Draft Law Compromise Suggested by Congress

A bill creating a commission to investigate "the infiltration of Communistic doctrines into the teaching systems in the Commonwealth and to investigate persons who are sympathetic to Communism or its doctrines" comes up for consideration in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Monday.

Submitted by Representatives Bernard M. Lally and John J. Concannon of Dorchester, the measure would set up a commission mission consisting of three Senators, two Representatives, and two members appointed by the governor. When the group had completed investigation it would make "recommendations for legislation to the General Court."

Conant Opposed

A letter from President Conant, urging defeat of the proposed bill, was read at a hearing of the Committee on Constitutional Law of the Massachusetts legislature on Wednesday. In a three hour session led by Senator Charles J. Innes '22 of Suffolk, the Committee reported unfavorably on the bill.

President Conant's letter called the measure "unnecessary and likely to produce more damage than good."

This is the third successive year in which bills dealing with Communists in Massachusetts schools have been introduced. The 1948 and 1949 measures were defeated in the House and Senate respectively. Two more bills are now on the agenda of the House Committee on Education.