Word: shapleys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statement followed a statement that he and Harlow Shapley, Paino Professor of Practical Astronomy, were Communists. The exchange took place before the House Constitutional Law Committee at the State House...
Among the many good reasons for the astronomers' opposition to communism in the simple fact that in the 1936-1937 purges in Russia, their leading astronomers were officially liquidated. Naturally such procedure does not appeal to us. Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy
Flunn: "Yes, that is right. Shapley organized the Communist Wold Peace Conference which was a notorious Communist operation. He says he sees no Reds in any of these fronts. Now it seems incredible to me that a man who can see so far in his profession cannot see a whole Madison Square Garden full of Reds all around him in an organization which he brought into existence, and when a man--he is playing with words...
Specifically with regard to Shapley, Conant said, "I have known him for a long time. Anybody can be a hidden Communist as was brought out here, but I do not regard him as one. He is an astronomer as you know...
...explaning why such a man as Shapley would join so many organizations which are called Communist fronts. Conant framed his answer in term of an "hypothetical professor," who "corresponds to a number of people I have known on a number of different university staffs, who might join a great many organizations and make statements which from any point of view are incredibly stupid and not likely to improve the cause of either peace or the security of the United states. It is quite easy for such people to be flittered by certain organizations. They are told they are great. Shall...