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sew er + il be clearéd. But since the subcommittee orf -American Activities selecied the date of Ma for tio hearing and, by Callforna law, f chers must be tnformed of renewal of co tracts bs May 15, it is quite cvident that these, teachern will lose thelr contracts for next year, | In ovr anxiety to find Communists we are forgettin; some of our baaie principles. We re-! gard pecr's as innocent unless they are proved gultty, And we consider it tmportant that le. should be treated with humanity, net as though | they weir Russian subjects or pegs the state ean mo. sbout as it chooses. I dislike seeing us falling inte the condition | of using Soviet methods, which we are constantly saying we disapprove of. Yet these are the meth. ods used by the subcommitice on Un-American Activities, I feel very strongly that eur need today is for good teachers, and they must be loyal Americans. But they should not be fred . or be hel! under suepicion because at ome time _ in the past they held certaln political beliefs or eng 1n certain political activities. In pecretime we do not need to police our people in the woy that seems to be considered pecessary by the Un-Americen Activities Com- || Sie Sat ea ein dur government a our way of Ife. They may discuss what they think of our shortrominga but that is our right as free merican citizens. I think we would be better off if we ie and Icft the job of proving 1 - >F%~ Pastas) e proper authorities, such sa the- rt lee, ‘ x renee ea “ se pam