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Although alert to the Red threat, the Australian people, in his opinion, show none of the hysteria Tipping finds in the United States. A constitutional amendment to outlaw the Communist Party was opposed by none other than Herbert Evatt, first president of the General Assembly. "Evatt risked political suicide by defending the Reds' rights, but the amendment was roundly defeated by the people...
...Massachusetts House yesterday adopted a measure which would outlaw the Communist Party and all organizations considered "subversive" by the courts. At the same time, the Harvard Liberal Union announced that the group would circulate a petition in the dining halls requesting that Governor Paul A. Dever veto any anti-Communist bill which passes both House and Senate...
...McCarthy-Dorgan bill to outlaw the Party came up first in a hectic March 14 hearing before the Committee on Constitutional Law. Dorgan accused President Conant of refusing "to remove Communists from his teaching staff," and mentioned Harlow Chapley, Professor of Astronomy, as unfit to teach because of alleged Communist affiliations ("alleged" referring to Senator McCarthy's charges against Shapley.) Representative Meyer Peterson sounded the keynote: "What is the Supreme Court worry about the constitutionality of this bill? It's about time we took some positive action...
...little wonder that he finds it a town of "hustlers," "still an outlaw's capital." He has tied his own feelings about the city, a number of interesting anecdotes, and his violent emotional approach into a very readable, even fascinating essay with the string of brilliant and sharp description. He has paced his essay at high speed, with an intense, perceptible rhythm some may find too metallic...
...years of futile feuding with the major leagues, took the most drastic step since its founding in 1904. At a meeting in San Francisco last week, the League's club owners voted to serve an ultimatum on the majors: unless freed from the player draft, P.C.L. would go outlaw, i.e., declare itself an independent organization with status equal to the National and American Leagues...