No conscientious Congressman would cosset Communists, much less give them handouts of U.S. money. With a roar of pain and surprise Congress learned last week that the Atomic Energy Commission had done just that, in dealing out fellowships for study in advanced physics and other scientific fields.
At least one, possibly two, Communists had received the handouts. One was 23-year-old Hans Freistadt, part-time physics instructor at the University of North Carolina who got $1,600 for studying general relativity at the university. In Chapel Hill, Communist Freistadt, a naturalized Austrian, made no bones...
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