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...ensuing years, Winner and Mrs. Gilbert have faded back into the semi-obscurity from which they came. But Struik has stumped the country speaking in his own behalf and raising funds for his defense in the trial that will eventually come...
Best known of the accused three was Dirk Struik, Dutch-born M.I.T. professor of mathematics. When people spoke of the issue, they called it the "Struik case." The other two, Harry Winner, a Malden business executive and Mrs. Margaret Gilbert, a Chicago housewife, were scarcely mentioned...
...Struik has never been reticent about stating his views. Although he never belonged to the Communist Party, he freely admits he was and still is an avowed Marxist. But he swears that he is loyal to the government and has never advocated the use of force in carrying out the social reforms he wants. He regards his case as the beginning of an attack against the teaching profession that has forced his colleagues to conform and be silent...
Winner may have to pace for a long time. From time to time the District Attorney's office has rumbled threats, saying that the three, especially Struik, will be prosecuted to the limit that the law will allow...
...handbill which they distributed listed 18 organizations which the American Legion claimed Mather has been cited by the Attorney General as "subversive." The other paper denounced Mather for coming to the defense of M.I.T. mathematics professor Dirk J. Struik, who in 1951 was charged with advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. government...