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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...father had no plantation. He was a grocery clerk in Roanoke who married Katherine Arthur, the colonel's daughter. A man of good family, little money and less education, Marcellus Johnson taught his son the value of an honest dollar, taught him to think and speak for himself, prodded him on with the fierceness of a man who has missed opportunity himself. After his counsel, no one had to teach Louis Arthur Johnson to get out in front and stay there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Master of the Pentagon | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

...Professor Margenau was cleared as a trustworthy citizen of the US only four years ago. So now he calls the New Haven FBI office every time he has doubts about a group which has asked him to speak...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: FBI's Activities Spread Fear at Yale | 6/4/1949 | See Source »

...months ago, a young lady called Professor Margenau and asked him to speak to The New Haven Youth Movement. With no knowledge of the group's political complexion, he accepted the invitation...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: FBI's Activities Spread Fear at Yale | 6/4/1949 | See Source »

Lilienthal, who studied at the Law School and received his LL.D. there in 1923, plans to speak on "Freedom in a World of Fears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lilienthal Speaks in Sanders June 20 at PBK Exercises | 6/2/1949 | See Source »

...Senators on the committee, these impassioned words seemed scarcely to fit the case. Snapped Wyoming's Joseph C. O'Mahoney: "A completely doctrinaire and unrealistic attitude ... It is not a question of whether an individual may attend a school or speak freely. The issue is whether AEC shall use public funds to educate persons who are members of an organization pledged to overthrow our government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Change of Front | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

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