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Herbert A. Philbrick, for nine years an undercover agent for the F.B.I., yesterday began an expose of communist infiltration in the Cambridge Youth Council, a "pacifist" organization which in 1940 drew much of its support from Harvard and Radcliffe...
...Philbrick, a Boston advertising man, was a key witness at the trial of the 11 top communists in 1949. His appearance in court was in effect the first disclosure by the federal government that it had undercover agents in the Communist Party. He is also the accuser of Dirk Struik, suspended M.I.T. professor...
...State's charges were based mainly on testimony supplied by Herbert A. Philbrick, former F.B.I. undercover agent, and on statements that Struik made or articles he had written. No evidence was given of direct overt acts in the bill of particulars...
Virginia (Richmond) Secretary: Robert L. Philbrick '30, 1519 Palmyra Avenue, Richmond...
Public Dinner. Harvard Geologist Kirtley Mather sent out 30 letters to Protestant clergymen all over the state, suggesting that Struik be invited to attend community gatherings. Other sympathizers organized an Emergency Defense Committee. When the American Legion gave a testimonial dinner to Philbrick last month and Governor Dever proclaimed a "Philbrick Day," the Struik Defense Committee trumpeted its reply: the occasion, it said, was really "Informer's Day." Two days later, the Universalist Church of Annisquam, Mass, dismissed the Rev. George Abbe for being one of the committee's sponsors. The Greater Boston Universalist Ministers' Association promptly...