Word: politicalally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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A Sudbury teacher has challenged Harvard's tax exempt status because of alleged political activity during the October 15 Moratorium.
Daniel A. Greenberg is suing the Boards of Assessors of Cambridge and other Boston communities for improperly granting tax exempt status to Harvard and ten other colleges and universities in the Boston area. The law states that charitable institutions which engage in political activity forfeit their tax exempt status, Greenberg...
Greenberg cites several instances of alleged political activity including:
However, Whitlock see a reply to Greenberg's accusations. In the case of Rutgers University, where the president officially cancelled all classes, a suit might succeed, he said. But because Harvard left the decision up to the consciences of individual students and professors, it avoided taking a political stand, he...
Dean May said the action was "not a political stand on the part of the University nor an act of identification with the Moratorium."