Word: solee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the 1953 controversy, the government at first claimed the right to disqualify faculty personal from participation in the courses for any cause whatsoever. Under the pressure of college protests, the Defense Department modified its stand to the extent of making security grounds the sole reason for dismissal. But fourteen of the institutions, Mostly state universities, still refused to agree to the contracts, fearing government encroachment on academic freedom. The American Civil Liberties Union registered a particulary strong protest against the government's action, expressing concern "lost government control extend so far as to impose strict conformity on our national...
...problem of Fulbright fellowships first came prominently to McCarthy's attention in June of 1952 when Professor Napthali Lewis of Brooklyn College and his wife both appeared as witnesses before a New York session of the Senate Permanent Investigating sub-committee, of which McCarthy was then the sole member. Several months before, Lewis, a professor of Classical Languages at Brooklyn College, had been awarded a Fulbright grant for study in Italy during the academic year...
...Executive Branch of the Government has the sole and fundamental responsibility under the Constitution for the enforcement of our laws and presidential orders. They include those to protect the security of our nation which were carefully drawn for this purpose...
This, it appears, is not what Massachusetts has been receiving. All judges had an opportunity to comment during committee hearings, and, considering the nature of their duties, that is the sole opportunity they should have. "I don't know," commented Governor Herter, "if it's a matter for the Administrative Committee of the District Courts or the Bar Association," but one thing is clear: it is a matter for one of them...
Watson said the Green Feather group did not have to be recognized as an official undergraduate organization if its sole purpose can be achieved in a short time period. He said he would grant the group permission to sell the pins at cost if he was presented with a list of 20 undergraduates supporting the group...