Too Much Control by Military Men
Received Mondav, 7 p.m. WASHIXGTOX, Jan. IS. Professor Albert Hinstein, three I'utVersitv presidents and sixteen other proniinent educators, cler»yinen and authors, today isstied a pamphlet warninr Ameriea that it could not remain denuicratic if the present trend towards ihe military control of institutions continued. They declared that tnilitary nien had already acquired a danyiwous dcqree of influence. over Anierican foreign poMcy, public opinion, hifjher education, scie.ntific research and even tlie Hoy Bcouts. Military nien had a great influence even on President Tniman's thinking. The jrroup charged that some hi{»li servicp leaders "without rebuke, suggest that we. abandon our liistono poliey to becotne au iigqressor nation by striking the first blotv in a pre^entive wa r. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 January 1948, Page 5
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