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Dorgan opened with the assertion, "If the intellectuals were more loyally alert, and weren't so concerned about academic freedom, there would be no need for investigations." He also characterized Harvard professors Shapley and Mather as "blind...
...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...
...Charles Ianello, in heated testimony, said Coolidge and Shapley were Communists, and after he was called down by the committee, referred to the unfriendly gallery as "Dopes! Communists...
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
...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...