Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...allowed to explore alien philosophies of government or economy; nowhere do I indicate that the faculty should not be at liberty to indict and analyze deficiencies in American life; nowhere do I hint at an orthodoxy that should trammel the thinking of any faculty member who has a basic respect for Christianity and a free economy. If he has notions at complete variance with these latter, which are, to the best of my knowledge, considered by the trustees of Harvard, the vast majority of Harvard alumni, and myself to be of critical importance to a free America and to enlightened...
...Buckley denies that these measures would abrogate academic freedom. He says that "nowhere do I hint at an orthodoxy that should trammel the thinking of any faculty member who has a basic respect for Christianity and a free economy." There is where Buckley's "logically impregnable" position falls. For Buckley's conception of the basic nature of a "free economy" is just as much an orthodoxy as a party-line adherence to Communism. Adherence to Buckley's orthodoxy can trammel thinking quite as effectively as the "forces of socialism and atheism" which Buckley feared in his broadcast...
Regent John Francis Neylan, San Francisco attorney who voted for the oath and ultimatum, stated that the whole issue could be reduced to the question "shall the Regents accord to each card-carrying Communist the confidence, the respect, and the privileges accorded to the distinguished scholars who have made the university a great seat of learning?" but an authorized spokesman for the Academic Senate made it clear that the faculty did not want Communists on the faculty. "We have patiently tried to settle this bugaboo of repudiation, but Regent Neylan has been unwilling to listen," Professor Malcolm Davisson stated...
...acknowledge my acceptance of the position and salary named, and also state that I am not a member of the Communist Party or any other organization which advocates the overthrow of the government by force or violence and that I have no commitments in conflict with my responsibilities with respect to impartial scholarship and free pursuit of truth. I understand that the foregoing statement is a condition of my employment and a consideration of payment of my salary...
...Jersey's loyalty oath law is still awaiting final court tests of its validity, especially with respect to teachers...