Transcripts of hearings regarding the suspension of Abraham Glasser records, May-June 39, 1953.

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Transcripts of hearings regarding the suspension of Abraham Glasser records, May-June 39, 1953.

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The records consist of eight transcripts dated May-June, 1953 recording hearings before the Faculty Committee of Review of the School of Law regarding the suspension of Abraham Glasser. In the course of the hearings, The Committee followed a strict reading of President Jones' questions of whether Glasser had violated the fixed policy of the Board of Trustees, the governing body of the University at the time, concerning the Fifth. Amendment when questioned about Communist Party affiliation or membership, and whether there were any unusual circumstances which mitigated this violation. They considered the question of Glasser's fitness as a teacher and lawyer to be out of their scope. The transcripts record the Committee's investigation of Glasser's position as an attorney at the Department of Justice, from which he was suspended in 1941 on charges of Communism and espionage, the Justice Department's subsequent investigation of Glasser, and Glasser's motivations for his refusal to testify to certain questions before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

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