Question

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Are They Ashamed?
July 28, 1948
The professors at the University of
Washington who refused to answer
pertinent questions are indeed not smart if they
think the public is not entitled to have the
information requested by the investigators.
Those teachers are working for the people
of the State of Washington. The taxpayers,
who are paying their salaries, have every
right to know whether or not the professors
are, or ever have been, members of the
Communist Party.

What assumption is the author of this
editorial making regarding the professors?

Answer 1

He is assuming that the professors are hiding some involvement with the communist party.

Step-by-step explanation:

An assumption is a mistrust about something. This assumption has no evidence to prove it, but it does have some elements that cause it to be established through mistrust.

In the text shown in the question above, we can see that the author of the text is assuming that professors at the University of Washington are hiding the involvement they have or have had with the Communist Party. This is because he is suspicious of the teachers 'refusal to answer the investigators' questions about the political involvement they have. For the author of the text, the teachers refuse to answer the questions because they do not want to reveal their positions in favor of communism.