Bill Called Unconstitutional

Leonard W. Schroetor IL blasted H442 as a measure "clearly unconstitutional under federal law and judicial decisions and completely antagonistic to statues of long standing on the books of the Commonwealth."

He charged that the Sullivan Bill would intimidate and silence every teacher who feared that something he said might be construed as being atheistic or communistic, and thus "caution would replace innovation, and conformity would supplant controversy."

Schroeter noted that H442 could harm whole universities and their students for the political opinion of one person on the faculty. He pointed out that the Attorney-General has not had to prosecute a single person under loyalty laws currently extant.

The Student Council made known its opinion on H442 through Frederic D. Houghteling '50, who said "the trouble with all purges and all censorship . . . is that they tend to fall into the hands of those who are willing to agree with anything they do not agree with."

Chandler C. Davis 3L put the Graduate Student Council on record as opposed to H442