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Except for a scattering of top-level mathematicians across the nation, and the students in his classes at M.I.T., few Americans had ever heard of Dirk J. Struik when his name first appeared in the news two years ago. He was a mousy-looking mathematician who had come to the U.S. from Holland in 1926, the author of half a dozen learned tomes, and a Marxist lecturer of note in Mexico, The Netherlands and the U.S.S.R. But by last week M.I.T.'s Professor Dirk Struik (pronounced strouk), was considerably better known in his adopted land. He was the center...
Secret Meetings. The wind began to blow when Struik's name came up during the Manhattan trial of the eleven top U.S. Communists. According to FBI Undercover Agent Herbert A. Philbrick-the prosecution's surprise witness at the trial-inconspicuous Professor Struik was an active and dedicated Communist. Struik had made no secret of the fact that he was a trustee of Manhattan's Jefferson School of Social Science and of Boston's Samuel Adams School, and a member of the Council of American-Soviet Friendship. Witness Philbrick testified that Mathematician Struik had also given lectures...
Bryant blamed the poor reception on a "fear of identification and possible labels of subversive activities." A committee to defend Struik has already been formed at M.I.T., but failed to receive recognition from Tech officials...
...Struik was indicted by the Middlesex District Court for advocating the violent overthrow of the government of the United States...
Bryant announced that he still plans to have Struik speak at the University some time before Christmas. He added that as soon as he can gather enough support to pass a constitution and elect officers, he will file his petition for official recognition by the Dean's Office...