The Washington times., 1922-12-05

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. 6S&SXA ~ Ter was q mem
! WILLIAM HARD. 'ef
. This Schaper case became a IA.
: nous one in the history Of the
struggle for freedom Of research
and of opinion" in American univer-
stiles, and the methods employed by
! the Minnesota board of regents-and
particularly by Mr.. Butler-in ex.
polling DR.. Schaper from the univer-
! sity faculty were severely condemned
by resolution OF the Association of
! American University Professors.
1t was claimed then, and 1t is now
again claimed. that Mr.. Buffers con.
duct was totally lacking in q sense
Of evidence and totally devoid of a
gether disqualifies him to be consid-
. cred as q person Of q judicial tenn
permanent.
DR.. Schaper IL in Washington
and Is prepared to present his case
TO the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Inquiry shows that he Is a man of
. high standing as a scholar. His
position in the University of Min
nesota at the time Of his expul.
sion from the university faculty
. was that of head Of the department
OF political science. He was also
considerably employed by Mime.
sofa cities in the drafting of city
charters. He was born at La
Crosse, Wis, of German parents,
who came to this country in pro.
test against German monarchism
At the time Of the German revoiu.
! tionary movement in 184S.
DIR. Schaper opposed the entrance
of this country into the war against
Germany, but supported the war
from the time of its declaration by
. vincing testimony to have refrained
thenceforward from all anti.war
propaganda and to have earnestly
encouraged his students of military
age TO enlist in the American
army and go to the front against
the Germans. He was expelled by
the university regents for not be-
ing willing to say that he agreed
with them regarding every feature
OF the history and meaning of the
war, and the legal point il that he
demanded trial and the oppor-
tunity to produce witnesses as to
his actual behavior and as to his
full loyalty and he was denied That
opportunity and was expelled and
destroyed in his profession without
having had any trial at all except
q half hour of secret executive
personal Interrogation and denun-
citation by the board of regents
and particularly by Mr.. Butler.
Regarding what happened during
nat half hour the following allega-
lions will be made:
DIR. Schaper was summoned be-
Sore the board Of regents at fifteen
minutes notice.
Among the regents present were
and Fred Snyder. '
DIR. Schaper was asked what he
thought about the war and he re-
oiled that he had not believed in
entering It. but that az an Ameri-
can citizen he supported the army
and navy of the United States
when the United States I'm fact
was In the war.
Mr.. Butler at once said to him:
PIN other words. you obey the law
IN order to keep out of jail" -
DIR. Schaper replied that he
bbeyed the law out Of sense of
Nuty as a citizen.
Mr.. Butler shouted, You are
WIG hdIStT IOu woAit th0
the Kaiser and the Crown Prince
10 rule the world"
DIR. Schaper denied that Mr.. But
Der's mere assertion could establish
that point and offered to disprove
It by evidence.
Mr.. Butler paid no attention to
the idea of the production OF evil
dence and calculated:
fare you or are you not in favor
OF discriminating the Hohenzol-
lerns?"
DR.. schaper replied that he had
urged the young men under him in
the university to fight the Hohen-
xollerns but that he thought It was
denced by American history to in
terfere In the domestic internal
form of government OF foreign
countries.
The Board of Regents then asked
DR.. Schaper to leave the room and
proceeded to draw up a resolution
expelling him. 1t then summoned
him back and read him the reso-
luton. He demanded that no such
action be taken till he had been
presented with written charges and
with R chance at full orderly re-
ply backed by witnesses on both
sides.
Ills answer Is in" shouted Mr..
Butler and ended the proceedings.
DIR. Schaper was out, and because
of the cloud put upon him was un-
able to secure employment in his
profession anywhere.
These allegations viii DO made
and Il VIII be claimed that Mr..
Butler behaved moro like q pros
pective member Of tho Ku Klux
Khan than like a prospective men,
Der Of the United States Supreme
Court.
II will be further alleged that tho
truth was that DIR. Schaper, In the
course of helping to draw up q
charter for the city Of Minneapolis
and IN the course Of putting a Ger.
tain provision into that charter re.
garding street railway franchises,
had given mortal offcnse 70 the
large financial interests Of Mime |
apolis and that he wastexpelled only |