Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are three ways under existing New York statutes by which teachers may be fired: (1) active membership in the Communist party or any other group that advocates the overthrow of democratic government by force (including Fascist and Klan groups), (2) insubordination and conduct unbecoming a teacher in refusing to answer or answering falsely questions asked by the Superintendent of Schools or his representative, (3) refusal to answer questions asked by legislative committees on the ground of self-incrimination...
When final arguments were completed last week, Judge Roy W. Harper warned the jury that "it is not your function to pass on the relative merits of Communism or capitalism, or any other issue . . . The crime charged is a conspiracy [to advocate and teach forceful overthrow of the Government]." Two hours and 15 minutes later, the jury was back with a verdict: all defendants guilty. The conviction brought to 72 the number of Communist leaders tried and convicted under the Smith...
During his testimony, Singer had denied ever being a card-carrying member of the Communist Party. He stated that he considered himself a Communist, but not one who believed in the violent overthrow of the government, or the following of direct orders from the Kremlin...
...July 5, 1949, Oppenheimer wrote to the Times-Union. Said he: "From the published article, one might conclude that Dr. Peters had advocated the violent overthrow of the constitutional government of the U.S. He has given an eloquent denial of this in his published statement. I believe his statement...
...with the smell of cooking, 60-year-old Dr. Trushnovich ran the NTS in Germany, an organization of White Russians and their sympathizers. Like NTS, Dr. Trushnovich was neofascist. But his NTS members hate Russia's Red rulers with cold ferocity, devote every waking hour to plotting the overthrow of the Soviet regime. Born near Trieste, Trushnovich fought with the White Russians against the Red army, helped the Nazis against Russia in World War II, and after the war founded a relief camp for Russian escapees. Trushnovich's NTS concentrated on planting seeds of discontent in the Soviet...