State Considers Bills to Oust All Red Teachers

Hearings will start today at 2:15 in the State Capitol on five bills which would compel private colleges to expel Communists and Communist sympathizers from their teaching staffs. The Committee on Education will conduct the hearings to decide whether it should support the bills and pass them on to the Legislature for action.

The bills stand an excellent chance of becoming law before the end of the present legislative session, according to Sen. George J. Evans (R) of New Bedford and chairman of the Education Committee.

The main bill, proposed by Rep. Charles A. Iannello (D) of Boston, defines a Communist sympathizer as "any member of a teaching staff who shall invoke the fifth amendment of the Constitution at any hearing. . . conducted by a committee . . . established by the Congress of the United States or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

Provisions are made in Iannello's bill to revoke the charter of any educational institution failing to expel Communists or Communist sympathizers. This does not directly affect the University, however, since its charter, granted in 1650, does not have the usual clause stipulating the possibility of a revocation.

Alternative Amendment

But for an alternative to charter revocation, Iannello plans to introduce an amendment to his bill which would provide for the cancellation of all tax exemption privileges of a college that did not dismiss Communist teachers. "We definitely want to get Harvard," he said yesterday. "People like Furry are real security risks."

Evans said he considered the bills the work of publicity-seekers in the House "They'll probably be disappointed if the bills pass," he commented.

Neither Evans nor Iannello thought politics would be a determining factor in the vote on the bills.