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...Harlow Shapley took up the offensive last night in his fight with Representative John E. Rankin's House Committee on Un-American Activities...
Professor Shapley's letter condemned as un-American the "extralegal inquisitions involving citizens against whom no offense is charged, in proceedings without legal counsel, without opportunity for cross examination, and without witnesses of their own choice...
Almost 200 persons at a meeting in Emerson D sponsored by the American Association of Scientific Workers saw William G. Bozman '46, president of the Harvard Liberal Union, present Professor Shapley a petition signed by 1,200 undergraduates sympathetic to the scientist in his clash with Rankin...
...received the long list of signatures, Professor Shapley voiced his encouragement at "the strong backing one gets by letter, telegram, and editorial when he stands up vigorously in defense of traditional liberties...
...When explaining America and American customs to a foreign visitor," Professor Shapley told his audience, "there are two situations of which one must be deeply ashamed; one is the pogroms that the hypothesis of 'white supremacy' tolerates and even encourages, and the other is the operation of the Wood-Rankin Committee which simulates the medieval inquisition and the modern Gestapo...