Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doubt very bad-no question about it-that Mr. Hitler is mean to the Jews, and it is a grievous performance. But, what irks me is that these exhibitions of high ethics that my fellow-countrymen indulge in, only occur when the villain is an ENEMY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE...
Granville Hicks, '23, Teaching Fellow in American History, vigorously asserted his right to free speech last night at the New England Town Hall Meeting when Herbert Brutus Ehrmann, '12 moderator of the meeting, sought to prevent him from answering a question about Communism and Fascism over the radio...
Speaking at the City Club in Boston, Hicks was displeased because the program had been arranged so that the part on which he was to speak was not broadcast over Station WAAB. After awhile, a radio listener sent in the question which asked which came first, Communism or Fascism, and is freedom of speech allowed under Communism. Ehrmann remarked that since Hicks had not been heard on the air, it would not be necessary to answer the question...
...another time, a member of the audience rose with the question, "Mr. Hicks, what do you suppose would happen if a modern Patrick Henry arose to say in Germany or in Russia, 'Give me liberty or give me death.' Which would he got?" Hicks was not hesitant in his reply. "He'd got it in the neck!" was his answer. "What do you think...
Professor Sorokin calls these "instructive" results, but since the professor is absolutely scientific in his treatment of the problem, the impression is conveyed that he realizes that commitments on a variable such as 103 WPA workers are open to merited question...