¶ Without even giving him a hearing, President Ralph Draughon of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute bowed to the will of his trustees, summarily sacked Assistant Professor of Economics Bud Hutchinson, 36, for writing a letter to the undergraduate Plainsman praising the progress of integration in New York City's public schools. Said the president: "In the light of the emotions and tensions over this question in Alabama. I felt that Mr. Hutchinson could not expect to advance his career at this institution." Obviously, retorted Hutchinson, "professors who dare to perform their function of providing information do so at the peril of their...
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