| Photo shows Dr, Dodd speaking at the school ser noon,

Coudert Vaainis Suffer
TragicF ateinW itch-Hunt

Illness, Poverty, Broken Homes, Evictions Follow
City College Suspensions; Teachers Union
Urges Funds, Support in Fight

Broken leases—and broken homes, poverty, persecu-
tion, NIness, even an eviction—have been the fruit, for sus-
| pende City College teachers and their families, of the
|Rapp-Coudert inquisition.
| Dr. Bella V. Dodd, Legislative Representative 0 of the

|Teachers Union, Local 5, and mem-y
ber of the executive of the College
| Teachers Union, Local 537, told the
Daily Worker the story of the trage-
dies in the lives of these progressive
educators, who have been persecuted |
for their heroic fight to preserve
democracy and civil rights in the
‘educational system of New York
City.

“A good deal has-been said,” Dr.
Dodd stated, “about the harm to}
education accomplished through’
these suspensions, and about the
professional injustice to individuals.
But very little has been said about
their personal sacrifices—and their
personal tragedies.

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FROM WORKING CLASS

“In the first place,” she went on, |
“these men were mostly the prod-
ucts of New York City’s colleges.
They came from the working wo
ple, and didn’t have education given
to them on a silver platter. To be
sure, they got tuition free, but they
have had to work for their keep,
their equipment, and everything
else.

“It should surprise no one that:
suspension without pay brings sud-
den confusion and want into the
lives of these teachers. They work |
for so little in the first place—be-|
tween $600 and $2,400 a year, and
their expenses are*so high. Many
of them are still paying for their
degrees. Three or four, who are|
suspended now, had to borrow
money to get their Ph.D.’s because
they were required to get them in
order to continue with their jobs.
Now they have the degrees, and
the jobs are gone, They aren’t like-
ly to get others, either, since the
blacklist system is widespread in
American colleges. What a waste
of_training and of brilli te

| Students at City College yesterday afternoon heard Dr. Bella V. Dodd, legislative representative of the
Student Protest: Teachers Union Local 5, explain the issues involved and the meaning of the suspension me fi ulty members,