er ▁for ▁his ▁conduct ▁in ▁office . ▁His ▁personal ▁liberty ▁is ▁usually ▁not ▁at ▁st ake . ▁It ▁is ▁his ▁sal ary ▁that ▁is ▁threatened .... ▁Appar ently , ▁who ever ▁pays ▁the ▁individual ' s ▁sal ary ▁has ▁no ▁freedom ▁whatever . ▁The ▁pay ▁check ▁must ▁be ▁drawn ▁once ▁a ▁month ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁teacher , ▁professor ▁or ▁cl erg yman ▁ref uses ▁to ▁teach ▁or ▁pre ach ▁what ▁he ▁is ▁paid ▁to ▁do . ▁The ▁employ er ▁has ▁an ▁un question able ▁right ▁to ▁demand ▁that ▁he ▁be ▁given ▁what ▁he ▁pays ▁for . ▁If ▁the ▁employee ▁feels ▁that ▁this ▁demand ▁limits ▁his ▁academic ▁freedom , ▁he ▁is ▁free ▁to ▁res ign ▁and ▁go ▁elsewhere ▁to ▁express ▁himself ▁as ▁he ▁ple ases . ▁ ▁Stevens on ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁National ▁Civil ▁Federation ' s ▁general ▁coun sel ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁In ▁the ▁latter ▁year ▁he ▁de cri ed ▁Commun ist ▁influence ▁in ▁American ▁un ions , ▁designed ▁" to ▁encou rage ▁industrial ▁un rest ▁and ▁thus ▁bring ▁about ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁order ▁by ▁violent ▁means ." ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁he ▁joined ▁a ▁committee ▁to ▁lo bb y ▁for ▁the ▁out law ing ▁of ▁sit - down ▁strik es , ▁trac ing ▁the ▁t actic ▁to ▁Northern ▁Italy ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁where ▁it ▁led ▁oppon ents ▁of ▁union ▁radical s , ▁in ▁his ▁view , ▁to ▁turn