Box 2
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A cap and gown, with a dollar sign, $, for a face stands under the quote, Reds, pinks, and near-pinks cant teach here. They dont have to come here if they dont want to. Thats my definition of academic freedom., 1900
Quote from President F. Schweitzer, Bloomfield College, NJ.
Its Later than you Think, 1950
March 25, 1950. A "reactionary 'vet'" in full uniform, representing mainly the American Legion, with money symbols on his patches, puts his arm around a bigot's shoulder, while the bigot sharpens his witch-hunting blade.
Achieve Unity by September!, 1951
June 23, 1951. A thumb-down hand reads, "United Teacher Organizations" while a man wearing a shirt reading "Threats, Coercion" pickets for more work and no pay. This is a dramatic call for united action by the different teacher organizations to achieve unity for their common goals by September against the enemies of education using threats and coercion to degrade the wages and condition of teachers.
Quiet! Board at Work, 1954
September 11, 1954. A man looks through a microscope at a dot on his desk, "RED" written next to it, while on a blackboard behind him, in big letters is written, "Overcrowding, low salaries, dilapidated buildings, inadequate supplies, delinquency, worn-out texts, reading defects, delayed entrance age.". While all these problems remain unattended to, the Board of Education is shown concentrating on the discovery of a "red."
A teacher tells a child before he can enroll in school, he must promise he is not a member of the Communist Party
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
A hand of bones signs the name, Harvey Dexter White Lawrence Duggan Minnie Lutride
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
A dog named Yellow Press barks Reds! Reds! Reds! at the names Einstein, Thomas Mann, Hutchins, MeikleJohn, O. John Rogge, Harlow Shapley, Jon De Boer.
Drawings depicting issues facing teachers and teachers' unions including anti-Communist struggles, and issues of employment, pay, facilities, and government aid to schools.
Stepping Stone, 1954
May 22, 1954. A man puts the "Expert Witch Hunt Award" on the President of the Board of Education's chair. Just as Trial Examiner Arthur Levitt used his recommendation for the dismissal of highly qualified teachers as a stepping stone to a judgeship and beyond [see above], so the recipient of the "Expert Witch Hunt Award" uses that dubious honor to propel him into the position of president of the Board of Education."
Now unmask the School McCarthys, 1954
December 11, 1954. A man wearing a t-shirt logo reading "School Witch Hunts" throws off a facemask. Same man depicted in the bottom center with scarf around face. Caption in center reads "Senate Censure." In 1954, following his disastrous performance in the Army-McCarthy hearings, the United States Senate passed a resolution of censure against the senator. Here, the cartoonist is calling for similar action against the perpetrators of the witch hunts against New York City's teachers.
Man squatting with pencil in hand, looking through a door keyhole and another man standing on his back with pencil in hand and notebook in his pocket looking through the window over the door.
The partial sign on the door reads "Room 46." A book lays open on the ground reading "Witch Hunt Book".