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Although the conservative Chicago Tribunebranded Harvard a "hotbed of Communism" in January1948, the main Marxist organization forundergraduates in 1949-the John Reed Club-neverboasted more than 50 members...
Nevertheless, the society made its presencefelt on campus. John Reed members twice playedhost to the well-known German Communist GerhardEisler. On both occasions, capacity crowds turnedout to hear Eisler speak...
According to former John Reed President RobertN. Bellah '48, most students attended Eisler'slectures out of curiosity and because he was anotorious national figure-not because they sharedhis political views...
Bellah says that non-Communists in the studentbody and Faculty were usually ambivalent towardthe John Reed Club. He adds, however, that theadministration tried to influence hisorganization...
While students usually exhibited tolerance ofradical political views, there were exceptions tothis case. On Nov. 10, 1948, George W. Stocking'49, then president of the John Reed Club, wasattacked by three assailants while distributingpamphlets for a Communist event...