Bradley, Ousted, Waits On Appeal

Professor Lyman R. Bradley, Harvard '20, is an expert in Eighteenth Century Anglo-German literary relationships. He came to New York University in 1924 as a lecturer in German and became an associate professor in 1932. Later, Bradley was named chairman of the German Department.

Early in 1947, Bradley and 17 other members of the Executive Board of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee were called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. The Board refused to submit its books and records to the House group. It said it feared the names of Loyalists it was aiding might get back to Franco Spain.

Bradley and his associates were cited for contempt of Congress and, on June 27, 1947, were convicted in Federal Court and sentenced to three months in jail and a $500 fine.

Bradley Suspended

Shortly after his conviction the N.Y.U. administration suspended Bradley as department chairman. He retained full salary. Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase said Bradley would get a hearing, but "such a hearing will not be held until the man has completed the prison sentence for which he is now liable."

Bradley protested, but on October 28, 1947, the N.Y.U. Council supported the administration in the suspension.

For one year, Bradley's status remained the same. Then in June, 1948, the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Bradley's committee. On June 23, it was announced that Bradley had been suspended indefinitely from his teaching activities.

The new suspension was to run at least until the end of the '48-'49 school term, with a substitute teacher taking Bradley's classes. Bradley has not started his prison sentence, and so his suspension stars. He slopped receiving salary on August 21, and he will not be paid again until the suspension is lifted.