Note 346 — Chapter V · Disloyalty Charges Against Teachers Since 1917

At the suggestion of the Teachers’ Council, an advisory committee to sift charges was appointed who reported cases to the Commissioner of Education should they need his attention. The investigations of this committee aroused much criticism, especially from the Teachers’ Union, whose members were frequently the principals in the trials conducted. The advisory committee was composed of Condé Pallen, editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia, Olivia Leventritt, a former member of the Board of Education, Hugh Frayne, New York representative of the American Federation of Labor, Archibald Stevenson, counsel of the Lusk Committee, and Finley J. Shepard as chairman. The New York Times, May 17, 1922; ibid., May 25, 1922; ibid., June 4, 1922.