Word: priore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...committee recognized what it called certain "extraordinary facts" in the case, including "a prior adjudication favorable to Mr. Glasser of the subject matter as to which he invoked the Fifth Amendment, a continuing harassment on the same charges over a 12-year period,... indication of bias and pre-judgment on the part of the House committee." But the group found Glasser "unnecessarily militant," accused him of lack of concern for the University's interest, and called his actions "incompatible with the trustees' policy...
...proceedings against the three followed an almost identical pattern. On June 17, 1953, each was summoned without prior notice and without counsel to appear before an ad hoc committee composed of the president of the college, Admiral J.L. Kauffman; the chairman of the board of trustees, P.E. Foerderer; the school's dean, Dr. George A. Bennet; and D. Hays Sollis-Cohen, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and member of the board...
...first, Novikoff appeared to be ready to adopt a course of general cooperation with the committee, which claimed to have evidence of his participation in Communist activities while a member of the faculty of Brooklyn College, prior to coming to Vermont...
During the further course of the hearing, Novikoff denied membership in the Communist Party at any time since coming to Vermont in 1948, but invoked the Fifth Amendment in answer to questions concerning membership prior to 1948. He also refused to testify concerning the alleged Communist activities of former associates at Brooklyn College, saying: "I cannot be an informer and this is what I was asked...
...reply to the report, Temple tersely threatened to "release more information on Professor Dunham"-which they had discovered in private closed hearing with him, following his suspension and prior to his final dismissal if the ACLU were to make public this report...