manner. Then it appends a draft of the new laws it thinks should be passed, measures it frankly says are based on the Maryland subersive rules...
Schlesinger stated: "There is no reason for having such a law unless there is a condition that necessitated it. This situation does not exist." He thought that Maryland's Ober Law is "far in excess of anything needed...
Three professors yesterday attacked as needless and dangerous the proposed Massachusetts bill to outlaw "subversive" activities and to require the loyalty oaths of all school and college teachers. The bill, modeled after Maryland's Ober Law, makes it illegal to teach the violent overthrow of the government. Those participating in groups branded as subversive by the courts would face fines and imprisonment...