Coast to coast, congressional committees continued to investigate U.S. education, proving at least one thing: there are still some men & women in the schools and colleges who, for whatever reason, stand against the belief of eminent educators (see opposite page) that a teacher "owes candor to the public." Again & again, witnesses hid behind the Constitution and "academic freedom."
Maurice Halperin, 47, associate professor in Boston University's department of Latin American studies and a wartime OSS man, testified before Senator William Jenner in Boston. Though he insisted that he had not at any time committed espionage, he refused to say whether...