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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...violent overthrow of the U.S. Government, or to conspire to commit such acts. There was no question of an overt act of violence; no revolution had actually been attempted. Had the activities of the eleven then constituted for the U.S. what Justice Holmes once characterized as "clear and present danger"? The defendants had merely plotted and planned, taught and preached. No matter how unpopular such activities, wasn't the law that forbade them an infringement of the First Amendment, an abridgment of the right of free speech...
Whether clear and present danger could be shown or not, the fact of the matter was that the Reds intended to bring their plans to fruition "at the earliest time that circumstances would permit...
...back he went, meticulously making the notes which were a guide to him through all the legal labyrinths of the trial and which, before he was through, filled a two-inch-thick notebook. In the end, the indefatigable man was able to present his long, cool and collected charge to the jury and then catch the lawyers for the defense flat-footed by sentencing them on the very next day. Said he afterward: "They didn't think I'd have the time to prepare the charges against them...
...application of the list. Simple association with an organization, and this can include attendance at an AYD folk-dance, should not be a standard for condemnation of an individual. The questionnaire even asks, among other things, if the signer has ever been present at social gatherings of the listed groups. The only sure criterion can be "Does the individual believe in the policies of these organizations...
...NROTC is obviously not at fault in bringing this loyalty probe to Harvard. It is taking orders. So, for that matter is the Navy itself. But the U. S. Government's present all-over standards for security, as mirrored by the Harvard check, are dangerous and inaccurate...