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American Legion.
Mcfarland spoke highly of the
three men, Barth, Urey and Condor
He said Alan Barth had been critical
of the FBI, but criticism is a good
old American custom. About Condor
he said the scientist had never had
his security clearance withdrawn,
that he did something some people
can not forgive: when the bomb was
dropped he joined group that came
out against atomic energy remaining
in the hands of the army. CDR. Urey",
said Mcfarland, ''is the greatest phys
ical scientist in the world, his only
crime is he was ten years ahead of
time.
Mcfarland concluded by saying,
eff the board, in carrying out the
statutory mandate to educate in
the arts and sciences, believes stu
dents should not listen to men of
this type they should tell us so''.
DR.. Renne spoke briefly on the
question and handed a AZ page
statement to the board.
He said, "The Legion letter was
presented at $50 pm. the eve of
the beginning of the International
Relations Institute (See VOICE Jan.
~. The speaker was already enroute
to the conference. The same letter
was already in the hands of the press,
having been released by the Legion
committee to the newspapers and
radio stations of the state four hours
previously. At this late date, the Col
lege could not check on the validity
of the charges as presented by the
Legion; and in the judgment of the
Administration it would have been
unwise to cancel the conference at |
this late date because of adverse |
publicity, and for various reasons ex-
planned later in the report. The first
publicity on the conference was re-
leased six weeks in advance.
Renne said Rustin admitted the
sentence on the morals charge, I'M
known to the College administration
until the eve of the conference. The
statement said, "Rustin
states he has taken psychiatric treat
ment to correct this mental illness
and is cured".
The MISC president said there are
people who feel this is like any other
affliction and the offender having
complied with the demands of the
state should have an opportunity to
make good. However, he said, "for
the sake of the institution 1 would
have asked him not to come
mad known of the matter sooner. j
The MISC statement said, "The best ,
available at this time |
indicates that Bayard Rustin is '
lot identified as subversive".
The Legion was represented at the t
Meeting by Department Adjutant E
;. K. Shore. Clarence Popham asked
Shore if it was the sense of their 1
that they wanted these in c
titutions to provide a like number
# "pro-American'' speakers. t
Shore said, ''We would not like S
to leave that impression. He said, @
eve would like to have them check i
the background of these people n
and we are in a position to do that e
for them. He said the Legion
works with the FBI; that they have
hired j. Edgar Hoover's right hand t,
man; that they get material from o
the House un-American commit o
tees files and have many sources
for their material. He said, eve Il
get lot of help from above. u
Asked by Merritt Warden, Kali fl
Oell, if these men had said anything tt
lbversive while speaking at the in e.
,itutions, Shore said he did not :
now, but their background should be b.
lvestigated before they are allowed So
, appear.
Mr.. Shore said the Legion would e.
Ike an opportunity to have their fl
'unter subversive activities commit is
e appear before the board.
George Lund, Reserve, said, eve tn
10 not want to sit as a board of tn
inquiry on those who have been m
,ere, we want to call attention and til
lee that this doesn't happen again" p1
AS the meeting closed Merritt War tn
m was still trying to find out if
e Legion had any evidence of sub
rsive statements from the con- S
mned speakers, but his question C
c lnCf in h.