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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time that Canwell was conducting the investigation at the University, public reaction against his methods began to form. Educators and even other legislators complained of the inability of the accused to defend themselves. J. Alfred Schweppe, former dean of the University law school and a past president of the Washington bar, complained that the Canwell Committee itself was "un-American." One of the professors accused of being a Communist, Herbert Phillips, was prevented from replying to the "are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" question with anything but a yes or no answer...
...Hertz is connected with both the Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital as medical associate and research associate. In the past, he has been in charge of the Thyroid Clinic of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
...train chugged through Potsdam, past the tall pine trees that shade the Soviet Headquarters. When I sat down in Heinz Depper's compartment, he was looking at a big Red banner strung across a main street. The sign said: "Vote 'Ja' for democracy." It was part of a propaganda campaign for the Communist People's Congress "elections" this week...
...quite understand his earnestness, candor and energy-they say hard-working Americans do not know how to live. To Greeks he typifies the vast and somewhat incomprehensible power of the U.S. A few days ago, near Van Fleet's headquarters, an old woman in black pushed past a guard and asked the general's aide if that was "Van Flit" coming down the steps. When the surprised officer nodded, the woman crossed herself, murmured "God bless him," and hurried away...
...pound coxswain, William Leavitt, called a steady 32. Like a man at the wheel of a fast automobile, he had only to ask for power to get it. At stroke was Bill Curwen, watching the other crews carefully and waiting for the word to step up the beat. Past the halfway point, when the cox called for power, Harvard went up to a beat of 36, then all the way up to 41. Tom Bolles's varsity swept ahead to win by open water over runnerup Penn. The time: 6:48.8. It was the varsity's fourth straight...