Note 388 — Chapter V · Disloyalty Charges Against Teachers Since 1917

According to Dr. Henry Linville of the Teachers’ Union. The New York Times of January 24, 1918, reported that twenty-four teachers in School 62 of New York had been questioned about their war views. Although assurances had been given the teachers that no charges against them were contemplated, the Teachers’ Union called it a “fishing expedition” to obtain evidence against Philip Perlstein, a teacher who had been suspended two weeks before. In November, 1919, sixteen “radical” teachers were reported to have been called by Deputy Attorney-General Samuel A. Berger, because of their connection with radical propaganda. The New York Times, November 20, 1919.