NEW YORK PM; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1941

NEW YORK

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Eleven CCNY Teachers Suspended in College Red Hunt

| All eleven were dropped on charges so d

similar that the phraseology of one covered Committee of Conduct of the Board of
them all. Higher Education, Lauson H. Stone, Ruth
E aa Accused as Reds |S. Shoup and Ira A. Hirschman. |
Immediately after the indorsement of the |
suspensions by the Board, Dr. Wright sent
copies of the charges and notices of sus-
pension to the homes of the eleven, Many
| of the instructors were awakened during
the small hours of the morning by Postal

Telegraph boys bearing the bad news.
Pearl Bernstein, spokeswoman for the
Board of Higher Education emphasized’ to
PM that the suspensions had been approved
entirely on ground of false testimony given
under oath before the Rapp-Coudert hear-
ings. The board, she said, had not felt the}

truth was being told when those suspended
disclaimed Communist affiliations.

Rapp-Coudert Committee
Continues Investigation Into —

Communism Today |.,. They were accused of being members of

a cell or unit of.the Communist Party made
up entirely of faculty and administrative
workers at both the uptown and downtown
colleges.

They were accused of attending meetings

By Nep ARrMsTRONG

The Rapp-Coudert committee meets to-
day at 8 Reade St. to continue its investiga-
tion into alleged Communist activities by

- instructors and administrative officials in the th lei caulati
College of the City of New York. of the unit, of formulating plans and of be-
Eleven members of the CCNY personnel, | ing under the domination of Communism—

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six instructors and five administrative clerks,, _* Society or group which taught, advo-
; | eated and advised that the government of

were suspended yesterday charged with a Shas

membership in the CCNY unit of the Com- a8 U.S: + bist erthrown by force. dl hat
munist Party, of editing the Teacher. '®Y 5° ae without “revealing their iden-
Worker, and of giving false testimony while es Tl cena leg ee
swom witnesses before the Rapp-Coudert| to the membership of the Communist Party

matnttes: March 24, and win members to their unit from instruc
Co ‘ is instruc-
All the suspension notices were signed by tional and administrative positions.”

Dr. Harry N. Wright, president of CCNY. ‘ ae ms
They were issued at the close of a five-hour eae bis i Bie he i ox bee) go
meeting of the Board of Higher Education. Bee ae ae Oneee., by gauge
e 8 "| ficing their “independence to form opinions
Can Answer Charges about national affairs.” As a result of their

Tt wh aes | membership in the party, the charges con- j
days ae ao ee tinue, they of necessity came to “inculcate!

ee - i d principles of the Communist
sented by counsel, all plan to fight their sus- P, nid the Pp d r: f
ensions, flatly denying the charges. is ae os Pe studen| ts taught by
: The Pe pended feces ha hela will them grating iid ee gp periods and ie
’ be tried by special committees appointed by pase eas te URIS a is
the Board of Higher Education consisting mae ourses. i
entirely of board members. Conduct Committee Signed

A peace rally of CCNY students sched-
uled Mee Hay. may turn into a protest we dae state that ad attempted to |
against the suspensions of CCNY instructors. oe et the investigation and withheld in-

_ The rally, opening at the Lewisohn Stadium Suna :
in the morning, will end with a mass show eleven charges were signed by the

_ of students outside the Rapp-Coudert hear-

yack of City er in. i

ig bstitute ‘was un-
cope with the class, taught for two
hours in the face of suspension. A third
classful of students marched out on strike
when they learned their professor had béen

Morris U. Cohen, Brooklyn, three de-
grees, instructor in chemistry.
Photos by Morris Gordon, PM Staff

sacked.

See:
Lewis Belemuth, Manhattan, two de-
grees, instructor in physics. Alleged
Communist party name “Weston.”



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Jesse Mintus, Manhattan, clerk in office Walter Scott Neff, Manhattan, three /Samuel Margolis, Bronx, three degrees,
of registrar. Editor of Irish publica- degrees, psychology instructor at City / library assistant. Alleged editor
tion Fag-An Ballach—Clear the Way! College. hs “Teacher-Worker.”

David Cohen, Bronx. three degrees. S Louis Lerman. Manhattan. cler

Sidney Eisenberger, Manhattan,_three
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/ leged to have beei Tiairman or the

degrees, instructor in chemistry. brary assistant. Accused of belonging

Party name alleged to be “Hall.” to secret “C-3 Committee.” “shop paper committee.”

Saul Bernstein, Jackson Heights, three Jack D. Foner, Brooklyn, two degrees, Jetta Alpert, Manhattan, clerk. Ac-
degrees, biology instructor. Accused _ instructor in history. Party name said cused of being controller for Com-
of selling the Daily Worker. to be “Friswold.” munist Party unit.