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n the fall of 1949,. Professo . Teachers College; Columbia Unive treet Broad New York City, advised-that he was only. ncoasinted with Helen Lynd's husband, Drs Rebert Lynd. Pro stated that he had always deemed Robert Lynd as a liberal of politics and education. However, he stated that he had ne concerning any Communistic activity or interest on the part or her husband, Dr. Robert Lynd. =. Professor turther advised tha was also on the staff of Columbia Teachers College and i to be more closely associated with Professor Robert ‘Lynd, night also be acquainted with Helen Lynd; but he added that he had’ no definite knowled; of this relationship, On pages fifteen through twenty five of the May 10, 1937 issue of "Life" magazine there was an editorial article entitled Wuned Indiana~is the Great U.S. Middletown." The following excerpts, which wer quoted from the "Life" article, reflected statements which the editors of that magazine quoted from thé book "Middletown in Transition? = PY. Dr. Robert S. Lynd: , "Muncie, Indiana is the most interesting ema | tom in the | United States, It owes its distinction to Robert and Helen Lynd, two New York sociologists; who in 1924 and.1925 Lived there eighteen: months and wrote a book. called "Middl etown*~ in reality,: Maneie, Indiana. ~ "Ten Years later Dr, Lynd returned to see what changes boom an depression had. made da this typical United States towns". “The new book, Tis, own. mc more dramatic than the finat of all United States Literature,’ - Occasionally, state . Transition" - wepe quoted beneath used to emphasize the points described.