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...Dirk Jan Struik, professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Saturday that he will fight his indictment of conspiracy to overthrow "by force" the governments of Massachusetts and the United States--to the highest courts in the land if necessary...
Later he shouted: "I am not here to red-bait. I'm not here to witch-hunt. I'm not here to smear innocent persons." Who, then, was he there to smear? Dorgan was evasive. M.I.T.'s Dirk Struik? "Struik, they asked him if he was a Commie and he said, 'Of course not, but I'm a good Markist' (sic). And you all know what Karl Marx was. That's like saying, 'I'm not a thief but I'm a good pickpocket...
Charges similar to those against Shapley were aimed by Dorgan at Professor Dirk J. Struik of M.I.T...
When a committee member broke into the testimony to ask if Professor Dirk J. Struik of MIT had violated the teachers' oath law by alleged subversive activities, Coolidge replied that he was "not satisfied" that Struik has advocated violent overthrow of the national government. Struik has every right to free speech, Coolidge said, adding that "it's a healthy thing to have a few cranks in a university...
Professor Struik dubbed the charges as "absolute nonsense." He admitted sympathy with some Marxist thought but denied being a professional revolutionist...