The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, in a letter to Francis T. Spaulding, State Education Commissioner, requested “a sweeping independent investigation of anti-democratic practices within the administration of City College.” James H. Sheldon, administrative chairman of the League asked also for “a general review of background educational attitudes promoting practices and public policies with respect to intergroup relationships.”
The letter said the investigation should be conducted by “a half dozen firstrate educational authorities from out of state.” It should revolve around two points, the first concerning the disoriminatory effects of the college’s policy against “inbreeding.” The second has to do with the appointment and promotion of two members of City College’s Romance Languages Department by Prof. William Knickerbocker.
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