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...fired because (1) although he had a legal right to dodge questions under Fifth Amendment protection, "he violated an obligation of a member of the teaching profession who has the privileges of academic freedom," and (2) he refused to talk openly not because of his stated desire to uphold freedom of speech, but because he feared "testifying to acts which would reveal the truth concerning the relation of himself and others to the Communist Party and subject him to criminal prosecution...
Before the Senate Subcommittee Burgum had given two reasons for refusing to testify: (1) his desire to uphold truth and freedom of speech, and (2) his right not to have to testify against himself. During the hearing before the faculty committee, he declared that he should not be required to answer any of the charges made against him and insisted that no inferences could be made from his refusal...
Lawrence College trustees called Pusey back as president primarily because of his leading part in the curriculum innovations at Wesleyan. Since its founding in 1847, Lawrence had put its emphasis on a broad inclusive education, and Pusey, then a rising educator of 37, was certain to uphold the tradition...
Charles R. Cherington, associate professor of Government and tergiversant Republican, criticized Eisenhower for failing to uphold two "truly conservative" principles of protection of individual liberties and encouragement of property...
...Christian Science Monitor so far is the single Boston paper to uphold the Corporation's stand. The Monitor said that "the University has taken disciplinary action in the cases of three" and added "on the whole, the handling of the matter appears intelligent and sane...