Fairbank Refuses New Group's Aid

A new Boston organization, under the name of Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, pledged yesterday to come to the aid of John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, in his fight to get the Army's permission to enter Japan. Fairbank "politely but firmly refused their help," he told the CRIMSON last night.

"I don't want this kind of assistance," Fairbank said. "I think I can get better results myself." He added that he suspected the group is a Communist front.

Fairbank has not heard from the Army about his visa to work a year in Japan since they refused him entry last August. He has appealed the decision.

The E.C.L.C. also came out behind Jan Dirk Struik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who has been indicted for conspiring to overthrow the government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and has been suspended from M.I.T.