Lanigan Refutes Roxbury's Radicalism Charge for HSU

James S. Lanigan '39, chairman of the Student Union's Practical Politics committee, spoke last night along with Joseph Lee, Boston School Committee man before 300 Roxbury school children and their parents in Otis Hall, Roxbury, in an effort to dispel the reputation for "radicalism" which the Union's activity there has aroused.

Lanigan denied that the Student Union was in any way a Communist organization, emphasizing its democratic nature. He stated the objectives of the Union and cited the support which the University gives to its activity here. Two Boston College students heckled the speakers at the open meeting demanding to know the origins of the Union, declaring they felt it was their "moral duty" to know.

Lannigan answered questions from the audience, many of which concerned the Union's alleged Communism.