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Show UNIVERSITY MAS DISLOYAL FACULTY CAMPAIGN, 111., Nov. 2. Complaints Com-plaints against a cotorlo of tho faculty of the University of Illinois will bo laid before Governor Lowden and United States officials by W. H. Kcr-rick Kcr-rick of Bloomlngton, 111., an agent of the department of Justlco, it was announced an-nounced last night. After concluding an investigation of alleged anti-Americanism, which included in-cluded alleged opposition to tho Liberty Lib-erty loan, Red Cross activity and other war work, Agent Kerrlck summoned several faculty members to appear for examination. Eight members of the faculty and students who appeared before him, laughed, sneered and defied de-fied tho government by refusing to answer an-swer questions, tho federal agent oharged last night. Many of the Instructors, when asked "Arc you a loyal citizen of the United States?" refused to answer, according to the charges. . Tho board of trustees of the university uni-versity quietly dropped from the faculty fac-ulty four instructors for anti-Amerl-canism last summer, it became known today. The loader of this band was Carl Hassler, an instructor in philosophy philoso-phy and president of tho University Socialist club. |