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Primary source: Michigan Communist Control Law, 1952.
Caption: The state of Michigan passed this legislation in 1952.
752.327 Appearance on ballot prohibited. [M.S.A. 28.243(17)]
Sec. 7. The name of any communist or of any nominee of the communist party shall not be printed upon any ballot used in any primary or general election in this state or in any political subdivision thereof.
752.328 Holding non–elective position prohibited; persons in classified service, hearing; refusal to testify. [M.S.A. 28.243(18)]
Sec. 8. No person may hold any non–elective position, job or office for the state of Michigan, or any political subdivision thereof, where the remuneration of said position, job or office is paid in whole or in part by public moneys or funds of the state of Michigan, or of any political subdivision thereof, where reasonable grounds exist, on all of the evidence, from which after hearing. the employer or superior of such person can say with reasonable certainty that such person is a communist or a knowing member of a communist front organization. In cases involving a person within the classified service of the state of Michigan such hearing shall be held by the civil service commission:
Provided, That the refusal of any person who holds a nonselective position, job or office for the state of Michigan, or any political sub–division thereof, who upon being called before a duly authorized tribunal or in an investigation under authority of law, to testify concerning his being a communist or a member of a communist front organization on the ground that his answers might tend to incriminate him, shall be, in the hearing provided for in this section, prima facie evidence that such person is a communist or a knowing member of a communist front organization.
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Michigan, Michigan Communist Control Law, Public Act 117 (1952).
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