Word: affidavits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Presidential pronouncements are always too late to be effective, and when they finally do appear they inevitably have an ambiguous quality. This rule applies particuarly to President Eisenhower's recent statement on the NDEA disclaimer affidavit...
However, the President goes on to "deplore" the current attitudes of the universities. He thinks that by freezing the funds, the universities have arbitrarily deprived citizens of the advantages of Federal aid. This is, in effect, saying that while he opposes the NDEA disclaimer affidavit, he is not willing actively to uphold his position...
...equally regrettable that he does not now support their latest action. For it was the universities' decision not to administer the government funds that brought the whole issue of loyalty oaths to his attention. The stubbornness of Harvard, Yale, and other schools has placed the question of the disclaimer affidavit directly before the general public...
...outright rejection of government funds. B.U. has permitted students to participate in the loan program for one more year, "giving Congress a chance to work things out," he said. McCormack evaded questions concerning the fate of any bill in the next Congress which called for repeal of the loyalty affidavit requirement...
From the start, four schools-Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Princeton, Swarthmore -refused to join the program because of the affidavit. Later, nine more-Amherst, Antioch, Bennington, Goucher, Grinnell, Reed, Sarah Lawrence, St. John's (Maryland), Wilmington-withdrew. Others continued accepting money under protest, hoping that Congress would change the law. Last summer Massachusetts' Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy tried to repeal the loyalty clause, but his bill was rejected 49-42. Future bills also face North Carolina's Democrat Graham A. Barden ("I have been signing allegiance to America ever since I was a Boy Scout"), chairman...