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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 3 The House of Representatives dealt the death blow to the disclaimer affidavit required for National Defense Education Act lonce the measure now goes to the White House, and President Kennedy's signature should be forthcoming. The repeal of the affidavit climaxes a long and unrelenting fight by Harvard and President Pusey to uphold the principle of academic freedom in the face of economic need...
...government, in fact, tends occasionally to have its own ideas about what its money should be used for; and more often, about the terms under which its money should be used. Some Federal aid money requires the applicant to file an affidavit disclaiming membership, and even belief, in any subversive organizations. A second source of friction is indirect costs. A formula devised by the budget bureau suggests that the overhead expense to the University involved in administering every hundred dollars of Federal aid can rise as high as $28.50. But Harvard is allowed to add onto most research contracts only...
...surprise move, the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the disclaimer affidavit - but not the loyalty oath - required under the National Defense Education Act. Harvard has long objected to the affidavit, and led by President Pusey, withdrew from the NDEA program in November...
Only President Kennedy's signature is needed before the new NDEA provisions become law. In view of his past stand on the affidavit, this should not be long in coming...
Removal of the disclaimer affidavit from the National Defense Education Act by Congress yesterday at last removes the stigma of special suspicion from students and scientists on whom the requirement was imposed. Recipients of NDEA loans and National Science Foundation fellowships were required to swear that they had no memberships in subversive organizations. The new law, finally approved by voice vote in the House yesterday, instead provides for criminal prosecution of subversives who accept the Federal funds...