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Budenz Brands Three Professors as 'Reds'

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Ex-Communist Louis Budenz attacked the University last night in Dorchester as being a "red nest." Budenz, now a fierce anti-Communist, branded John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology, and Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Astronomy, as "Reds," before a large crowd. After his speech, Mayor Hynes presented him with the key to Boston, and called him a "leader in the American way of life."

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