Word: surveys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hour session behind closed doors, Acheson submitted to questions and gave candid answers. "He scared hell out of us," said a Democratic governor, of Acheson's global survey...
When we printed our first survey in May, 1949, it covered 12 pages and described 40 cases in 19 states and the District of Columbia. This year we have found 32 cases. They deal with the dismissal of professors, the banning of speakers, anti-"subversive" committees, legislative actions, textbook checks, and loyalty oaths...
Some of last year's incidents have died or been resolved in one way or another. Some have developed and their effects continue; we have attempted to pick them up where the first survey stopped. Twenty-six of this year's incidents are largely new, with most of their action occurring since last...
...meet "the minimum requirements for membership on the faculty." No further reason was ever given nor did the Regents ever define the phrase "minimum requirements for membership." Fox had signed the loyalty oath required by the Regents. (Fox's dismissal is also covered else-where in this survey...
...dispute over academic freedom now raging at the University of Illinois is the only case uncovered by this survey in which conservatives claim their rights are being infringed by liberals...